VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Sy Loi, vice chairperson of the NA Committee on Social Affairs, spoke to Voice of Viet Nam about changes to the Law on Social Insurance. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 900 overseas Vietnamese, or Viet Kieu, looked into Vietnam’s regulations on residency, investment and housing, and many of them asked for procedures to bring cars and other assets to this country

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese driving licences are valid in more than 70 countries, Nguyen Van Quyen, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Roads for Viet Nam, tells the Tin Tuc (News).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Initially, only Vietnamese individuals who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are qualified to play in casinos.

 Vietnam strongly condemns all actions that harm the bodies and lives of Vietnamese citizens, Deputy Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said on October 31 regarding the Vietnamese citizen who was attacked in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is considering changing the amended Housing Law, which is under discussion, to make it easier for foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates to buy houses in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some say that casinos could potentially make up five percent of Vietnam’s GDP and create 30,000-50,000 jobs, but will the new proposal to allow local citizens to play at casinos really be that lucrative?

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign-exchange activities by residents and non-residents have been guided under Government Decree No70/2014/ND-CP. The Decree applies to organisations and individuals undertaking foreign-exchange activities

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has drawn up evacuation and security plans for Vietnamese citizens from Libya as unrest continues there, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Libya Dao Duy Tien.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new decree has stipulated in details six categories of Vietnamese citizens who are not allowed to work for foreign organisations and individuals in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many travel firms are awaiting the Embassy of Japan to announce the list of firms singled out to enjoy the loosened visa policy intended to lure more Vietnamese tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has emphasised the need to remove all obstacles without delay to promote the potential of overseas Vietnamese communities at a conference in Hanoi to review 10 years of implementing . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung asked the drafting board of the law on immigration, migration and residence of foreigners in Vietnam to take special notice of simplifying administrative procedures

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government may allow Vietnamese to enter a casino planned in the special economic zone of Van Don, signaling that it is considering whether such gaming in Vietnam should be opened to more than just foreigners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From 2016, all Vietnamese citizens will be given an identification (ID) number to identify themselves to Government agencies in any administrative transaction.

Representatives of the embassies of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea have vowed that their countries will take necessary measures to protect the lives and property of Vietnamese citizens living there.