Vietnam is wasting trillions of VND paying 700,000 civil servants who are barely working, according to the National Assembly Committee on Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese investors still cannot reap fruits from real estate projects in foreign markets.

 Beachside and resort properties in Vietnam have huge potential and investors are targeting foreigners and overseas Vietnamese as their biggest customers.

 Vietnamese businesses have been advised to study the Viet Nam – Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement so that they can capitalise on opportunities to boost exports to EAEU-member countries.

 A law on renewable energy is needed to ensure sustainable and effective development of renewable energy, according to Dr. Duong Duy Hoat from the Institute of Energy Science. 

 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) remain the biggest tax payers in Vietnam as they make up nearly 60 percent of the total value of corporate income tax paid by the top 1,000 enterprises of tax contribution (V1000) in 2016. 

 The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on October 12 seized a boat with 20 Vietnamese fishermen onboard for allegedly entering waters 26 nautical miles from Tanjung Sedili to the southeast.

 The Vietnam Red Cross Society was selected to represent national organisations in Southeast Asia to host a meeting marking International Day for Disaster Reduction in the central province of Quang Nam on October 13. 

 Vietnam is playing an active and constructive role in the Francophone community, Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Michaelle Jean said and wished the country will contribute more to the community. 

 Vietnam-EAEU FTA takes effect in October

 Many wealthy people have exploited loopholes in laws to scramble for low-priced houses which are built to serve low-income earners.

 The Hanoi Department of Taxation has just made public the names of seven real estate companies which are responsible for tax arrears of VND55bn, equal to 36% to total debts owed by the companies in the city.

 Two workers were killed and four others injured when scaffolding collapsed at an office and apartment building project in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District this morning, October 13.

As of October 12, medical fees hike in 16 cities and provinces in the country, said the Ministry of Health.

 A meeting marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13) was organized by Vietnam Red Cross Society, International Red Crescent Society and the 

 The Hai Duong People’s Committee is seeking solutions for the $2 billion, 1,200 megawatt Hai Duong thermal power plant, in case the investors continue to delay with the construction.

A photo book capturing the life of Hanoi in the 1980s by former UK diplomat John Ramsden will be launched in the time to come.

 More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, ANTARA News quoted Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei as saying.

  HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) will join financial information provider StoxPlus to organise the 2nd Vietnam Annual International Investor Conference on November 4 in HCM City.

 The Ministry of Finance has transferred VND3 trillion (US$134 million) to four coastal central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue where fish died en mass due to environmental pollution in April.