Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan has granted three giant mobile network operators licences to set up public telecommunication and provide 4G service on broadband 1,800 MHz.

Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) is actively supervising the recall, renew and exchange programme of all Galaxy Note 7 models from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam Co Ltd (SEMV).

The Vietnam Steel Association will protect the interests of local firms after Vietnamese steel exporters were accused of tax evasion in the US, said the association’s vice chairman, Nguyen Van Sua.

Vietnam is on the edge of the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship’s knock-out round, after their 1-1 draw against the United Arab Emirates on October 17 in Manama, Bahrain.

Vietnam’s industrial sector is seeing positive changes in structure, despite a fall in the index of industrial production (IIP) this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported.

Vietnam Sugar cane and Sugar Association (VSSA) has proposed that the Prime Minister allow importing raw sugar instead of refined sugar to save foreign currency for the 2016-17 crop.

Vietnam has shown strong growth in fruit and vegetable exports in recent times, but for the sustainable development of exports more support from the State and enterprises is required.

The minerals and petroleum sectors have come out on top amongst corporate taxpayers on a list of 1,000 leading corporations, accounting for 30% of total tax payments this year.

Budget revenues reached VND718.3 trillion (US$32.2 billion) in the first nine months of the year, accounting for around 70 per cent of the annual target, a representative of the Ministry of Finance said in its quarterly press briefing early this week.

Vietnamese duo Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien entered the quarter-final round of the Vietnam Open tennis tournament’s doubles category on October 12 in HCM City.