The Department of Performing Arts has asked the organisers of the Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 to report back on accusations that the winner had plastic surgery.

 An art show entitled ‘The Quintessence of Tonkin’ will open for audience from early November in Hanoi, with a focus on the rich culture and daily activities of Vietnam’s northern delta.

 Many health experts have expressed the concern that eating too much pork may be unhealthy. They also expressed doubts about the quality of pork in Vietnam.

 Private equity firm Masan Group Corporation (MSN) has announced it will postpone the issue of VND3 trillion (US$132.2 million) nonconvertible bonds, which was initially scheduled for this quarter.

 The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is considering asking the Ministry of Finance to postpone the compulsory application of e-invoices until July 2019, instead of early next year.

 An areca nut processing plant in Nam Dong District’s Huong Hoa Commnue has been causing pollution for months but the local authority has not imposed any effective sanctions.

 Russian, Mikhail Youzhny, grabbed the men’s singles title at the Hung Thinh Challenger Vietnam Open tennis tournament on Sunday in HCM City.

 The Judicial Council of HCM City’s high-level People’s Court on Monday morning annulled jail sentences for former leaders of Viet Nam Pharma Company, to serve reinvestigation of the case.

 The Government has lost its battle to reduce the number of public servants, with the administrative system bloating year by year.

 StreamNet, a joint venture between VNPT and Myanmar’s Elite Telecom Public Co., Ltd., was launched in Yangon on October 27 in the presence of Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan.

 Major Do Thi Hang Nga of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre under the Ministry of National Defence has become the country’s first female officer to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

 President Tran Dai Quang received US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius in Hanoi on October 30, appreciating the outgoing diplomat’s active contributions to Vietnam-US relations.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to resume the operation of the competitive electricity generation market (CGM) on November 1 after a one-month suspension.

 The industrial production index rose by 17 percent year-on-year in October, pushing the ten-month increase by 8.7 percent, higher than a 7.3 percent rise from the same period last year and 7.9 percent growth recorded in nine months. 

Many NA deputies have shared the views that heads of State agencies should take higher responsibility in staff reduction on the sidelines of their discussions on law enforcement in the reform of State administrative apparatus for 2011-2016.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping received in Beijing on October 30 Hoang Binh Quan, special envoy of the Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

 Lawmakers looked into law enforcement in the reform of State administrative apparatus during 2011-2016 at the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on October 30. 

International friends have recognized the 2017 APEC as both a challenge and a great opportunity to promote growth and linkages in Asia Pacific and the world. VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of specialized motorcycles and vehicles have been mobilized from other localities to the central city of Da Nang to prepare for APEC 2017.

The open studio of artist Truong Que Chi, “WHEN I STOP BY THE CAPE”, curated by Chau Hoang at Nha San Collective will open at Nha San Collective, 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi from now until November 4.