The Italian Embassy in Hanoi will organize a cultural fair and an Italian cuisine week to introduce its culture to Vietnamese people and mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomatic ties. 

 The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) expects to issue 603 million new shares to South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank in a move to raise its charter capital to VND40.22 trillion (US$1.72 billion).

 The Vietnamese economy is walking a careful tightrope amid rapid developments around the world, especially the spiraling US-China trade war and the US Federal Reserve’s rate hikes, which are weighing on exchange rates and Viet Nam’s trade balance.

 PetroVietnam has called on National Assembly deputies to propose creating favourable conditions to speed up the Block B-O Mon Gas project which is behind schedule.

The signing of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Viet Nam and the European Union is expected to have a positive impact on the country’s economy and environment.

 Viet Nam’s listed companies lag behind firms in most world regions in terms of working capital performance, the latest study of auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vietnam has revealed.

 Viet Nam reported a trade surplus of US$100 million in October, bringing the country’s trade surplus to $6.4 billion in the first ten months.

 The people’s purchasing power soared 9.31 per cent in the first 10 months of this year according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to maintain safeguard measures for steel billets and steel bars imported from a number of countries and territories including China, the US, Canada, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea.

 Young Vietnamese tennis talent Nguyen Van Phuong shone in the Lee Duk Hee Cup, an international junior tennis tournament held in South Korea on Wednesday.

 Vietnamese tennis playerLy Hoang Nam reached the men’s singles quarterfinals at the Viet Nam F5 Futures – Hai Dang Cup 2018 in the southern province of Tay Ninh on Thursday.

 More than 8,200 foreign and Vietnamese runners are expected to participate in the 2018 Techcombank HCM City International Marathon to be held in HCM City on December 2.

 The Consular Club in HCM City will hold its 25th annual International Charity Bazaar on November 3 at Adora Center in Tan Binh District.

 A charity concert where Vietnamese orphans perform with artists from the UK will be held at the Hanoi Opera House today.

 An exhibition of lacquer paintings by Nguyen Quoc Huy recently opened in Hanoi, with works natural beauty and the artist’s imagination about a fairy land.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a plan to slash the number of State-funded communication corporations and their total budget by 10 per cent by 2021.

 Temperatures at the top of Fansipan in the northern province of Lao Cai have dropped to below zero degrees centigrade, leaving it covered in frost. 

 Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to the WWF’s 2018 Living Planet Report.

 The investor of the Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway announced on Wednesday that it has reprimanded several officers for mismanaging up to VNĐ410 billion (US$18.2 million) by the State audit.

 Iranian film The Dark Room won the best feature length film award at the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF).