Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had meeting with UN Deputy Secretary General and Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operation and Director of the UN Mine Action Service in New York, on October 13.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that during the APEC Year 2017 event Vietnam is expected to welcome tens of thousands of delegates and organize about 200 events across the country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for clarifying specific responsibilities of local authorities, Party units, collectives and individuals in forest management and protection via strict measures. 

 The number of domestic workers at home and abroad has been on the rise. However, regulations meant to protect their legitimate rights and interests are insufficient.

 Mr. Stephen Wyatt, General Director of JLL Vietnam, tells VET about the development of the condotel market in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ways of manipulating the stock market are getting more sophisticated despite serious punishments. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined the urgent need to restructure public sector organizations in a way that promotes the private sector’s involvement in those public services.

 Since the beginning of the year, myriad financial investors from South Korea have been actively searching for opportunities to enter the Vietnamese banking sector, especially the consumer finance segment. 

VietNamNet Bridge - More Vietnamese businesses have decided to increase their investments in online sales as e-commerce continues to boom. 

A year after a toxic spill from the plant caused the country’s worst environmental disaster so far, Formosa steel and port complex project is pressing on, expecting to produce 1.5 million tonnes of steel between now and the end of the year.

The Hanoi Party Committee convened its tenth meeting on October 13 to review the city’s socio-economic performance during January-September and put forth measures to fulfill targets set for the remaining months of this year and the next years. 

 Vietnamese and Indonesian defence ministries signed a Declaration on Joint Vision on Defence Cooperation for 2017-2022 following talks between the two Defence Ministers in Jakarta on October 13. 

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of the Vietnam ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), attended the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) in Manila, the Philippines on October 11-13. 

 The Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Military Technical Cooperation convened its 19th meeting in Hanoi on Thursday.

 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Thach Kim Tuan defeated Tran Le Quoc Toan to win three gold medals at the men’s 56kg category of the National Weightlifting Championship.

 Widespread floods triggered by a tropical depression over the past few days have killed 54 people as of 22:00 pm on October 12, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Bank shares, called ‘king shares’, have seen prices escalate to record highs after a period of decline. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a telegraph, on October 12, calling for strengthened efforts in overcoming the consequences caused by widespread floods in the northern and central provinces over recent days.

 The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting announced that a tropical depression in the East Sea has strengthened into a tropical storm and is moving towards the East Sea.

 Several railway routes have resumed operation after being disrupted by destructive floods in the central and northern regions.