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Two international container terminals to be built in Hai Phong

Nearly VND7 trillion (US$300.8 million) will be invested on building two international container terminals in the northern city of Hai Phong’s Lach Huyen Port next year.

Kakao and Grab mull over partnership in Vietnam

If successful, Kakao’s presence in Vietnam would mark its second overseas expansion after it signed a partnership with Japan Taxi last year to enable call taxi services for Korean users.

Over 2,500 cyber attacks on Vietnamese websites in Q3

More than 2,500 websites with Vietnamese domains were attacked in the third quarter, meaning Vietnam stands in 10th in terms of the largest number of cyber attacks in the world.

Along with air pollution, Hanoi's demand for purifiers on the rise

Many people in Hanoi are buying air purifiers to cope with rising air pollution.

Properly managing relationship with US crucial for Vietnam: Moody’s

Fading external demand and a weaker global outlook serve as the primary concerns for Vietnam’s export-reliant economy.

FMCG keeps growth momentum in Vietnam’s rural areas

Emerging channels contribute two thirds of total incremental spending come from these channels.

Hai Phong orders police probe into gangsters' land theft

Hai Phong authorities have demanded the police investigate and handle criminal gangs who allegedly destroyed houses on military land and threatened residents.

Vietnamese player to join Japan volleyball club

Japanese volleyball club Denso Airy Bees has announced that it has completed contract talks with Việt Nam spiker, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy.

Ministry takes responsibilty for missing members of NA official visit to South Korea

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has taken responsibility at a press conference on October 2 for nine Vietnamese people who absconded while on an official delegation to South Korea.

Swedish woman attempts to find Vietnamese biological parents

A Swedish woman is trying to find her parents 22 years after she was adopted from the northern province of Thai Nguyen in Vietnam.

Vietnam active as WIPO chair

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva talks about Vietnam's role as the World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly’s Chair for 2018-19.

 

Hanoi investigates alleged charity theft

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has requested departments and agencies urgently look into allegations that staff of a centre for the elderly and disabled have stolen charity goods.

NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 4

 

Striker Quyet suspended for two matches

 

POLITICAL NEWS OCTOBER 4

Cambodian Prime Minister begins official visit to Vietnam

 

4 major trends of Vietnam’s distribution and retail channels

With a population of nearly 100 million, the country’s final consumption expenditure has been maintaining at a high rate of over 70% annually, indicating huge potential remains for the market.

BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 4

HSBC Vietnam appoints new CEO

 

Fresh policies take effect from October

A series of new policies on the use of public assets to pay investors when implementing construction investment projects in the form of build-transfer contract (BT), and police conscription duration shall take effect in October, 2019.

 

Hanoi university relocation plan faces failure

Only one university in Hanoi has to date been moved out of the capital city’s cramped inner-city areas out of the 12 planned.

Hanoi to put electric bus into service in 2021-2025

The People’s Committee of Hanoi City is mapping out measures to develop public transport, including a plan to put electric buses into service during the 2021-2025 period.

Vietnam wins nine golds at Asian bodybuilding championship

Vietnamese athletes won nine gold, eight silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships 2019 which concluded in Batam, Indonesia, on October 3.