The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control’s permanent board and the Sub-Department of Disaster Prevention and Control for the central region will establish two working groups to aid flood recovery in the central localities. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – International experts said that the recent ruling released by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has strongly changed debate on the issue of the East Sea, especially among Chinese scholars and officials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will celebrate its 50th founding anniversary next year. So, it's time for the organization to consider the near future.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on November 1 signed into issuance a resolution on several major policies and guidelines to continue renewing growth model; improving growth quality, labour productivity and economic competitiveness.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Developing data products is the only choice for small networks amid pressure from the giant telecoms VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam, especially the Mekong River Delta, has been warned for 20 years that it will be one of the areas to suffer most seriously from climate change.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese educators anticipate that the fourth industrial revolution will have a major impact on traditional education.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spends tens of billions of dollars to import products already abundant in the domestic market.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Didier Corlou, the owner of five famous restaurants in Hanoi, and former chef of the Sofitel Metropole Hotel, says he has a great love for two things: his Vietnamese wife and Vietnamese fish sauce. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Son Nhat International Airport is planning put into operation the most modern garage in HCM City with an area of 11,000 m2, and seven storeys.

 The 267 conditional business activities in Vietnam are to be reduced to 226 as part of creating a more favorable business and investment environment.

 Vietnam’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is still expected to record 4 per cent value growth in 2016 as a whole, according to the latest report from Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam.

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has moved up five spots to No. 629 in the men’s singles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings.

 Viglacera Corporation, Viet Nam's largest producer of construction ceramics and tiles, has filed an application to list over 65 million shares worth VND650 billion (US$29 million) on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

 Masan Group Corporation (MSN) plans to buy all outstanding common shares in Masan Resource Corporation (MSR), the largest tungsten  firm in the world, through its wholly-owned subsidiary.

 Viet Nam's textile and garment industry needs to create motivation itself and attract foreign investors to top ASEAN member states in the field, said the Chairman of the Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), Vu Duc Giang.

 Vietnam faces a serious shortage of high-quality workers in information technology (IT), which poses challenges to the country as digitalisation, the fourth scientific revolution, is taking place worldwide. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the equitisation of electricity-generation corporations under the EVN, PetroVietnam and Vinacomin. 

 Vietnam became the biggest importer of Korean ginseng among ASEAN member countries and the 6th biggest buyer in the world last year. 

Two people died and thousands of houses were inundated yesterday as floodwater continues to rise in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh. Flooding also occurred in late afternoon in Quang Tri.