To avoid the US’ $200 billion tariff slapped on Chinese goods, smartphone giant Apple’s manufacturers are looking to shift business from China to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Dai Tri, deputy director of the Viet Nam Taxation Office talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about efforts to avoid losses in tax collection and to recover bad debts.

 Vietnamese representative Yen Nhi has finished in the top 15 of Miss Globe 2018 and has been named in the list of best national costumes.

 Mai Kieu Lien, General Director of Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) was presented Forbes Vietnam Lifetime Achievement Award within the framework of the Women's Summit 2018.

 Global financial issues and the economic outlook for Asia and Viet Nam will top the agenda of the 48th annual CFO World Congress to be held for the first time in Viet Nam next month.

 Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has come closer to a private placement of 579.7 million shares to foreign investors in a move to raise charter capital to VND39.57 trillion (US$1.69 billion).

 HCM City is seeking better solutions to fight against counterfeit goods and smuggled products that are traded online.

 Lawmakers have decided to raise the environmental tax on a number of commodities from January 1, 2019.

 Viet Nam’s national golf team has set its sights on winning the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) 2018 in Malaysia this week.

 The Techcombank HCM City International Marathon is scheduled to take place in December in HCM City.

 The Ministry of Finance has asked the Ministry of Transport not to grant business licences to shipping lines that transport scrap that includes waste and pollutants to Viet Nam.

Instead of refusing Chinese capital, it would be better for Vietnam to receive capital flow in a tactical way to serve investment for development, experts say.

 Paperless meetings are one of the steps towards building an e-government, with the move towards electronic documents becoming an obvious trend amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

 Domestic retailers must work to outline rational business strategies to gain a competitive edge over their foreign rivals, especially as the local retail market has become more attractive than ever to foreign investors.

 The ninth Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival is scheduled to take place in the central province of Khanh Hoa from May 11-14, 2019, as an activity to kick-start the National Tourism Year 2019.

  Vietnam raked in more than 6.7 billion USD from exporting its main forestry products in the first nine months of 2018, up nearly 16 percent year-on-year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was elected as President for the 2016-2021 tenure at a plenum of the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session in Hanoi on October 23. 

 Positive signals in key Vietnamese markets for tra fish exports like China, the EU and the US, have pushed material and fillet prices to the highest level to date.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of armed robberies have been reported in recent months, raising public concern over security and social order.

The Government did not achieve its budget revenue collection target in January-September, while the country’s public debt burden was getting heavier.