The application of financial autonomy for universities in Vietnam is still on a trial basis and remains limited, according to experts.

 The Vietnamese stock market lost steam by the end of October 22 due to the rising selling pressure.

 The Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the National Assembly’s Standing Committee have collected 3,480 opinions and petitions of voters and people nationwide after the fifth session of the 14th legislature. 

 The opening of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s sixth session was televised nationwide on October 22 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

 Health insurance has covered just 90 percent of students in Ho Chi Minh City, compared to the target of 98 percent set by the municipal People’s Committee.

 Vietnam and Cambodia should intensify cooperation in monitoring their export and import of timber and wood products, thus minimising illegal timber trading at border areas, heard a dialogue held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 22. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has been recommended by the National Assembly Standing Committee for the legislators to vote as State President for the 2016-2021 tenure.

 Vietnamese film Co Ba Sai Gon (The Tailor) produced by renowned actress Ngo Thanh Van has been entertaining the audiences at the Regency Theatres Westminster 10 (Goldenwest Westminster) in California, the US.

 Vietnam’s U19 football team were unable to gain a win, losing 1-2 to Australia in the final knockout stage for Group C in the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship on October 22.

 The People’s Court of Quang Ninh on October 22 began the first-instance trial for four Chinese nationals under the charge of “using a computer network, telecommunications network, or electronic device to appropriate property”.

 Authorities in the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh have busted a drug trafficking ring who were transporting 12.2kg of methamphetamine from Cambodia into Vietnam.

 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.

 A $50 million international hospital project in Hanoi has stood incomplete for over two decades.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city of Hanoi recorded 638 cases of fire over the past nine months, with more than half of them occurring at residents’ private houses, 

 A recent salary survey by Talentnet shows that the retail, banking, and insurance sectors are the most likely to increase their headcount to support business expansions in 2019.

 Applying the highest tax rate on advertisers of Facebook and Google seems to be the Vietnamese government’s latest solution to collect taxes from the technology giant.

 In a move to help articulate the perceived impacts of Industry 4.0 as well as highlight the challenges faced by Vietnam, PwC has just released the key findings of its Industry 4.0 Vietnam Survey 2018.

 Vietnam Railways’ plans to surrender its long-established monopoly on the country’s lucrative cargo transport sector are being derailed, leaving foreign investors such as Lotte Group in the lurch until at least 2020.

 As Vietnamese smartphone producers are launching new products and Chinese giants are stepping up their game, Samsung and Apple’s hold on the market seems more fragile than ever before.

 South Korean investors continue to show their enthusiasm for Vietnam through recent major deals with businesses in the country.