As many as 1,608 investors, including 28 international investors and two Vietnamese organisations, have registered to buy shares in the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines at its initial public offering scheduled for November 14.

The decision to exempt import taxes on medical equipment components, a move to encourage local production, will take effect on November 15.

Sales to the US market is the aim of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as Vietnam has already signed bilateral or multilateral free trade pacts with most of the other parties involved in the negotiations.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agricultural and rural development cooperation was signed between Ireland and Vietnam in Hanoi on November 3.

The Indian media have run articles highlighting Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s October 27-28 visit to the country, with optimistic assessments on the development of bilateral relations.

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.