Phu Quoc International Airport will launch several new international air routes in the coming months which aims to attract more visitors to the southern island.

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has worked with coast guards to stop illegal fishing activities by Vietnamese fishermen in other countries after the EU issued a yellow card warning to Vietnam.   

VietNamNet Bridge - The tourism sector’s target of receiving 13 million foreign travelers in 2017 is within reach as more Chinese and South Korean visitors are coming to Vietnam.

 Experts and car owners have objected to a long-planned yet highly controversial scheme to impose a fee on cars entering HCMC’s central business district. 

 The Government will no longer inject more capital into State-funded investment projects that have racked up huge losses, according to a report Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has sent to the National Assembly.

Moves by taxation authorities to increase several taxes and in turn increase the State budget must be carefully implemented to ensure the health of Vietnam’s economy and its business community.

 Banks have generated hefty profits in the year’s first three quarters, buoyed by healthy credit growth.

Vietnam’s largest listed company Vinamilk has finalised procedures to sell 3.3 per cent of the residual stake on November 10, whilst the two brewery giants Sabeco and Habeco have yet to submit their divestment plans.

VietNamNet Bridge - The gap between the top 20 percent of the richest people and the lowest 20 per cent of the poor in Vietnam was 4.4 times in 1993, but the figure was 10 times in 2016. 

 Cooperation between Vietnam and Algeria has yet to match potential, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Pham Quoc Tru. 

Technology giants Alibaba and Tencent are trying to penetrate the Vietnamese e-payment market. 

 As Internet use in Viet Nam continues to rise, avoiding online security threats will become even more difficult, said Vu The Binh, Viet Nam Internet Association (VIA) general secretary, at a symposium in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

 Foreign ownership in the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) is officially at zero per cent, the bank announced late last week.

 The European Commission (EC) has issued a "yellow card" warning to Viet Nam, after the country failed to demonstrate sufficient progress in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide.

 The General Department of Customs (GDC) on Monday signed a co-operation agreement with five commercial banks to implement a 24/7 e-tax payment scheme.

 The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has proposed to the Prime Minister four different plans to operate airfields in the future, aiming to narrow a yawning gap between the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam’s (ACV) revenue and expenditures.

The natural rubber market is anticipated to continue struggling due to plunging prices, according to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC). 

 Shares rebounded on October 24 on the two national stock exchanges after a flop the previous day, propped up by the strong growth of several major large caps.

 Police in the central province of Ninh Thuan said that they had launched an official investigation into the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ninh Hai District.

 A draw for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship 2018’s final round took place in China on October 24.