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a report submitted to the government the Key Projects Management Board advised that the Qatari investor has officially withdrawn from the Long Son Petrochemical Complex project.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

Under pressure from international public opinion about misleading marketing, PepsiCo has recently confirmed that water used in its Aquafina brand is treated tap water. 

SCG in Vietnam had $707 million in total assets in the third quarter of the year, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year, mainly from its investment in the Prime Group and the acquisition of Batico.

 France’s leading retail group Auchan will sign a strategic cooperation contract with Mipec on November 3 to get its supermarket chain underway in Hanoi. A contract to lease space at the Mipec Long Bien Commercial Center will also be signed.