Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, has requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Finance to carry out the equitisation of Vinafood 2in accordance with the approved scheme.

 A romantic Bollywood film will be screened for free on Friday in Hanoi to promote Indian culture.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s business environment and competitiveness have continued to move up in international rankings.

 Telecommunications, IT and retail firms took the lead in terms of profitability last year on the list of Profit500 – the top 500 firms with the highest profits in Vietnam.

 The Moscow-based REGNUM News Agency and the Research Support Foundation “Workshop of Eurasian Ideas” held a roundtable focusing on APEC 2017 and Vietnam in Moscow, Russia, on October 17.

 According to a report from the BKAV Technology Group, 15 million computers in Vietnam were infected with viruses in the third quarter of 2017, with half of them infected via USB connections.

 An exhibition of documents and items to introduce Vietnam’s culture, people and landscapes, was launched on October 17, the third day of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, Russia.

 The 2017 HCM City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2017), the city’s biggest startup event of the year, will take place from October 23-28.

 Hanoi will roll out action programmes and plans to improve air quality in the city based on the outcomes of a French-funded air quality assessment project, said a municipal leader. 

 Officers of the Ministry of National Defence on October 17 held a working session with a delegation of US congressmen on the settlement of war consequences in Vietnam.

 Compensation for households affected by the marine incident that occurred in the central coastal provinces last year must be completed by the end of November, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said.

 Culture of the Cai Rang Floating Market, the national intangible cultural heritage will be a highlight of the Vietnam Ethnic Groups' Unity–Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week in Hanoi from November 18-23.

 Singaporean businesses want to cooperate with their Vietnamese counterparts in digital technology to serve industrial development in each country, said President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation Douglas Foo.

 Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipila affirmed that Finland wants to step up multi-dimensional ties with Vietnam while meeting with Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh in Helsinki on October 17.

 The Vietnam Asset Management Company has decided to hike its reference interest rate on bad debts to 9.9 percent from the fourth quarter, up from 9.7 percent.  

 A bomb clearance and disposal team of Peace Trees Vietnam on October 17 successfully handled and moved 27 artillery shells left from the war in Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri.

 During October 10 and 11, historic floods claimed two lives, injured three people and damaged more than one hundred houses in Phù Yên district in the northern mountainous province of Son La.

Police of the southern province of Binh Duong have arrested Lu Te Chiang from Taipei (China) who was hunted for illegally possessing guns and bullets. 

The National Assembly of Vietnam supports the win-win cooperation between the governments of Vietnam and Kazakhstan based on refining their legal systems to enable businesses and investors to access each other’s market.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has directed departments and investors to open air routes for Van Don international airport, which is expected to be put into operation in April 2018.