National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Hanoi in the evening of October 18, concluding her three-day official visit to Kazakhstan.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Inclusive Growth" is one of the four priorities proposed by Vietnam for APEC 2017 cooperation.

 HCM City gets new serviced apartment, Vietnam Int’l Industrial Fair returns Hanoi, Rice exports surpass 2016 volume, Luang Prabang calls for HCMC investors, Singapore registers to invest over $41.38 billion in Vietnam

 The wine is a special drink of Muong people in Thanh Hoa, but has become a symbol of the entire province. The wine is made from red glutinous rice, a unique type of rice that only Muong people can grow.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam can control up to 70.5 percent of seed production technology, with 90 percent for purebred rice and 66 percent for hybrid rice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seventeen investment funds have shown interest in Dung Quat’s IPO, expected to take place by the end of the year. 

National Assembly deputies have agreed that Vietnam needs to increase expenses on environmental protection after the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) reported that spending in 2017 can satisfy only 55 percent of the demand.

Although pleased to know his house will be relocated from the filthy slum along the Doi Canal in HCM City’s District 8, Huynh Van Quy is worried he won’t be able to afford a new home.

VietNamNet Bridge - “The art of typography in designing book covers in 2005-2015”, the theme of a doctoral dissertation, has stirred controversy among the public, but academics have defended it. 

Vietnamese celebrities Hoang Ku, Phi Phuong Anh, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, Chau Bui and Mach Huy have flown to the Republic of Korea to partake in Seoul Fashion Week.

About 20 local and international designers will attend the Vietnam-International Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2017 set to take place at the National Convention Centre, Hanoi on October 31 -November 3.

Tip-toeing through the door after a phone call at midnight, Cuong used to run from his house. His mother would try to follow him, calling his name and crying in vain. He was bent on getting his fix.

 Cantho Catfish beat host Hanoi Buffaloes in a dramatic 77-75 victory on Tuesday at the Viet Nam Basketball Association League.

 Vu Thi Anh Thu of Viet Nam advanced to the fourth round of the World Junior Badminton Championships’ women’s singles, ongoing in Indonesia.

 Internet submarine cables linked to Viet Nam will be fixed on October 24, said the Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunication Group, one of the largest Vietnamese internet providers.

APEC finance ministers will focus on discussing four cooperation priorities in 2017 at their 24th meeting and related events in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, from October 19-21.

 Two Indonesian naval Sigma-class corvette vessels docked at the Ho Chi Minh City international port on October 18, starting a four-day visit to the southern economic hub.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for South and Southeast Asia of the US Dr. Joseph Felter co-chaired the Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue 2017 in Washington D.C on October 17.

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer they claimed stemmed from her use of the company’s talc-based products

 More than 170 foreign professional athletes and entrepreneurs will take part in a yacht race from Hong Kong to Vietnam’s Nha Trang City slated for October 18 to 25.

 Many cities and provinces are overspending their health insurance funds while Vietnam Social Security (VSS) is tightening its payouts, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

 Idemitsu Q8 Petroleum Co Ltd (IQ8), which has launched the first wholly foreign-owned gas station in Vietnam, may find it hard to expand its retail network across the country.

 The central coastal city of Da Nang has designed a wide range of tours to serve 10,000 delegates to the APEC Summit 2017 set to transpire on November 6-11.

 Vietnamese representative Hoang Thu Thao on October 16 appeared in national costume designed by Brian Vo at Miss Global Beauty Queen 2017 in the Republic of Korea.