The first Vietnam Coffee Day will take place in Da Lat city of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 9-11, announced local authorities and the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association.

 The central city of Da Nang has basically completed logistics preparations for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and related meetings slated for November, according to the municipal Department of External Affairs. 

 The functions and operations of the Vietnam Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) should be restructured to deal with the “next phase” of handling non-performing loans (NPLs), the Finance Ministry (MoF) said.

 China inaugurated its Consulate General in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on October 13. 

 The finance sector will continue to tweak the financial inspection system to make the nation’s financial system more efficient.

 Latest updates from the Ministry of Construction showed that real estate inventories were on a declining trend but remained relatively huge.

 Experts are warning against an outbreak of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease as wet weather continues.

 Research findings by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) show that Vietnam’s economic growth in the third quarter was the highest in seven years.

 The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is considered a golden chance for developing countries like Vietnam to improve quality of services, goods and competitive advantages.

 The central city of Da Nang will host the Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) on November 14, following the APEC Economic Leaders Week.

 The National Assembly of Vietnam will soon implement the sustainable development goals (SDGs) self-assessment toolkit built by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

 While successfully hosting the upcoming 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, Da Nang should spare no effort to become the most livable city in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16-18, aiming to enhance cooperation between the two countries and their legislative ties. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Following Oppo, other Chinese smartphone brands have been entering Vietnam, creating competition for other brands.

The principle that Vietnam needs to pursue now is not to confront nature, but to respond appropriately and flexibly to new circumstances, such as climate change, by restructuring the economy. 

The HCMC National University earns VND180-200 billion a year from technology transfer deals. However, in most cases, the transfer is conducted in unofficial way; thus, the revenue is not commensurate with the real value.

Following initial success, some Vietnamese businessmen have made daring decisions pouring trillions of dong into huge projects, vowing to turn their conglomerates into businesses of international stature.  

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has led a high-ranking NA delegation of Vietnam to attend the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-137) that officially opened in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 14.

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigontourist has launched seven new waterway routes on the Sai Gon River and the river sections of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An. 

 Vietnam and FAO agreed a country programme framework for cooperation between 2017 and 2021 during a ceremony to mark the 37th World Food Day held in northern Bac Kan province on October 14.