VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that HCM City and the Mekong Delta region are witnessing a worrying uptick in the number of diabetic patients, and with this, a heightened risk of diabetic eye diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies are optimistic about the business prospects of the sector, as well as its potential in 2016-17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Toan, Vice President of the Viet Nam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises, spoke to the Hai Quan newspaper on State agencies’ important role in assisting enterprises to invest abroad.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Under the light of the party, we have performed renovation policy for 30 years since 1986. Thanks to the great success from that policy, the country has made historical changes, gradually overcoming hunger and poverty.

 VietNamNet Bridge - There is no magic wand that can help the cultural institutions to work smoothly and force the audience to flock to theatres with just one touch. The cultural sector of Vietnam needs decades to mature and develop.

 National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and Japan's ANA Holdings Inc has announced their codeshare partnership and frequent flyer programmes, which start on October 30.

A Vietnam-Japan information and communications technology (ICT) day was held in Hanoi on October 26, attracting representatives of hundreds of IT businesses from both countries.  

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) had a working session with a delegation from Japan’s Mimasaka city in Hanoi on October 25 as part of the programme to boost culture and sports activities towards the Olympic Tokyo 2020.

 Vietnam and Cambodia will grant preferential treatment to each other in the field of trade, thus enabling their businesses to easily access the respective markets.

The 7th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit adopted the Hanoi Declaration in Hanoi on October 26 seeking to turn the Mekong region into an economic centre with dynamism and sustainable development.

 The leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) agreed on an array of cooperation measures towards a seamless connectivity among them at the 8th CLMV Cooperation Summit (CLMV 8) in Hanoi on October 26. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam won the first round of the men’s singles at the Viet Nam F8 Futures tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province on October 25.

 The World Health Organization's cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they were asked to release

 About $1 billion from the State budget is spent for foreign loan and interest repayments every year, an official of the Ministry of Finance said on October 25. 

 National and business leaders from five Mekong countries and other regions gathered on October 25 at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region to discuss ways to boost economic integration and explore business opportunities.

 Viet Nam's Ministry of Industry and Trade said the US Department of Commerce (DOC) rescinded the second administrative review of the anti-dumping tariff order on wind towers of Viet Nam.

 Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia affirmed that building North-South Expressway is the Government’s major determination in response to experts’ controversial opinions about the huge capital and feasibility of the project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has initially outlined five major goals to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

 Myanmar President Htin Kyaw and his wife have begun a three-day visit to Vietnam today, October 26, at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. This is the first Vietnam visit made by Kyaw since he took office as the Myanmar president on March 30.

 Leaders of Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam have issued a Joint Statement after their 8th Summit in Ha Noi on October 26.