The Judicial Council of HCM City’s high-level People’s Court on Monday morning annulled jail sentences for former leaders of Viet Nam Pharma Company, to serve reinvestigation of the case.

 The Government has lost its battle to reduce the number of public servants, with the administrative system bloating year by year.

 StreamNet, a joint venture between VNPT and Myanmar’s Elite Telecom Public Co., Ltd., was launched in Yangon on October 27 in the presence of Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan.

 Major Do Thi Hang Nga of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre under the Ministry of National Defence has become the country’s first female officer to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

 President Tran Dai Quang received US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius in Hanoi on October 30, appreciating the outgoing diplomat’s active contributions to Vietnam-US relations.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to resume the operation of the competitive electricity generation market (CGM) on November 1 after a one-month suspension.

 The industrial production index rose by 17 percent year-on-year in October, pushing the ten-month increase by 8.7 percent, higher than a 7.3 percent rise from the same period last year and 7.9 percent growth recorded in nine months. 

Many NA deputies have shared the views that heads of State agencies should take higher responsibility in staff reduction on the sidelines of their discussions on law enforcement in the reform of State administrative apparatus for 2011-2016.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping received in Beijing on October 30 Hoang Binh Quan, special envoy of the Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

 Lawmakers looked into law enforcement in the reform of State administrative apparatus during 2011-2016 at the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on October 30. 

La Salsa, Bobby Chinn, Le Petit, and Don’sare luxury restaurants with European cuisine and highly appreciated in Hanoi. On weekends, choose one of the listed restaurants to enjoy a romantic dinner.

 One of the twin boys who were conjoined at the head has opened his eyes four days after a historic surgery to separate them in India, 

 Spain is set to put in place measures to take direct control of Catalonia in response to the region's declaration of independence last week.

International friends have recognized the 2017 APEC as both a challenge and a great opportunity to promote growth and linkages in Asia Pacific and the world. VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of specialized motorcycles and vehicles have been mobilized from other localities to the central city of Da Nang to prepare for APEC 2017.

 Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The open studio of artist Truong Que Chi, “WHEN I STOP BY THE CAPE”, curated by Chau Hoang at Nha San Collective will open at Nha San Collective, 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi from now until November 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation in Hanoi and Nha Nam Publishing House will co-organize the meet-up and discussion with Japanese writer Ono Masatsugu on his works with the topic of “Write painlessly about pain” tomorrow.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artworks of 15 artists from many countries will be displayed at “Utopia Land” Exhibition at Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang, Hanoi from October 29 through November 30.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) says 70-90 percent of goods available at supermarkets are ‘Vietnamese’. But consumers say it is very difficult to find ‘Vietnamese goods’ at supermarkets.