Vietnam can achieve a whopping 56 percent annual rise in export turnover this year to reach 275 billion USD, a senior official has said.

 Vietnam Railway plans to operate extra trains for Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) from February 2 to March 4 next year.

 The outcomes of a cooperation project on vocational training between the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) and the German Farmers’ Union (DBV) were reviewed at a seminar in Hanoi on October 5.

 Tuyet Thai nursing centre is a private centre for old people. It is not only where the elderly are taken care of but also a gathering place for them to meet and share their autumnal days.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) plans to open a Consulate Office in the central city of Da Nang to boost tourism and investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - A bio-product for shrimp farming created from bagasse allows farmers to save 50 percent of expenses.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many more students, aware of market demand and the unemployment rate among graduates, are choosing to attend vocational school instead of university. 

The waste from coal-fired power plants includes solid, liquid and gaseous waste, including 16 million tons of ash & slag and gypsum discharged every year. But only 30 percent, or 5 million tons, is treated and re-used.

 The Gemadept Corporation (GMD) has completed the transfer of capital in its two subsidiary firms to CJ Logistics Corporation of the Republic of Korea, the Vietnamese company has announced.

 The Government has issued two action plans to carry out the 12th Party Central Committee’s Resolution 10 on developing the private economic sector and Resolution 11 on perfecting the socialist-oriented market institutions.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) has presented the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to outgoing Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Evgueni Stoytchev.

 The Ministry of Health has launched a project wherein by 2020, all pharmacies will be required to sell antibiotics only to patients carrying doctors’ prescriptions.

Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will operate nearly 110 additional flights with over 20,000 seats from October 5 to November 13 on Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang routes to serve activities of the APEC Year 2017.

VAMC (Vietnam Asset Management Company) is now holding VND230 trillion worth of bad debt, including real estate which is used as collateral for bad debts it has purchased from commercial banks.

 Average CPI in nine months goes up 3.79 percent

 Vietnam’s economy witnessed positive changes in the first nine months of 2017 with growth increasing from quarter to quarter, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam.

 It was unreasonable to deny inspecting and qualifying cars just because the previous owners had not paid traffic fines, according to a former Traffic Police Department official. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While the number of travelers to Vietnam has been increasing rapidly, the number of guests staying at high-end hotels has not risen.

Vietnam supports the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s provision of technical assistance to tackle increasing challenges in drug crime control on a global scale, stated Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh.

 The visit to Myanmar by a high-level military delegation of Vietnam led by Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich from October 1-3 was a success.