The Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tam Nhin (Vision) e-newspaper for three months for violating rules defined in its operating licence.

 A Ministry of Health’s plan to increase hospital fees in December may be delayed  in several provinces and cities across the country.

Quang Nam authorities are investigating the 43 labourers found unconscious at the Korean Panko Tam Thăng Company in the last two days.

 Food-safety inspection teams, which have been piloted in five districts, will be established in all districts’ wards and communes, according to Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy head of the HCM City’s health department.

 Vietnam has identified over 1,080 species of marine fish, including many highly economically valuable creatures such as the skipjack tuna, Japanese horse mackerel, yellowtail scad, largehead hairtail (or beltfish), ariid catfish, among others.

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 RMIT Vietnam has launched the university’s first international-standard PhD programme with three degree options: Business, Management, or Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

 More than 500 primary and secondary school students in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang will take part in the annual Robothon Contest starting on Sunday.

 HCM City is struggling to seek funds for projects in seven breakthrough programmes because of budget constraints, officials said at a meeting in HCM City. 

 More than 8 million overseas tourists arrived in Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2016, up 25.4 percent against the same period last year.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on October 28 handed a licence to provide 4G services to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT). 

 The Government issued drastic instructions and ministries, sectors, localities and the entire people made concerted efforts to combat crimes in 2016, Minister of Public Security To Lam told legislators on October 28. 

 Vietnam has jumped five places to 96th position in terms of electricity access, one of the criteria the World Bank uses to rank 189 economies on the ease of doing business. 

 Myanmar President Htin Kyaw left Hanoi on October 28, concluding a successful State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam paid respect to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Dusit Maha Prasat Palace in Bangkok on October 28 afternoon. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While some tycoons have seen huge assets evaporate and others have been sent to prison, a lot of new faces have appeared on the scene. The pockets of the upstarts are believed to be full of trillions of VND.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Thu Duong Village have to “score a century” in rice noodles every day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ta My Duong, one of the popular faces of contemporary Vietnamese architecture, has written at length on the subject. He also edited Dau An Thoi Gian, a book authored by his father Ta My Duat,

The Ministry of Finance said it would tighten spending next year as well as the financial planning for the next five years as state budget revenues have been lower than estimated. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adventurous travellers are no strangers to trekking, to the feeling of being one with nature, resting on a lush green hillside being cooled by a gentle breeze.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Girls who get married before 18 years old are much more likely to drop out of school and face a much higher risk of family violence, experts warned in a seminar on child marriage prevention.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite danger, these people still live near the railway because it is their part of their livelihood and daily habit.

 Forty-six per cent of Vietnamese consumers have purchased a product or service on their mobile device in the past six months, according the latest report from Nielsen entitled “Mobile Money Makes the World Go Around”, released on October 26.

 The 'Ao Dai' is a symbol of the beauty of Vietnamese women as well as the country’s culture. Tourism directors are seeking solutions to preserve and promote the traditional value of Ao Dai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Colourful bamboo dragonflies perched on thin, pointed bamboo sticks are not just cute souvenir toys, they reflect the agricultural traditions and craftmanship of Vietnamese farmers.