Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez in Hanoi today.

 The Government has submitted to the National Assembly a proposal on the revised Law on Tax Management that would require banks to provide details of their clients’ accounts to tax authorities.

 Four Vietnamese agencies were honoured with the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) awards during a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan on November 8. 

 Cushman & Wakefield Vietnam has released its latest report on Vietnam's retail market for the third quarter of 2018.

More than 56 percent of banks recruited new workers in Q3, but 26.6 percent said they still lacked workers, while more than 61 percent of banks planned to recruit more workers in the fourth quarter, a report says.

Ambassadors and international and Vietnamese sports fans were impressed with designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam’s Ao dai collection, which features 22 national flags, at an event to celebrate hosting the upcoming Formula One race (F1) in Hanoi.

The HCMC Department of Information and Communications yesterday announced the launch of the annual ‘Vietnam Information Security Day 2018’ with the theme ‘Cyber Security for the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Devices’.

The deputy chairman of Can Tho city People’s Committee, yesterday afternoon answered press queries about the decision to return 20 diamonds and 19,910 artificial stones to Thao Luc Jewelry Shop in $100 exchange case.

 The head of the National Institute of Nutrition Le Danh Tuyen said that Vietnam is one of top iodine –deficient countries suffering a lot from lack of iodine.

 Renowned Austrian pianist Robert Lehrbaumer will perform at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (ANAM) in Hanoi on November 13 and at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on November 15.

 New industrial property projects will come online just as foreign investors relocating due to the US-China trade war will boost demand in Vietnam.

Toe replacement surgery for thumb rehabilitation is a difficult technique that has been performed successfully at the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

 More commercial banks expect their credit growth limits to be expanded this year after Techcombank became the first to get the nod to do so from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) recently.

 Free trade agreements may have significantly reduced import tariffs in many markets for Vietnamese goods, but administrative reform, reduction of trading costs and improving the business environment are key to improving national competitiveness

 Tax payers and businesses that are completing their dissolution procedures shouldn’t be allowed to postpone their late tax payments and charges for late tax payment.

 The eighth National Sports Games will start in Hanoi on November 15.

Only a few Vietnamese enterprises have become vendors that supply components and accessories to multinationals, though Vietnam has vowed to develop supporting industries.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of condotel projects in the tourism city of Nha Trang have been put up for sale, but demand is weak.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principle the granting of an air transportation business licence to Bamboo Airways of Viet Bamboo Airlines Company, owned by property developer FLC Group.

 Deputies of the 14th National Assembly (NA) are scheduled to debate a number of laws and approved a resolution on the 2019 State budget estimates at the legislature’s ongoing sixth session on November 9.