Voters voiced their wish that the National Assembly, Government and localities will give the priority to development investment, focusing public investment on key areas, after watching a live-broadcast discussion on October 29.

 Red tape must be removed for domestic logistics firms to develop and compete in a market which had great potential, driven by a boom in international trade, but was now dominated by foreign rivals.

 National Assembly (NA) deputies have expressed worries that the State budget income from tax collection is declining while economic development is too reliant on exploiting natural assets.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) inched up 0.33 per cent in October, the lowest month-on-month increase in the past three years, according to the latest update of the General Statistics Office.

The developers of road projects under the BOT (build, operate, transfer) investment mode complain that lending interest rates are too high, up to 10.5 percent per annum. 

 Vietnamese footballer Nguyen Anh Duc has tipped as a forward to watch at the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

 Up to 70% of surveyed Hanoians agreed on the removal of public loudspeakers which have been used in the city for decades.

 As many as 14,845 traffic accidents have been reported during the first 10 months of this year, killing 6,674 people and injuring 11,549 others, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

 Legal advice was given to Vietnamese guest workers in the Republic of Korea (RoK) at a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese agencies in Gimhae city on October 28.

It is time to make amendments to the current Law on Petroleum to legally facilitate the development of Vietnam’s oil and gas industry and implement the strategy for sustainable development of the maritime economy until 2030.

 The number of airline passengers hit 58.7 million in the first 10 months of this year, a rise of 13.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

 A company in Nha Trang city, central Khanh Hoa province, has been suspended for two months for the illegal use of foreign workers.

 The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources.  

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The reported to the National Assembly the pace of implementation and investment disbursement of two key infrastructure projects, the eastern section of the North-South Highway and the Long Thanh International Airport.

 The People’s Court  of the northern province of Phu Tho announced on October 29 that it would be holding the first instance trial on November 12 for 92 people accused of involvement in a major online gambling ring.

 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh has underlined the need to focus on the planning and investigation of water resources across the country, especially in the Mekong Delta region. 

 The purchasing power of apartments in Ho Chi Minh City has decreased significantly and yet, the demand for land for residential purposes is still recording positive signals. 

 Lawmakers discussed the State budget estimate for 2018 and the  allocation for 2019, as well as the State budget financial plan for 2019-2021 during the ongoing sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on October 29.

 The free trade agreement between Vietnam and the EU (EVFTA) is expected to bring 3.2 billion USD worth of benefits to Vietnam in 2020.

 Police of the northern port city of Hai Phong announced on October 29 that they had just busted a major drug trafficking ring and seized 2.95 kilograms of Methamphetamine.