The election of a Vietnamese ambassador as Chairman of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) General Assembly, with the support of all member countries, has shown Vietnam’s growing stature in the global arena.

 GDP grows 6.41 percent in nine months of 2017

 Twenty percent of HCM City’s population with no health insurance have been hit with a 30 percent increase in fees.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong had talks with Malaysia’s Minister of Plantation, Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong in Hanoi on October 4.

 Vietnam’s economy continues to show fundamental strength, according to the East Asia-Pacific Economic Update released by the World Bank via a teleconference connecting regional countries, including Vietnam, on October 4. 

Hou Xiang Yu comes from Shanxi, China. He has been living in Vietnam for seven years. Like many other Vietnamese families, Yu and his wife often take their daughter to Hang Ma street to buy Mid-Autumn festival toys.

The 12th Party Central Committee’s sixth meeting opened in Hanoi on October 4, expected to discuss the socio-economic and financial-budgetary situation in 2017 and draft a socio-economic development plan for next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese who have experienced Galaxy Note 8 highly appreciate the model, saying it is worth the money.

Floods season brings more alluvium and washes away alum and pesticide. During the season, fields have time to ‘relax’, while parasitic creatures are killed and farmers can save money for the next crop.

The criticism by a parent in Hanoi about the harsh education methods applied by a private high school in Hanoi has raised a question about what Vietnamese teachers do when their students make mistakes.  

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of Bulgarian Ambassador Evgueni Stefanov Stoytchev’s dedication to boost the Vietnam-Bulgaria relations when the outgoing ambassador came to bid farewell to him on October 4. 

 Vietnam now records over 18 million unofficial workers who account for 57.2 percent of non-agricultural workforce, according to a report announced at a seminar held in Hanoi on October 4. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said Vietnam will do its best to foster ASEAN-India strategic partnership in its role as the current coordinator of ASEAN-India ties and a close friend of India. 

 The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said it has captured two Vietnamese fishing vessels found in its territorial waters.

 Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh remains world No. 1 in the men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)’s ​October rankings.

Vietnam exported $475 million worth of seafood products to South Korea in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 27 percent compared with the same period last year.

For years, Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago waters have been the traditional fishing grounds of fishermen in Sam Linh Dpng village of Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam province. 

 High staff turnover is the biggest challenge facing the retail sector, according to a recently released Navigos report entitled “Retail Workforce: Factors Which Affects the Retail Workforce: Currently and in 5 Years.”

VietNamNet Bridge - Though it is the world’s top cashew exporter, Vietnam imports 1 million tons of cashew nuts out of 1.4 million tons of raw materials every year for processing. 

 Some 63,000 doses of the Pentaxim vaccine have been imported, according to the representative office of Sanofi Pasteur Company in Vietnam.