Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Dinh The Huynh called on the UN to continue cooperating with Vietnam in maintaining the Millennium Development Goals.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that the Govenrment and he personnally support the enhancement of defence partnership with Vietnam to propel the bilateral friendship and multi-faceted cooperation forward.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction and the Hanoi Fire Prevention and Fighting Police are considering setting up requirements on rooftop helipads for buildings over 100 meters high (about 30 stories or more).  

VietNamNet Bridge - Developing amusement parks for children is a lucrative business field with expected profitability of 30 percent. However, investors must have huge capital and continually update products.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnam has a long coastline, the country is still struggling with how to best exploit its advantages to create a more developed maritime economy. 

 Masks and costumes have been put on display at various shops in the Old Quarter as young people prepare for Halloween parties.

 The Government has asked policy makers to consider a number of projects with total investment capital of more than US$66 billion.

 Viet Nam has 718 State-owned enterprises (SOEs), most of them big or medium-sized and in 19 key sectors, that help the Government manage the economy.

 The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) is the largest State-owned bank by total assets, according to Moody's Investors Service. 

VietNamNet Bridge - All the three largest mobile network operators in Vietnam, namely Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone, witnessed big changes in key staff in the last three years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides the stunning scenery, fish sauce processing enterprises are also must-see places on Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc, in Kien Giang province.

Cashew nut shells, considered ‘rubbish’ by many people, turn out to be a material which may create a market worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of the dozens of competitions at schools are not needed, say students. 

 The northern region is expected to experience the coldest snap so far this year.

 Vietnam was listed in the top three most popular expansion destinations in South Asia, following Singapore and Japan, in United Overseas Bank’s Asian Enterprises Report 2016.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has been in office for eight months and his actions have captured the attention of both the mainstream press and social networks. VietNamNet talked to Ms. Pham Chi Lan, an independent economic expert. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Not only trading companies but authorized car distributors as well have been found playing tricks to evade tax.

 Ten Vietnamese software companies have opened branches in Japan, Vietnam’s second largest outsourcing market since 2014. 

 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. 

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.