The National Assembly of Vietnam always supports and participates in parliamentary cooperation activities hosted by Russia, including the Eurasian Women’s Forum in 2015 and the Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments in 2016.

 Transport sector is forecast to have the sharpest rise in energy need

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Lao Dong (Labour) Daily launched a writing contest themed “Vietnam: Endless beauty” in Hanoi on October 13. 

 The first Vietnam Coffee Day will take place in Da Lat city of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 9-11, announced local authorities and the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association.

 The central city of Da Nang has basically completed logistics preparations for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and related meetings slated for November, according to the municipal Department of External Affairs. 

 The functions and operations of the Vietnam Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) should be restructured to deal with the “next phase” of handling non-performing loans (NPLs), the Finance Ministry (MoF) said.

 China inaugurated its Consulate General in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on October 13. 

 A little weekend market, located in a café in alley 311 on No Trang Long street, Binh Thanh district, has been well-known among antique hunters in Ho Chi Minh City since 2013.

 The finance sector will continue to tweak the financial inspection system to make the nation’s financial system more efficient.

 Latest updates from the Ministry of Construction showed that real estate inventories were on a declining trend but remained relatively huge.

 Italian painter Laura Federici and Vietnamese painter Nguyen Dam Thuy have worked together to portray the home and the environment.

 The New York City Police Department said on Thursday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault by movie producer Harvey Weinstein in 2004.

 Experts are warning against an outbreak of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease as wet weather continues.

 Research findings by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) show that Vietnam’s economic growth in the third quarter was the highest in seven years.

 The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is considered a golden chance for developing countries like Vietnam to improve quality of services, goods and competitive advantages.

 Agar jelly is a familiar dessert to many people due to its sweetness. In recent years, the dessert hasfound hundreds of forms, from jelly flan, Mid-Autumn Festival jelly cake to 3D jelly. Of which, the most outstanding form is gracilaria agar jelly.

 The sound tourism environment, high-quality services and excellent promotion campaigns have helped the central coastal city of Da Nang lure an increasing number of tourists.

 Canadian train-and-plane maker Bombardier Inc  is exploring options for its aerospace businesses, including a sale of some operations, 

 The central city of Da Nang will host the Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) on November 14, following the APEC Economic Leaders Week.

 The National Assembly of Vietnam will soon implement the sustainable development goals (SDGs) self-assessment toolkit built by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

 While successfully hosting the upcoming 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, Da Nang should spare no effort to become the most livable city in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16-18, aiming to enhance cooperation between the two countries and their legislative ties. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Following Oppo, other Chinese smartphone brands have been entering Vietnam, creating competition for other brands.

The principle that Vietnam needs to pursue now is not to confront nature, but to respond appropriately and flexibly to new circumstances, such as climate change, by restructuring the economy. 

The HCMC National University earns VND180-200 billion a year from technology transfer deals. However, in most cases, the transfer is conducted in unofficial way; thus, the revenue is not commensurate with the real value.