Hon Gai International Harbour on Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is scheduled to put into operation next month.

 The shining performances of swimmer Vo Thanh Tung and powerlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong helped bring home two more gold medals for Vietnam at the ongoing 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia (INAPG 2018) on October 8.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade forecasts that Vietnam could earn a total export revenue of US$237 - US$239 billion in 2018, an increase of 10-12% over the previous year and enjoy a trade surplus of approximately US$2 billion.

 Kobiton, a mobile testing platform developed by Vietnamese engineers, has successfully raised US$3 million in seed funding from three US companies.

 Hotel room supply in HCM City in the third quarter of the year was down 4 per cent year-on-year to 15,800 rooms at 127 hotels, according to Savills Vietnam’s 3rd Quarter Market Briefing.

 “The fight against corruption should last long and persistence and patience is needed,” the Party chief emphasized.

 Around 88% of credit institutions expect to have a higher pre-tax profit in 2018 compared to 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the northern province of Hung Yen’s Van Lam District have found an ancient Buddha statue that was stolen nearly two months ago from Phap Van Pagoda.

 Viet Nam is expected to receive about 105 million passengers passing through airports in the country in 2018, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam.

 Heritage Space has launched the Month of Arts Practice (MAP) 2018 project with the theme “Visible-Invisible”.

 Viet Nam expects to earn a total of US$9 billion from seafood exports this year, a year-on-year increase of 7 per cent, after achieving good results in the first nine months.

 The Government should reconsider its ban on the import of wheat infected with cirsium arvense, a kind of weed, participants told a seminar in HCM City on Monday, warning it would have an adverse impact on businesses.

 Hanoi-based artist Bui Quoc Khanh will hold his first solo exhibition titled “Mot vong doi” (Circle of Life) at the Center of Art-Photography Exhibition from October 9 to 15.

 The sharp hike in the prices of retail fuel products late last week will likely continue in the remainder of the year, given rising fuel prices across the world. 

Some four milllion tons of untreated  coal ash discharged from Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province, is causing serious concern among provincial authorities.

 The State Bank of Vietnam will likely continue its tightened monetary policy in the remaining months of the year.

Vietnam and Japan will closely cooperate with each other to bring forward their extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia into a new period of more comprehensive and pragmatic development.

 Korean pop star Sunmi and boy band Seventeen will perform in a Republic of Korea-Vietnam exchange concert in HCM City later this month.

 As thermal power accounts for the largest proportion of Vietnam’s energy production, the country is facing challenges to ensure sufficient supply of coal for thermal power plants in the coming years.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and pay a working to visit Indonesia from October 11 - 12.

 An exhibition featuring the 2018 Kate Festival, the most important annual celebration of the ethnic Cham Brahman community, opened in the central province of Ninh Thuan on October 8.  

 After 2020, Vietnam might have no further need for new coal-fired thermal power plants but will maintain the national power prices at reasonable levels, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

 The Party stressed the resolve and persistence to defend national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interests in waters and islands belonging to national sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.

 Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific on October 8 started selling air tickets for domestic flights during the coming Lunar New Year 2019, or Tet.

 The HCMC People’s Council yesterday endorsed the city’s proposal to build a symphony-opera-ballet theater in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2, at a cost of VND1.508 trillion.