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Hanoi Gift Show 2019, the eighth of its kind, kicked off in the capital city on October 17.

Hundreds of enterprises of Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gathered at a trade and investment forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October 17.

The Trung Nguyen group, Vietnam’s famous coffee business, plans to open 3,000 E-Coffee shops by 2020, before bringing the franchise chain to overseas market.

A photo contest has kicked off to start the #VietnamNOW campaign as part of the country’s inbound marketing strategy.

The Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC on October 16 kicked off construction on a waste-to-energy plant with a daily capacity of 2,000 tonnes of waste at the Tay Bac Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.

Tourism products of Thua Thien-Hue province, Da Nang city and Quang Nam province in Vietnam’s central region were introduced in Singapore on October 15.

A series of international exhibitions on industrial machines and equipment kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on October 16.

The first weaving network for the traditional brocade of ethnic groups in the central and central highlands region has been launched connecting weaving groups and preserving the handicraft trade.

The 7th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition & Conference (MTA Hanoi 2019), themed “We are Industry 4.0 ready!”, opened at the International Centre of Exhibition in Hanoi on October 16.

The Vietnam – South African joint trade sub-committee convened the fourth session in Hanoi on October 16 to seek ways to bolster bilateral economic and trade partnerships.

The Aquaculture Vietnam 2019 opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 16, drawing more than 100 firms of over 20 countries and territories.

Vietnamese and Chinese agricultural bodies have co-organised a forum highlighting the cooperation between enterprises from the two countries in tea and coffee production and distribution.

The ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam has been honoured as "Asia’s Leading Cultural City Destination" at the 26th World Travel Awards for the first time.

Tourism products of Thua Thien-Hue province, Da Nang city and Quang Nam province in Vietnam’s central region were introduced in Singapore on October 15 under a programme on tourism connectivity between the three localities.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he expects the northern port city of Hai Phong will take the lead in developing a modern agricultural industry while addressing a conference on October 15 to review the implementation of the national programme on new-style rural building areas in the city in 2010-2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung directed four groups of major tasks while chairing the second meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Hanoi on October 15.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh affirmed Vietnam’s wish to promote the friendship and economic, trade and investment ties with the UAE while addressing a business forum between the two countries in Hanoi on October 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed on October 15 that the Government will take more drastic actions to protect the environment, including returning imported containers of waste to their source countries.

A Vietnamese woman has been expelled from Sydney Airport for failing to declare the pork and food she was carrying.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is emerging as an agrotourism destination with its increasing adoption of advanced farming models to breed fish and grow rice, tropical fruits, vegetables and flowers.