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.

 A new skill of Vietnamese gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung was recognised by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) at the 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 in Montreal, Canada.

 The sixth East Sea conference held by the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) opened in Kuala Lumpur on October 4 under the theme “Fostering a shared future in the East Sea”.

 The 239 Vietnamese freed by Indonesia are set to return home on October 6.

 Vietnam ended their title drought at the world event, winning a gold medal in sanda (combat) at the World Wushu Championships, which closed in Kazan, Russia, on October 3.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga reiterated Vietnam’s consistent stance in favour of disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation at the debate of the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York on October 2-10.

 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.