Vietnam Airlines and Air France have inked a joint venture deal, which is due to start from November 1, to bring more benefits to passengers on their air routes between Vietnam, France and Europe. 

 Vietnam’s agricultural growth was not as high as expected in the past 9 months of this year with a low added value and potential risks.

 Economic experts are concerned about the slow growth of the agriculture sector, which they say may affect the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been warned that it will receive a yellow card if it doesn’t implement EU demands on fighting IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing.

The economic structure in Viet Nam’s rural areas has been transformed in the past five years, with fewer people working in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors and more in construction, industry and services, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The installation art exhbition named “Le sourire de la mutation” (The smile of mutation) by three artists from Vietnam, France and Belgium is underway at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

The 19th century home of scholar Huynh Thuc Khang in the central province of Quang Nam will get a facelift with an investment of VND50 billion approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

Vietnam needs to innovate strongly in order to be effective in tapping this source of capital to serve the purpose of reforming the growth model and restructuring the economy, experts have said.

 Vice President greets former Vietnamese teachers in Thailand, French education fair lures Vietnam students, History competition launched for senior high schoolers, HCMC holds monthly meeting on food safety

 Bac Giang to plan development of industrial parks, Naticorp to launch condotel project in Nha Trang, South Korean fuel imports spike after tax cut, Mekong Capital to lower stake in Mobile World

 Nguyen Thi Anh Vien alone won 16 gold and three silver medals at the National Swimming Championships, which wrapped up at the Phu Tho swimming club in HCM City on October 9.

 The general director of Thuong Thao Joint Stock Company, Le Van Thiet, was placed under temporary detention for investigation into deforestation activities, the police of central Binh Dinh Province said.

Police and forest rangers of Hue City in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are in co-operation to identify the persons who illegally cut down 3,000sq.m of special-use pine forest last month.

Ha Noi’s Department of Tourism has begun offering training classes to residents living in areas that receive heavy tourist traffic, aiming to promote community-based tourism and improve the quality of tourist services.

 Seven "best of the world" titles of Da Nang tourism

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and related meetings in Russia from October 14-15 and pay an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16-18.

 International filmmakers from Hong Kong (China), Poland and South Korea are invited to participate in the jury of the ASEAN FILM Awards at the 20th Vietnam Film Festival, announced the organization board of the event.

 A fashion show themed “The Dreamers” featuring designs made of Lanh My A (a kind of Vietnamese traditional fabric) will be held at Adora Luxury in Ho Chi Minh City on October 13.

 A heavy rain last night has triggered a severe landslide cutting off Hanoi-Lao Cai railway south of Lam Giang station, announced Hanoi based Railway Transport Operation Center.

 The 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings (FMM) will take place in the ancient city of Hoi An.