The launch of the first foreign-own petrol station last week is expected to introduce changes in Viet Nam’s fuel retail market, contributing to making it truly competitive, however, there are early warning signs.

 It is time to increase the production and use of organic fertilisers to foster organic farming, according to the Viet Nam Fertiliser Association.

 A 17-year-old chess prodigy of Vietnam, Tran Minh Thang has earned a draw with the UK’s chess Grandmaster Nigel Short at the 2017 Negros International Open Chess Championship in the Philippines.

The Government has submitted to the National Assembly a feasibility study to acquire land for the construction of Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai and pay compensation to land owners.

 With the AFC Women’s U19 Championship fast approaching, the-afc.com has picked a player from each competing nation to watch in Nanjing, China, with Vietnamese defender Nguyen Thi Minh Anh among them.

 The Viet Nam Basketball Association League rankings remained unchanged after two matches of the leading teams on Saturday.

 Many challenges have emerged in the equitisation of State-owned film studios, particularly the Viet Nam Feature Film (VFS) Studio, Culture Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien said yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign air carriers are opening new air routes to Vietnam to keep up with their competitors. 

 A series of culinary events and trade promotions will be held during “Un Mois En France” (One Month in France) programme in November. 

The World Health Organization said on Friday it had received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that had destroyed a store containing more than 130,000 vaccine doses against measles and polio.

 Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with top legislators from the Republic of Korea and Iran on the margins of the IPU-137 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 15.

 Chieu Ngang Qua Pho Cu (Walking on Old Street in the Afternoon) won an award for foreign dramas at the 11th International Drama Festival in Tokyo, Japan.

 Some 150 members of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee led by its first Secretary Le Quoc Phong attended the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students that officially opened in Sochi, Russia, on October 15.

 A code of corporate conduct and ethics for Vietnamese firms was launched during a forum on corporate culture in HCM City on October 15.

 Stock analysts have predicted the market will likely extend gains this week but divergence will continue in the context of third-quarter earning reports.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will submit its plan to offload part of the State’s capital in Sabeco to Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue by October 20.

To develop precise medicine, Vietnam not only needs fundamental factors such as a workforce, equipment, professional knowledge, and big data about genomes, but also changes in policy.

 Vietnam has adopted policies to enable ethnic minority groups to develop equally, helping to gradually bridge development gaps with the rest of the population, said National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

 The Ulatech Joint Stock Company launched a car-hailing app for smartphones called “ULA” in the central city of Da Nang on October 14.

 Milan is hoping that Spain’s Catalonia crisis will give the Italian city a boost in getting to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union agency quitting London because of Brexit.