Designer Nguyen Cong Tri has been invited to launch Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Fall/Winter 2017, which is taking place in Hanoi this November.

 For the first time ever, an international guitar festival known as Alma Hanoi International Festival will take place at Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre from October 27-29 in the capital city.

 Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh was stuck in floods in Yen Bai Province while doing a charity project in the area on October 11.

 More people have rushed to Son Tra Peninsular in Danang City to capture photos of red-shanked douc langurs, raising concerns that this would affect their living environment.

 Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma will come to Hanoi early next month to attend an e-payment service forum. 

 Heavy rains have caused serious flooding in the northern region, including the Hanoian suburban district of Quoc Oai.

 Thousands of people in Hoi An Town are facing a water shortage as the town suffers from a severe salinity problem.

 Devastating rains, floods, and landsides left 32 people dead and missing and nine others injured in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh as of 7 am on October 13.

 Gas and oil power plants are expected to benefit from the new decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade that has suspended the operation of the competitive electricity generation market.

 Viet Nam’s logistics sector is facing a shortage of high-quality human resources and needs co-operation in training among the Government, universities, businesses and associations.

Research findings by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research show that Vietnam’s economic growth in the third quarter was the highest in seven years, though overall inflation also started inching up in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Minh Tuan won the men’s singles title at the National Tennis Championship, which wrapped up at Phu Tho Tennis Club in HCM City yesterday.

Two singers famous for their rendering of patriotic compositions, Trong Tan and Anh Tho, will perform together in Ha Noi on Vietnamese Women’s Day, October 20.

The prolonged heavy rain has caused landslides, overwhelmed reservoirs and destroyed important dams across Viet Nam.

 The average income per capita in Vietnam will reach about 3,000 USD in 2020 and the demand for cars will boom, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) forecast presented at a seminar in Hanoi on October 12.

 Vietnamese businesses are joining global counterparts at the 32nd Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) that kicked off at Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Bumi Serpong Damai city, Greater Jakarta, on October 11.

 The on-time performance record of domestic Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco in September was 17,624 flights, accounting for 86.3 percent of the total flights, up 1.6 points year on year.

Vietnam wishes that Cambodia will continue making it easier in terms of legal conditions and adopting proper measures to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese Cambodians in the country.

The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable encountered a technical trouble at 7:00 on October 12, losing signal connection with the Hong Kong (China) station, affecting Vietnam’s international internet links.

All facility preparations, including hotels as well as conference and media centres, for the APEC Economic Leaders' Week are basically completed, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.