Vietnam has identified over 1,080 species of marine fish, including many highly economically valuable creatures such as the skipjack tuna, Japanese horse mackerel, yellowtail scad, largehead hairtail (or beltfish), ariid catfish, among others.

 RMIT Vietnam has launched the university’s first international-standard PhD programme with three degree options: Business, Management, or Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

 More than 500 primary and secondary school students in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang will take part in the annual Robothon Contest starting on Sunday.

 HCM City is struggling to seek funds for projects in seven breakthrough programmes because of budget constraints, officials said at a meeting in HCM City. 

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on October 28 handed a licence to provide 4G services to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT). 

 The Government issued drastic instructions and ministries, sectors, localities and the entire people made concerted efforts to combat crimes in 2016, Minister of Public Security To Lam told legislators on October 28. 

 Vietnam has jumped five places to 96th position in terms of electricity access, one of the criteria the World Bank uses to rank 189 economies on the ease of doing business. 

 Myanmar President Htin Kyaw left Hanoi on October 28, concluding a successful State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam paid respect to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Dusit Maha Prasat Palace in Bangkok on October 28 afternoon. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While some tycoons have seen huge assets evaporate and others have been sent to prison, a lot of new faces have appeared on the scene. The pockets of the upstarts are believed to be full of trillions of VND.

The Ministry of Finance said it would tighten spending next year as well as the financial planning for the next five years as state budget revenues have been lower than estimated. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite danger, these people still live near the railway because it is their part of their livelihood and daily habit.

 Forty-six per cent of Vietnamese consumers have purchased a product or service on their mobile device in the past six months, according the latest report from Nielsen entitled “Mobile Money Makes the World Go Around”, released on October 26.

 The public is being asked to become more aware about guarding  personal data to avoid potential loopholes in local bank security systems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a small country like Vietnam, pursuing civil sovereignty in the sea is a smart approach.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, the consequences of climate change in Vietnam were evident with 10 typhoons and seven tropical depressions in the East Sea, more than the average of many years ago. 

VietNamNet introduce "The policy to attract overseas Vietnamese to build the country" talks with Minister Phung Xuan Nha, Prof. Ngo Bao Chau, former VietNamNet chief-editor Nguyen Anh Tuan, and the Hanoi University of Technology Rector.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vinamilk yoghurt isnow available at supermarkets and large stores in Thailand, with a higher price than average.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang has told its public servants and employees of state agencies to not use social networks, especially Facebook, for personal purposes during working hours.

 The expanded international terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport was put into operation on October 26, raising its annual capacity from ten million to 13 million passengers in the first phase.