Long Phu 1 thermal power plant is riddled by uncertainties around international loans as the project contactor is subject to sanctions from the US.

 Samsung’s vice chairman Lee Jae Yong is visiting Samsung subsidiaries today in Hanoi, the northern province of Bac Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City.

 The HCMC Department of Transport will devise a scheme to control emissions from motorbikes if the municipal government gives the agency the green light, reported Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources have announced the discovery of a new fish species endemic to a cave system in the central region’s Quang Binh Province, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many commercial banks intend to open more branches and transaction points overseas, or allocate more capital to their overseas branches.

Quang Binh Province debuted tour itineraries to the Hang Vom-Gieng Vooc Cave system late last week, offering visitors another choice for caving trips aside from the world’s biggest cave, Son Doong.

 An art exhibition is displaying around 100 paintings created by eight journalists and photographers in HCM City until November 5.

 Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army received Eamonn O'Shaughnessy, head of the New Zealand Ministry of Defence’s International Branch, in Hanoi on October 29.

 The HCMC People’s Economic Court has once again adjourned the suit filed by taxi operator Vinasun against ride-hailing service Grab, which accuses it of unfair business practices and demands compensation.

 Vietnam believes that close and effective cooperation among coastal countries is the only solution to dealing with challenges and preventing water resources conflicts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 815 enterprises in HCM City owe more than six months of social insurance payments, while thousands of enterprises owe two months.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the Ministry of Transport to work out a plan to expand and adjust the planning scheme of Noi Bai International Airport which is facing serious overloading.

 President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 8-11.

Voters voiced their wish that the National Assembly, Government and localities will give the priority to development investment, focusing public investment on key areas, after watching a live-broadcast discussion on October 29.

 Would you like to control another human being and experience what it would be like to be inside their mind?

More than 240 artistic photos by 192 photographers will be displayed at the Vietnam Art Photo Exhibition in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh between October 30 and November 8.

 A group of artists have put the finishing touches to a mural featuring the flowers of Hanoi’s four seasons on a 40-metre-long and 2.2-metre-high dyke wall along Pho Duc Chinh Street near Truc Bach Lake.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Phuong Khanh has surpassed every other outstanding contestant to win gold medal in the evening gown segment of Miss Earth 2018.

 A German former nurse accused of murdering 100 patients is due to go on trial in the northern town of Oldenburg.

 Red tape must be removed for domestic logistics firms to develop and compete in a market which had great potential, driven by a boom in international trade, but was now dominated by foreign rivals.