Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) to enhance training cooperation with Vietnam and help the Southeast Asian country improve professional capacity for its police force.

The People’s Committee of HCM City and JICA held a workshop to review a technical cooperation project to support the planning and implementation of nationally appropriate mitigation action in a monitoring, reporting and verification manner.

 Deputies of the 14th National Assembly on October 26 debated the draft bill on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Credit Institutions.

 The sixth Asian U23 Fencing Championships kicked off in Hanoi on October 26.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports all show disappointing results in technology transfer from foreign-invested enterprises to Vietnamese companies. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors have poured trillions of dong into shares of large infrastructure companies which promise modest but stable profits. 

VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, the number of university lecturers has increased but the quality has not improved. 

Calls have long rung out for Vietnam to mechanize its agriculture sector, and manufacturers, both local and foreign, are keen to meet needs.

Localities in the Mekong Delta region have called for investment in 33 projects in the groups of real estate and tourism, with a total investment of nearly VND7.8 trillion (US$343.2 million).

 Latest report from JLL notes further M&A activities during third quarter.

 More than two millions litres of adulterated petrol have been found at a number of petrol stations in the central province of Nghe An.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday proposed new Transport Minister Nguyen Van The and new Chief Government Inspector Le Minh Khai to the National Assembly.

 Authorities in Vinh Phuc Province have asked local military bases to stop firearms training which is suspected to be responsible for stray bullets injuring local people.

 The duo comprising Ly Hoang Nam of Viet Nam and Sumit Nagal of India were ousted from the Hung Thinh Vietnam Open 2017 being held in HCM City.

 The equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will hardly meet their target this year, as only 20 SOEs had completed the process by the end of September.

With its steady economic growth, political stability, a youthful population, and equitisation of State-owned enterprises, Vietnam’s securities market is attractive to investors, the Gateway to Vietnam Conference heard in HCM City on October 25.

 HCM City would be able to cope with the many challenges caused by the rapid increase in its migrant population when becoming a smart city, a conference heard on Wednesday.

 The Lao Government and the Vietnam Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO) on Thursday signed a contract for exploitation and processing of iron ore.

About $28.24 billion in FDI was poured into Vietnam between January and October, up 37.4 percent year on year, said the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The newly released World Bank’s “Migrating to Opportunity” report shows that in 2015, ASEAN countries received a total $62 billion worth of overseas remittances.