Vietnamese startup travel company Ecohost has beaten 110 competitors to take second prize in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge. 

 The Ministry of Health has issued a decision approving a plan to give additional measles-rubella (MR) vaccine shots to children in the 1-5 age group in the 2018-2019 period.

 The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly is of great importance as it will review the country’s performance in the first half of the 2016-2020 tenure, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the opening of the session in Hanoi on October 22.

 The Dung Quat Biofuel Plant, based in the central province of Quang Ngai, produced the first batch of E100 ethanol fuel on October 19 after five days since restarting, the company officials have announced.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visits to Austria, Belgium, Denmark and the EU have arrived at a fine success that created many breakthroughs and an important driving force to bring Vietnam’s relations with partners to a depth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood companies complain that retailers are playing tricks to dislodge their products out of supermarket chains.

 Vietnam will undertake the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) in 2019, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre.

 Vietnam’s export turnover this year could reach nearly 240 billion USD, increasing 11.2 percent from last year. 

 One person has been killed and dozens others injured when a speeding car hit a line of motorbikes stopping at a red light in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night.

 Vietnam has licensed around ten wholly foreign-owned banks to date, including HSBC Vietnam, Standard Chartered Vietnam, Hong Leong Vietnam, and Shinhan Bank Vietnam. 

 The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly opened at the National Assembly Hall in Hanoi at 9 am on October 22, with the opening sitting broadcast live on national television and radio.

 Vietnam gained a trade surplus of more than US$21 billion with the European Union during the year up to September, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 The Long Bien Marathon 2018 will take place on October 28 in Long Bien District sports centre.

The fact that Petrolimex has recently sought the Government’s permission to cancel its US$5-billion Nam Van Phong Refinery and Petrochemical project in Khanh Hoa suggests the craze that started 10 years ago has come to an end.

 The Kizuna Ekiden Hanoi 2018 – Run for Traffic Safety is scheduled to start on November 18 around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Customs (GDC) reported that 86 Chinese-made cars with fewer than nine seats arrived in Vietnam this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students at 11 primary schools in Nong Cong district in Thanh Hoa province have not had English lessons for many years because of the lack of teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists and physicians have released new reports about air pollution in HCMC, warning that air quality is worsening.

 Employees at state-owned firms are getting the highest payment according to a new report by the General Statistics Office.

 Two men have been arrested for blackmailing several National Assembly deputies.