Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army received Eamonn O'Shaughnessy, head of the New Zealand Ministry of Defence’s International Branch, in Hanoi on October 29.

 The HCMC People’s Economic Court has once again adjourned the suit filed by taxi operator Vinasun against ride-hailing service Grab, which accuses it of unfair business practices and demands compensation.

 Vietnam believes that close and effective cooperation among coastal countries is the only solution to dealing with challenges and preventing water resources conflicts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 815 enterprises in HCM City owe more than six months of social insurance payments, while thousands of enterprises owe two months.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the Ministry of Transport to work out a plan to expand and adjust the planning scheme of Noi Bai International Airport which is facing serious overloading.

 President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 8-11.

Voters voiced their wish that the National Assembly, Government and localities will give the priority to development investment, focusing public investment on key areas, after watching a live-broadcast discussion on October 29.

More than 240 artistic photos by 192 photographers will be displayed at the Vietnam Art Photo Exhibition in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh between October 30 and November 8.

 A group of artists have put the finishing touches to a mural featuring the flowers of Hanoi’s four seasons on a 40-metre-long and 2.2-metre-high dyke wall along Pho Duc Chinh Street near Truc Bach Lake.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Phuong Khanh has surpassed every other outstanding contestant to win gold medal in the evening gown segment of Miss Earth 2018.

 Red tape must be removed for domestic logistics firms to develop and compete in a market which had great potential, driven by a boom in international trade, but was now dominated by foreign rivals.

 National Assembly (NA) deputies have expressed worries that the State budget income from tax collection is declining while economic development is too reliant on exploiting natural assets.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) inched up 0.33 per cent in October, the lowest month-on-month increase in the past three years, according to the latest update of the General Statistics Office.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s Long Bien District began a project to renovate old traditional markets to be more modern in 2016, but only 13 of the 20 existing markets have been upgraded so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will start his quest for the men’s singles title at the Viet Nam F5 Futures – Hải Đăng Cup 2018 in the southern province of Tay Ninh today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German band Isolation Berlin will perform at the Viet Nam Youth Theare to kick off their Southeast Asia tour on November 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national football team lost to the K-League 2’s Seoul E-Land 2-0 during their third friendly match in South Korea yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese runner Nguyen Khoa won the men’s HCMC SKYRUN at the Bitexco Financial Tower in HCM City on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Hung defended his title in the men’s 42km category at the Long Bien Marathon 2018 on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The underground station C9, part of Hanoi’s urban railway line No 2 connecting Bac Tu Liem District to Hoan Kiem District, will not harm the historical sites surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake.