During ten months of this year, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Vietnam have seen a decrease compared to the same period last year.

 The CEO of Vietnamese F&B startup the KAfe Group, Ms. Dao Chi Anh, has announced she is no longer in the position after three years in charge.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, presenting the plan to restructure the national economy in the 2016-2020 period, said Vietnam would need VND10,000 trillion to do so.

 The highly acclaimed Baltic Neopolis Orchestra from Poland under the baton of Vasko Vassilev is top billing at the Toyota Classics 2016 concert set for November 11 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The demand for low-income housing has continued to increase in HCM City, but several barriers prevent it from being met.

 More warnings have been raised around unbalanced development in supply and demand in the property market.

 Demand for organic farm produce has risen significantly in Việt Nam, offering good prospects for businesses investing in the field, delegates said at a seminar in HCM City on October 28.

 A festival for amateur and professional magicians in the southern provinces opens in HCM City on October 29.

 Halloween, traditionally held on October 31, will come early tonight to enterprising young people at HCM City’s Hoa Lu Gymnasium.

 New music composition entitled Gio by composer Dang Tue Nguyen will be played by pianist Pho An My.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tam Nhin (Vision) e-newspaper for three months for violating rules defined in its operating licence.

 A Ministry of Health’s plan to increase hospital fees in December may be delayed  in several provinces and cities across the country.

Quang Nam authorities are investigating the 43 labourers found unconscious at the Korean Panko Tam Thăng Company in the last two days.

 Food-safety inspection teams, which have been piloted in five districts, will be established in all districts’ wards and communes, according to Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy head of the HCM City’s health department.

 Vietnam has identified over 1,080 species of marine fish, including many highly economically valuable creatures such as the skipjack tuna, Japanese horse mackerel, yellowtail scad, largehead hairtail (or beltfish), ariid catfish, among others.

 RMIT Vietnam has launched the university’s first international-standard PhD programme with three degree options: Business, Management, or Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

 More than 500 primary and secondary school students in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang will take part in the annual Robothon Contest starting on Sunday.

 HCM City is struggling to seek funds for projects in seven breakthrough programmes because of budget constraints, officials said at a meeting in HCM City. 

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on October 28 handed a licence to provide 4G services to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT). 

 The Government issued drastic instructions and ministries, sectors, localities and the entire people made concerted efforts to combat crimes in 2016, Minister of Public Security To Lam told legislators on October 28.