The government of HCMC recently issued a list of key industrial and agricultural products that will receive support for their continued growth and domination of the local market, as well as being promoted for exports.

 Diep Van Thanh has been stripped of his post as chairman of the Tra Vinh City People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh for committing serious violations while on duty, the local media reported.

Phan Van Vinh, former head of the General Police Department, and Nguyen Thanh Hoa, former director of the Anti-high-tech Crime Police Department are expected to go on trial next month for alleged involvement in an online gambling ring.

 A primary school built with funds from Azerbaijan’s Heydar Aliyev Foundation has been inaugurated in Giap Trung commune in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

 Many experts have raised concerns about the quality of language centres in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has honoured 33 students who achieved high results at international and regional olympic contests.

 Vietnamese startup travel company Ecohost has beaten 110 competitors to take second prize in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge. 

 The Ministry of Health has issued a decision approving a plan to give additional measles-rubella (MR) vaccine shots to children in the 1-5 age group in the 2018-2019 period.

 The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly is of great importance as it will review the country’s performance in the first half of the 2016-2020 tenure, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the opening of the session in Hanoi on October 22.

 The Dung Quat Biofuel Plant, based in the central province of Quang Ngai, produced the first batch of E100 ethanol fuel on October 19 after five days since restarting, the company officials have announced.

 Four Vietnamese treasures made of bronze have been featured on a stamp set designed by Tran The Vinh and released by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visits to Austria, Belgium, Denmark and the EU have arrived at a fine success that created many breakthroughs and an important driving force to bring Vietnam’s relations with partners to a depth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood companies complain that retailers are playing tricks to dislodge their products out of supermarket chains.

 Vietnam will undertake the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) in 2019, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre.

 Vietnam’s export turnover this year could reach nearly 240 billion USD, increasing 11.2 percent from last year. 

 One person has been killed and dozens others injured when a speeding car hit a line of motorbikes stopping at a red light in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night.

 Vietnam has licensed around ten wholly foreign-owned banks to date, including HSBC Vietnam, Standard Chartered Vietnam, Hong Leong Vietnam, and Shinhan Bank Vietnam. 

 The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly opened at the National Assembly Hall in Hanoi at 9 am on October 22, with the opening sitting broadcast live on national television and radio.

 Vietnam gained a trade surplus of more than US$21 billion with the European Union during the year up to September, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 The Long Bien Marathon 2018 will take place on October 28 in Long Bien District sports centre.