The Prime Minister has agreed with the Ministry of Public Security’s proposals to host the 38th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drugs in 2017 and the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drugs in 2018.

 Minister of Defence, General Ngo Xuan Lich had talks with his Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen, during which he affirmed that promoting friendship and cooperation with Singapore is one of the priorities of Vietnam’s external policies. 

 Vietnam calls on all countries to make constructive contributions in line with international law to maintaining peace, stability and the rule of law at sea and in the ocean, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is rumored that about ten Japanese firms will invest up to US$2 billion in the real estate market in Vietnam, particularly HCM City and Hanoi, in the coming time.

 More than 80.9 million shares of Vissan (Viet Nam Meat Industries Company; code: VSN), were officially traded on October 21 on the UPCoM market on the Hanoi Stock Exchange at a reference price of VND67,000 (US$3).

 Around 600 drug addicts escaped from a rehabilitation centrein Dong Nai Province’s Xuan Loc District late last night, and caused havoc onand around National Highway 1, blocking traffic, rioting and looting.

 Trucks that weigh over 50 tonnes and coaches with more than 25 seats are banned from entering several streets in Hanoi as three regionalsummits take place here on October 24-26.

 Five people were killed and two injured this morning whentheir car collided with a train while crossing a railway track on a majorhighway in a Hanoi district.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On rainy days, the people of Yen Thanh district in the central province of Nghe An flock to fields to catch field mice. 

 Trinh Duc Tam won the Tour de Siak cycling tournament in Indonesia on October 22, while Vietnam topped the team ranking in Siak.

 Vietnam beat hosts Bahrain 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-19 Football Championship to reach the semifinals, securing a berth at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Some sources said iPhone 7 may not be available in Vietnam through official channels by the end of October as hoped.

VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Vietnam Sea and Islands said that Vietnam’s inshore water quality is still good, with most of the indexes meeting the Vietnamese standard. 

VietnamNet Bridge - Worried about the new form of exam questions, students rush to exam preparation centers to practice the skills of solving multiple-choice exam questions. Exam preparation centers have been increasing in number.

 Vietnam’s Consulate General in Nepal went into operation on October 23 after an opening ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese-made products have become inferior to imports, while others cannot penetrate regional markets.

 The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on October 22 that 100% samples of fish sauce taken for testing were found to contain no inorganic arsenic or other heavy metals, such as lead, mercury and cadmium.

 Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has just asked the Ministry of Public Security and authorities in Dak Nong Province to investigate a shooting which killed three forest rangers in the area on Sunday.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union in collaboration with the Quang Trung Software Park yesterday held the seventh Young Creative Program under theme of ‘Building a smart city’ at HCMC Youth Culture House. 

The government is planning to remove tuition fees for ethnic minority preschoolers and secondary school students, the annual government conference held recently heard.