The General Department of Vietnam Customs will pilot the electronic tax collection and customs clearance 24/7 with five banks. 

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite pledged to reinforce bilateral cooperation, especially in the economy, trade and investment, during their talks in Vilnius city on October 23 (local time). 

 The sixth Asian U23 Fencing Championships will take place in Hanoi from October 26-31, attracting 21 foreign teams with 247 fencers. 

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has assured Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone that the Vietnamese Party, State and government always give top priority to developing special ties with Laos. 

 There are now more than 10 million elderly people in Vietnam, of whom 2 million are over eighty years old. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese telecommunications market is shaped by the dominance of three big players – VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel. But now Samsung may join forces with businesses to develop IT.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is one of a few countries which harvests and sells salangane resources. 

Duong Van Ni, a respected expert from Can Tho University who has written many valuable studies on Mekong Delta, has caught public attention with his view that the wave of farmers migrating from the Delta is a great opportunity.

VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time, a quantitative study of Vietnam's output in international scientific publications in the field of social sciences and humanities has been published.

E5 biofuel will replace RON92 from next year, presenting a host of challenges for petroleum enterprises.

 The gross domestic product (GDP) of Viet Nam this year is expected to reach 6.7 per cent, perfectly on point with the previously set target.

 A woman died after a fire broke out at her kiosk in Thuan An Town, southern province of Binh Duong, early Sunday morning.

How much do internal resources contribute to the country’s GDP? Economists have raised the question after GSO announced a record-high GDP growth rate of 7.46 percent in the third quarter of the year.

 Three crew members of a barge that sank in the waters off Bach Long Vi Island near the port city of Hai Phong on Saturday were rescued and taken to the Cat Ba Border Guard Station safely on Monday morning.

As of October 15, Vietnam gained nearly US$118 billion from exporting 10 key export items.

It seem quite clear that those who can least afford it would be hit the hardest by any increase to VAT rates.

 The dismissal of Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia and Government Inspector General Phan Van Sau have been brought up at the first meeting of 14th National Assembly's fourth session on October 23.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rural areas, where 70 percent of the population lives and where the average income per capita has been increasing rapidly, is a market with great potential.

 Viet Nam’s agricultural sector needs to intensify the application of information and communications technology (ICT) to improve its productivity, quality and competitiveness in the world market, experts said.

 Vietnamese shares traded sluggishly last week on the back of large-cap stocks and the current condition is expected to remain in the coming week, according to analysts and brokerage firms.