Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped to 51.6 in October, from 53.3 in September, with weaker increases in output, new orders and employment, according to Nikkei’s IHS Markit report.

 Vietnamese citizens wanting to enter casinos under a new rule effective early next month must prove they earn regular monthly income of at least VND10 million (US$440).

 Choreographer Alexander Tu and The Young Lyricist will represent Vietnam to compete at Dance Proms 2017 in London, the UK in November.

 The Mekong Delta region is facing two tropical low pressures with one at high risk of turning into a storm, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control.

 Vietnam-based manufacturers are looking forward to a more stable power supply in the near future, with a series of build-operate-transfer power plants speeding up and coming online.

 Industry insiders are scrutinising a Ministry of Planning and Investment draft to the decree regulating investment into innovative startups that has recently been publicised to elicit comments from the public.

 A tropical depression in the East Sea strengthened into a new storm on November 2, becoming the twelfth typhoon to enter the East Sea so far this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, for the first time, will host the Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championship from November 2 to 8 in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost 1-5 to Malaysia in the semi-final match of the AFF HDBank Futsal Championship in HCM City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cap sac (maturity ritual) of the Dao ethnic group may be recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the banking sector has overcome a difficult period, rich investors have poured money into bank shares, including bankers’ wives, children, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Ha Noi is one of the country’s biggest cities, its system for removing broken-down vehicles from crowded roads is ineffective, 

The Ministry of Transport has asked Ha Noi to survey roads around the Ha Noi Railway Station project to evaluate the population and traffic density, in order to avoid overloading the transport infrastructure nearby.

 Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market continues to be a lucrative industry, evidenced by the huge profits reaped by leading drug makers in this year’s first nine months, despite increasingly fierce competition from foreign rivals.

Vietnam could be classified as an emerging market in 2020 if its free-float rate increases and the market infrastructure becomes better at accommodating foreigners.

More than 200 titles of books featuring Russia and its people are on display at the HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 as part of the Russian Culture Week launched by the city government

 Disputes in the East Sea after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s ruling issued in July 2016 will be tabled at an international symposium to be hosted by the Asia-Africa Institute under the Hamburg University from November 24-25.

It is necessary to develop the HCM City-Vung Tau river route to ease the passenger and cargo load on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway, the director of the HCM City Port Authority, 

 Outgoing US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius has announced that he will take a new post as vice chairman of the Fulbright Vietnam University after finishing his term.

 The Department of Education and Training in HCM City has submitted a list of 201 pupils that have violated the traffic regulations in August and September.