Dr. Thai Lai Pham, President and CEO of Siemens Vietnam, tells about Siemens AG's new strategy as part of its Vision 2020 and what it means for Vietnam.

Vietnam expects to grow at 6.5-7 percent for the next five years, according to a Government report tabled recently at the National Assembly on socio-economic development in 2015 and 2011-15 as well as the targets for the next five years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction on the first rapid bus line of HCM City is scheduled to begin in January 2017 with total investment of over US$137million.

 A Food Week showcasing the specialties typical of three regions in Vietnam will open at Vinhomes Riverside, Long Bien district, Hanoi, from November 7-15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen spoke to the Lao dong (Labour) newspaper about the difficulties facing female workers on Saturday, Oct 24.

A representative of the Ministry of Health confirmed that Quinvaxem vaccine would continue to be used in the national immunisation program when responding to queries on the recent death of babies after being vaccinated.

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 Police Department of Criminal Investigation in Social Order (PC45) in HCM City smashed an illegal lottery gambling ring and arrested 14 people for organising gambling sessions.

The fifth East Asian Seas Congress will take place from November 16-21 in the central city of Da Nang, gathering 700 Vietnamese and foreign delegates.

 Vietnam and other ASEAN member countries shared regional security issues at the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 3. 

 National Assembly (NA) deputies proposed a number of measures to promote the economic growth at their discussions on November 3 as part of the ongoing 13th NA’s 10th sitting. 

 In a report submitted to the government the Key Projects Management Board advised that the Qatari investor has officially withdrawn from the Long Son Petrochemical Complex project.

 Standard Chartered, the Asia-focused UK bank, is to cut 15,000 jobs by 2018 and raise $5.1bn (£3.3bn) to create a "focused and well-capitalised" group.

 A plane has crash landed in Pakistan's Lahore, injuring at least 10 people, local media report.

VietNamNet Bridge - In order to be able to display products at supermarkets, manufacturers have to satisfy many requirements set by supermarkets, including extremely unreasonable ones.

 Sacombank’s permanent vice chairman Tram Be is required to leave the bank by October 30 and deal with debts he is responsible for, according to a statement issued by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 The Government will postpone proposing a plan on wage raise for state employees to the National Assembly (NA) for consideration until the legislature’s meeting in March 2016 due to budget constraints

 The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has dismissed as groundless rumors that Vietnamese enterprises have suspended export of 25% broken rice due to an undersupply of this product on the domestic market.

 Quang Ninh Department of Transport temporarily halted the operation of 153 tourist vessels in Ha Long Bay which failed to meet waste water treatment standards.

 Vietnam is ranked 55th among 142 countries in this year’s Prosperity Index, according to a report released by the UK think tank The Legatum Institute on November 2.