Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Defence Minister Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang on October 26 held talks with visiting Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander of the US Pacific Command. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Southern One Pillar pagoda was modeled on Hanoi’s one–pillar pagoda. Its structure is similar but not identical. It was built in 1958 by the monk Thich Tri Dung.

Mekong Delta eyes market-driven agriculture, Tax agencies told to scrutinize firms with capital transfers, ODA loans seen costlier from 2017, Shipping route from Vietnam to Netherlands in the pipeline, HCMC budget collections edge up

 Thua Thien-Hue continues distributing compensation for fishermen, ADB to finance safe water storage equipment, Binh Duong makes first move towards smart city, HCMC to build tunnel to ease traffic congestion

VietNamNet Bridge - Time Magazine has used the portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap on its cover three times and published articles about different periods in the general’s career.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For over a decade the pace of tourism development in HCM City has been rather slow due to limited products in terms of places of interest and cultural and entertainment activities for tourists.

Although he holds only 10 shares in Masan Group, Masan Chairman Nguyen Dang Quang and his family have lost nearly $35 million in recent days due to the impact of the rivalry between traditional and industrial fish-sauce producers, reported Infonet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A fisherman in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday caught a giant catfish weighing nearly 130kg, 2.2m long in the Serepok River in Buon Don district.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The districts of Ha Dong, Bac Tu Liem, and Dong Anh plan to build 5-6 star hotels, at the request of Hanoi officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Women in HCM City who have sought online boyfriends have lost a total of hundreds of thousands of USD to a group of Nigerian men in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden will be staged for the first time in HCM City next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artist and designer Lartique will showcase his latest collection of wire art jewellery during a solo show starting from 5.30pm on Saturday at Module 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s national football team tied with Jeonju University team of South Korea 1-1 in their second friendly match in South Korea on October 25.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will divest 9 per cent of its holding in Vinamilk this year, a senior executive from the corporation has confirmed.

 Customs officers in Ho Chi Minh City spotted nearly one tonne of African elephant tusks hidden in two containers on October 26.

Vietnam and Myanmar have issued a joint statement on the occasion of Myanmar President Htin Kyaw’s State visit to Vietnam, vowing to build on the achieved outcomes to further expand and deepen the close friendship between the two countries. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to pilot stronger decentralization and authorization for HCMC on matters currently under the jurisdiction of the Government and of the Prime Minister, said a report on the Government portal this Monday. 

The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance and the Vietnam Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Alliance have proposed the Government put on hold all the coal-fired thermal power projects. 

 Mixed reactions have surfaced over a plan to increase retirement age, a National Assembly (NA) official told a conference on labor relations held on Monday in Hanoi.

 The sixth European Language Day will be take place at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi on October 29, promising to offer participants an opportunity to take part in activities relating to various European languages.