Vietnam is ready for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which is scheduled to take place in the central coastal city of Da Nang from November 6-11, Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Convenience stores and mini supermarkets have been witnessing a growth rate of 200 percent in the last three years.

 Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh was stuck in floods in Yen Bai Province while doing a charity project in the area on October 11.

 Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma will come to Hanoi early next month to attend an e-payment service forum. 

 Heavy rains have caused serious flooding in the northern region, including the Hanoian suburban district of Quoc Oai.

 Thousands of people in Hoi An Town are facing a water shortage as the town suffers from a severe salinity problem.

 Devastating rains, floods, and landsides left 32 people dead and missing and nine others injured in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh as of 7 am on October 13.

 Gas and oil power plants are expected to benefit from the new decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade that has suspended the operation of the competitive electricity generation market.

 Viet Nam’s logistics sector is facing a shortage of high-quality human resources and needs co-operation in training among the Government, universities, businesses and associations.

Research findings by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research show that Vietnam’s economic growth in the third quarter was the highest in seven years, though overall inflation also started inching up in August.

 The average income per capita in Vietnam will reach about 3,000 USD in 2020 and the demand for cars will boom, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) forecast presented at a seminar in Hanoi on October 12.

 Vietnamese businesses are joining global counterparts at the 32nd Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) that kicked off at Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Bumi Serpong Damai city, Greater Jakarta, on October 11.

 The on-time performance record of domestic Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco in September was 17,624 flights, accounting for 86.3 percent of the total flights, up 1.6 points year on year.

Vietnam wishes that Cambodia will continue making it easier in terms of legal conditions and adopting proper measures to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese Cambodians in the country.

The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable encountered a technical trouble at 7:00 on October 12, losing signal connection with the Hong Kong (China) station, affecting Vietnam’s international internet links.

All facility preparations, including hotels as well as conference and media centres, for the APEC Economic Leaders' Week are basically completed, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

 Vietnam’s U23 team will compete in the international friendly football tournament the M-150 Cup 2017 in Thailand from December 9-15.

 A centre for visa application to Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, which form the Visegrád Group, became operational in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12.

 The duo of Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and Japanese Ito Yuichi earned the chance to compete in the doubles final of the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.

  V.League 1 side Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will sign a two-year contract with South Korean coach Chung Hae-seong, the club has announced. Under the contract, Chung will be the team’s technical director.