The Italian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has announced that a new consulate will be inaugurated in Danang this coming October 28 during a visit by the Italian Justice Minister to Vietnam.

 Foreign strategic investors may only be interested in buying the entire state-owned stake in Vinamilk in a single bulk instead of dividing it into several smaller pieces as planned by State Capital Investment Corporation.

 Vietnam’s reserves of sea fish are estimated at approximately 4.2 million tonnes with various kinds of fish, many of which have high commercial value. 

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith vowed that the Lao Government will create the most possible favourable conditions for Vietnamese investors during his first-ever dialogue with the Vietnamese business community in Laos. 

 The Prime Minister has just made a decision to allocate 260 billion VND (11.7 million USD) from the central budget’s reserve to help 12 northern localities seriously affected by storms earlier this year.

 Vietnam wants to learn from the agricultural co-operative model of Japan in order to seek a development direction suitable with its own advantages, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told Fumiyasu Akegawa, President of Devnet Japan.

 UN peacekeeping operations play an important role in preserving international peace and security, helping create a peaceful and stable environment for development, affirmed the head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations. 

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam released its Business Climate Index for Quarter 3 of 2016, with positive sentiment among EuroCham members about Vietnam’s business environment set at a level of 86, up from 77 in the second quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vegetables and fruits, which brought modest export turnover in the past, have become the new driving force for the country's agriculture as other exports have reached the critical point.

 The University of Economics and Businessof VN National University in co-ordination with the Japan society for Information and Management (JSIM) yesterday held the 2016 Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management in Hanoi

  Domestic software developers are expecting that North America will become the second market for Vietnamese outsourcing companies, after Japan.

 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) which record prolonged losses and lose equity capital may be put up for sale or declared bankruptcy according to law.

 The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has canceled the regional futsal championship.

 All Vietnamese were ousted from the Vietnam's Men’s Futures F7 in Binh Duong Province yesterday.

 Le Nguyen Quoc Bao bagged two gold medals at the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championship in Malaysia.

 Vietnam grabbed two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the King’s Cup Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball, a sport native to South East Asia region) World Championship in Thailand.

 Vietnam has jumped to the No.2 position in the Southeast Asian region as per FIFA’s October ranking, which was released on October 20.

 Authorities in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are working with government agencies to provide financial assistance to farmers who suffered losses after the recent mass death of farm-raised fish in Long Son Commune.

 The Urban Railway Management Board has submitted a construction investment project for the fifth metro line to the HCM City People’s Committee.

 HCM City police must crack down on gangs using deadly weapons and street robbery, Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security said.