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

 Minister-Chairman of the Govenrment Office Mai Tien Dung said disciplining Secretary and Chairman of Da Nang City will not affect the APEC economic leaders’ week scheduled from November 6-11.

LienVietPostBank is now in talks to sell a 25% stake to a foreign investor, and in order to do so, the bank has locked foreign ownership at 5% to ensure the total foreign room in the bank at 30% as per regulations, said the bank’s top executive.

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A food festival titled ‘Five Continents Food Festival World Food 2017” featuring Vietnamese and international dishes will be held at Hoa Lu stadium in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on October 5-8.

 Vietnam’s international internet connections have been restored to full capacity after repairs on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and TGN Intra-Asia (IA) cable systems were completed on September 30.

 Vietnam’s veteran gymnast, Pham Phuoc Hung, has successfully performed a new skill in the men’s still rings at the ongoing 2017 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada.

 The government has announced plans to build an expressway connecting Vietnam’s two northern provinces of Hoa Binh and Son La, at an estimated cost of VND50.27 trillion (US$2.2 billion).

Latest Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index puts Vietnam well ahead of its ASEAN peers. 

 Local people in Quang Nam Province have gathered again and demanded to relocate the Vietnam-France Steel Plant due to pollution.

The cable car system which connects Bac Giang Province to Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province will operate next year despite concerns over the negative impact on cultural sites and the environment.

 Three people among 28 guests at a wedding party in Ha Giang Province who were hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning have died, provincial Department of Health director Luong Viet Thuan said.

 Forty foreign institutional investors have joined the race for shares of the Vietnam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation (IDICO) at the firm’s initial public offering (IPO).

 Viet Nam’s enterprises feel positive about the business climate for the fourth quarter, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a meeting of Government yesterday he was worried about the slow disbursement of public investment capital.

 The Government plans to establish a special agency to act as the ownership representative of State capital at State-owned enterprises by 2018.

 Michelle Vo, a US citizen of Vietnamese origin, was among the 59 victims of the massacre in Las Vegas city, the US state of Nevada, on October 1 night. 

Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh highlighted the role played by education in reducing social inequality while speaking at the 72nd session of the UN Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee in New York on October 3.

 Cao Khac Dat added a silver medal to Viet Nam’s bag at the World Wushu Championship in Kazan, Russia, yesterday.

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