The University of Economics and Businessof VN National University in co-ordination with the Japan society for Information and Management (JSIM) yesterday held the 2016 Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management in Hanoi

  Domestic software developers are expecting that North America will become the second market for Vietnamese outsourcing companies, after Japan.

 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) which record prolonged losses and lose equity capital may be put up for sale or declared bankruptcy according to law.

 The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has canceled the regional futsal championship.

 All Vietnamese were ousted from the Vietnam's Men’s Futures F7 in Binh Duong Province yesterday.

 Le Nguyen Quoc Bao bagged two gold medals at the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championship in Malaysia.

 Vietnam grabbed two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the King’s Cup Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball, a sport native to South East Asia region) World Championship in Thailand.

 Vietnam has jumped to the No.2 position in the Southeast Asian region as per FIFA’s October ranking, which was released on October 20.

 Vietnamese agencie are aiming to ally with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to propose to UNESCO to recognise dan bau, the nation’s monochord zither, as a world heritage.

 Authorities in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are working with government agencies to provide financial assistance to farmers who suffered losses after the recent mass death of farm-raised fish in Long Son Commune.

 The Urban Railway Management Board has submitted a construction investment project for the fifth metro line to the HCM City People’s Committee.

 HCM City police must crack down on gangs using deadly weapons and street robbery, Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security said.

 The Government Inspectorate has detected several violations in the building and operation of Dinh Vu Polyester Manufacturing Plant in the coastal city of Hai Phong, which led to huge economic losses.

  President Tran Dai Quang expressed his pleasure at the development of the relationship between Vietnam and the UN in the past five years during the tenure of UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta. 

 Myanmar President Htin Kyaw and his wife will pay a State visit to Vietnam from October 26-28. 

 Vietnam and Belarus signed a memorandum of understanding on the exchange of public security personnel following the talks between Minister of Public Security To Lam and Chairman of the State Security Committee of Belarus Vakulchik Valery Pavlovich.

 The second Vietnam-Cambodia defence policy dialogue took place in Hanoi on October 21. 

 Revisions to the Penal Code and agricultural land use, tax exemption were the focus of discussion during the second working day of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s second session. 

  Vietnam and Uruguay will work for the early establishment of a joint committee on economic, trade and investment cooperation in accordance with the Framework Agreement on Trade and Investment that took effect in April 2016. 

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