Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma will come to Hanoi early next month to attend an e-payment service forum. 

 Heavy rains have caused serious flooding in the northern region, including the Hanoian suburban district of Quoc Oai.

 Thousands of people in Hoi An Town are facing a water shortage as the town suffers from a severe salinity problem.

 Devastating rains, floods, and landsides left 32 people dead and missing and nine others injured in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh as of 7 am on October 13.

 Gas and oil power plants are expected to benefit from the new decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade that has suspended the operation of the competitive electricity generation market.

 Viet Nam’s logistics sector is facing a shortage of high-quality human resources and needs co-operation in training among the Government, universities, businesses and associations.

Research findings by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research show that Vietnam’s economic growth in the third quarter was the highest in seven years, though overall inflation also started inching up in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Minh Tuan won the men’s singles title at the National Tennis Championship, which wrapped up at Phu Tho Tennis Club in HCM City yesterday.

Two singers famous for their rendering of patriotic compositions, Trong Tan and Anh Tho, will perform together in Ha Noi on Vietnamese Women’s Day, October 20.

The prolonged heavy rain has caused landslides, overwhelmed reservoirs and destroyed important dams across Viet Nam.

 The average income per capita in Vietnam will reach about 3,000 USD in 2020 and the demand for cars will boom, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) forecast presented at a seminar in Hanoi on October 12.

 Vietnamese businesses are joining global counterparts at the 32nd Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) that kicked off at Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Bumi Serpong Damai city, Greater Jakarta, on October 11.

 The on-time performance record of domestic Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco in September was 17,624 flights, accounting for 86.3 percent of the total flights, up 1.6 points year on year.

Vietnam wishes that Cambodia will continue making it easier in terms of legal conditions and adopting proper measures to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese Cambodians in the country.

The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable encountered a technical trouble at 7:00 on October 12, losing signal connection with the Hong Kong (China) station, affecting Vietnam’s international internet links.

All facility preparations, including hotels as well as conference and media centres, for the APEC Economic Leaders' Week are basically completed, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

 Vietnam’s U23 team will compete in the international friendly football tournament the M-150 Cup 2017 in Thailand from December 9-15.

 A centre for visa application to Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, which form the Visegrád Group, became operational in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12.

The circus conjures up images of a round stage with artists wearing shiny bodysuits in many people’s minds. However, a special circus show entitled ‘Hanoi with dreams’ held recently at Hanoi Opera House may make you think again.

 A new campaign aimed at discovering the beauty of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has been launched with experiences and stories of travellers.