The eighth plenum of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee had the third working day in Hanoi on October 4. 

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will lead a high-ranking delegation to attend the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments (MSEAP) and visit Turkey from October 7-12.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a dispatch on the suspension of entertainment activities during the two-day national mourning for former PartyGeneral Secretary Do Muoi.

 The 58th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) concluded in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 2 after seven days of working. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting and visit Japan from October 8-10.

 The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) will launch a programme to rank Vietnamese tour guides, with financial assistance from the European Union (EU), the association announced on October 4.

Since VN and Italian contractor AGIP signed the first production sharing contract in 1978, FDI in the oil and gas sector has not only brought large revenue to the country but also laid important foundations for the sector to develop strongly.

 Success of foreign banks in Vietnam has been fueling the volume of capital poured into the sector, while these banks are changing their operations to grow.

 The Vietnam national women’s football team have risen up one spot to No 36 in FIFA’s latest world rankings.

 The World Bank (WB) predicts Vietnam’s GDP growth this year at 6.8 percent in its East Asia Pacific Economic Update released on October 4, compared to the 6.5-percent projection last April.

 In order to make it more favourable for investors to do business in Vietnam, the government has been making great efforts to improve the country’s business and investment climate.

 A new policy on the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) must also include an approach for fostering Vietnamese businesses, says Nguyen Thi Tue Anh, deputy director of the Central Institute of Economic Management.

 Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University will host the annual Forum on Internationalization in Higher Education with the theme "Mutual Recognition in Cross-Border Higher Education" on October 8.

 German photographer Barbara Klemm will hold an exhibition entitled “Hell-Dunkel” (Light – Dark) at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi from October 17 to 29 to introduce some of her photos of the western and eastern Germany.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As much as 257 ha of protected forest in Ninh Tay Commune, in the central province of Khanh Hoa, was illegally handed over to an individual to develop a goat farm and build a house in March.

Vietnam should be an ambitious and demanding participant in international climate negotiations, recommended experts at Wednesday’s pre-COP24 Workshop hosted by the NGO Climate Change Working Group (CCWG)

 Vietnam has attracted some 26,600 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with total registered capital of US$334 billion over the past 30 years. Of the total pledged capital, US$184 billion has been disbursed.

 The HCMC government will not use the capital advanced by Vingroup to execute a project to upgrade the flood-prone Nguyen Huu Canh Street connecting District 1 and Binh Thanh.

 Nguyen Hoang Group and CV9 community football academy, founded by former captain of Vietnam’s national football team Le Cong Vinh, have launched a cooperation programme to provide professional football training courses for students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various cultural activities including fashion shows, music performances, handicraft displays and folk games will be organised in Hanoi’s Old Quarter with the theme of "Ha Noi Autumn".