With Ho Chi Minh City now discouraging investment in labour-intensive sectors and preferring technology-based industries, investment in its industrial parks and export processing zones decreased by 53.95% year-on-year in the first nine months of this year to US$354.77 million.

Wild card holder Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam defeated French player Maxime Tabatruong 6-4, 6-4 in the first round match of the Vietnam Open tennis tournament on October 11 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The goal by Vietnam’s Nguyen Minh Tri against Guatemala on September 11 at the Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 has been chosen as the second best goal of the tournament, voted for by the users of FIFA.com.

Nearly 200 artists and musicians from 30 countries and territories will participate in the second Asia-Europe New Music Festival to be held in Hanoi and Vinh Yen cities starting on October 12.

After three straight years of decline, Vietnam’s tuna exports have turned around this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam failed to enter the second qualification of the World Cup after losing to Thailand in the FIVB 2018 Men’s World Volleyball Championship Zonal Qualification on October 9 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has recently instructed relevant authorities to scrutinise the possible removal of the deposit interest rate cap on short-term deposits.

Vietnamese Dang Nam claimed a bronze medal at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016, which closed on October 9 in Hungary.

Vietnam earned US$1.2 billion from the export of nearly 145,500 tonnes of pepper in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 31.5% in volume and 13.1% in value.

Vietnamese actor Issac won the Rising Star of Asia Star Award at the 21st Busan International Festival on October 7.