The Vietnam Red Cross Society was selected to represent national organisations in Southeast Asia to host a meeting marking International Day for Disaster Reduction in the central province of Quang Nam on October 13. 

 Vietnam is playing an active and constructive role in the Francophone community, Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Michaelle Jean said and wished the country will contribute more to the community. 

 Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5.

 Vietnam-EAEU FTA takes effect in October

 Argentine - French artist Mustapha Boutadjine presented a painting he had done of President Ho Chi Minh to the Vietnamese Embassy in France at a ceremony on October 11.

 Many wealthy people have exploited loopholes in laws to scramble for low-priced houses which are built to serve low-income earners.

 The Hanoi Department of Taxation has just made public the names of seven real estate companies which are responsible for tax arrears of VND55bn, equal to 36% to total debts owed by the companies in the city.

 Two workers were killed and four others injured when scaffolding collapsed at an office and apartment building project in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District this morning, October 13.

As of October 12, medical fees hike in 16 cities and provinces in the country, said the Ministry of Health.

 A meeting marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13) was organized by Vietnam Red Cross Society, International Red Crescent Society and the 

 The Hai Duong People’s Committee is seeking solutions for the $2 billion, 1,200 megawatt Hai Duong thermal power plant, in case the investors continue to delay with the construction.

A photo book capturing the life of Hanoi in the 1980s by former UK diplomat John Ramsden will be launched in the time to come.

About 200 km from Hanoi, Moc Chau is one of the most pristine beautiful plateaus in the northern mountainous region.

 More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, ANTARA News quoted Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei as saying.

  HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) will join financial information provider StoxPlus to organise the 2nd Vietnam Annual International Investor Conference on November 4 in HCM City.

 The Ministry of Finance has transferred VND3 trillion (US$134 million) to four coastal central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue where fish died en mass due to environmental pollution in April.

 The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government a scheme to build the North-SouthExpressway from Ha Noi to HCM City with total investment of about VND230 trillion (US$10.2 billion).

  The Viet Nam Steel Association will protect the interests of local firms after Vietnamese steel exporters were accused of tax evasion in the United States, said the association's vice chairman, Nguyen Van Sua.

 The fourth meeting of the Vietnam – Germany Strategic Management Group was held in Hanoi on October 12.

Vietnam has been making practical contributions to turning the Mekong sub-region into a dynamic and prosperous economic area via CLMV and ACMECS cooperation framework, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed.