More than 3,000 workers at the Ivory Vietnam Company in Thanh Hoa Province have gone on strike over the past five days to protest against the company's policies on overtime.

 Vietnam’s first-ever private orchestra, Sun Symphony Orchestra, will perform classics by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at a special concert held at the Hanoi Opera House on October 26.

 A smart tourism information portal called VTV Travel will be launched this December, with the aim of providing a variety of smart tourism experiences for visitors during their time in Vietnam.

 Hanoi is losing $1-1.2bn a year due to traffic congestion according to the Transport And Development Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Transport.

 Hoi An People's Committee has collaborated with Health Bridge Vietnam and German Development Agency (GIZ/TUMI) to start the bicycle plan in Hoi An to encourage locals to use bicycles on a daily basis.

 Illegal foreign currency transactions are an everyday sight in many areas in Hanoi, particularly on Ha Trung Street, the capital city’s biggest foreign currency market.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade wants to take advantage of market and policy opportunities to promote automobile manufacturing projects of domestic automakers including Thaco, Thanh Cong Group and VinFast.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of singers, dancers and musicians will perform at the Music Fest concert in HCM City tomorrow.

 Since the recognition of The Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia-Pacific recently, the ancient book titled ‘The Envoy Ship Journeys to China’ has been carefully preserved by both the family and local authorities.

 Vietnam’s FIFA world ranking for October remained unchanged from the previous month, with 102nd place still good for the top spot in Southeast Asia.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Permanent Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, attended the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security’s debate on conventional weapons on October 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was eliminated in the second round of the Paytren Berkat Anadi Indonesia International Challenge, held recently in Surabaya City, Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks have been setting up new branches and transaction points every year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem drew with grandmaster Semen Lomasov from Russia in the fifth round at the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, held recently in the UK.

A special music night entitled Ngửa Tay Hứng Chiếc Lá Rơi (Catching the Fallen Leaves) will be organised by Bảo Tàng Thấu Cảm (literally translated as the Museum of Empathy) at Manzi Art Space on Friday.

Vietnamese businesses should actively prepare the best conditions to take the advantage of preferences to be brought by the CPTPP, said experts at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25.

Vietnam’s expansion has charged ahead despite the recent financial and trade turmoil, which has affected many Southeast Asian emerging markets, Moody’s Investors Service said in a recently-announced report. 

 Vietnam has jumped two positions to reach 45th place on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

 Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong has moved up in the Forbes rich list as of October 25, 2018.

 The number of people in Hanoi choosing bus as their means of transportation is rising. In the first half of this year, 221 million tickets were sold, an increase of 5 percent compared to the same period last year.