General Ngo Xuan Lich, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, is paying official visits to Australia and New Zealand from November 2 to 9.

 Foreign media has reported on Vietnam’s hosting of a Formula One race in April 2020, becoming the third Southeast Asian nation to welcome the top-flight racing. 

The ‘free’ foreign currency market has operated for many years. People go to gold shops to buy and sell dollars every day, even though the transactions are illegal.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chinese yuan has depreciated sharply, while the Chinese Q3 GDP growth rate is the lowest in the last decade. 

The newly appointed Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Manh Hung says that accepting new business models and building up the IoT (internet of things) industry is the only choice for Vietnam in the new technology era.

The HCM City Transport Department has suggested that municipal authorities create a plan to control vehicle emissions and collect pollution fees.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economics, diplomacy and social science majors find it easier to learn foreign languages than students at polytechnic schools.

 Property developer FLC Group said it will inject 1.5 billion USD into agricultural development across 15,000 hectares of lands in Vietnam during 2018 – 2019. 

 Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Le Minh Hung was questioned on the pace of handling bad debt and banks with bad performances during the question-and-answer session on November 1 at the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing sixth session.

 Climate change response in the Mekong Delta, a region vulnerable to this global phenomenon, continued to be one of the issues that legislators grilled Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha about on November 1.

 Obstacles to the valuation of the land use rights of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially those with multiple land lots in different parts of the country, have slowed the equitization of SOEs.

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has become the first commercial bank of Vietnam to set up a representative office in the US.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just approved a project to implement the “ASEAN Declaration on the Role of the Civil Service as A Catalyst for Achieving the ASEAN Community Vision 2025”.

 Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the baseline credit assessments (BCAs) of 12 Vietnamese banks in its latest report released on October 30.

 Vietnam’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) scored growth of 10.4 percent in the first ten months of 2018, compared to the growth of 9.6 percent in the same period last year.

 A delegation from the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on Fisheries led by EP spokesman Mato Gabriel held a working session with authorities from the central province of Binh Dinh.

VietNamNet Bridge - China has been expanding the growing area of many kinds of farm produce and has gradually reduced imports from Vietnam.

 The market capitalisation of stocks and fund certificates has seen significant growth this year, equivalent to more than 80 percent of GDP and exceeding the goal set for 2020, according to an official.

The State Bank of Vietnam’s sale of USD has impacted the VND’s liquidity in the market, which could become more severe as demand for liquidity is growing in the remaining months of 2018.

 Starting on October 12, Vietnam has accepted payment in the Vietnamese dong (VND), Chinese yuan (CNY), or fully convertible currencies for overland trade activities with China.