Asset sales was not enough to offset strong increases in expenses and a sharp fall in production in the third quarter for Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health said 38 hospitals under its management will share medical test results from early next month to reduce expenses for patients who are often required to redo all their tests when they switch hospitals.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is willing to share experience with Vietnam in foreign investment attraction, climate change adaptation, public-private partnership model development and human resource training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is not like the West, where both men and women usually share the domestic chores, such as cooking, cleaning and washing. Here, women do all the household work - and then have to do extra jobs to earn money

 VietNamNet Bridge – An investment agreement worth $16 million was signed between the Hoang Huy Investment Services JSC and Global Emerging Markets (GEM) – an American financial group yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The watchdog agency is considering compelling commercial banks to list their shares on the bourse in order to improve the transparency and better control the banks’ ownership ratios.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After resigning from a series of important positions in FPT Group, the former CEO Truong Dinh Anh has withdrawn his capital from FPT. Currently, Truong Dinh Anh is still a member of the FPT Board of Directors.

 Vung Tau to host Int'l Seaports Festival; Geographical indications safeguard local trademarks; EU says will welcome Vietnam’s GI goods; Vietnam’s digital content market fetches US$1.3 billion

Hanoi pledges financial aid for enterprises; HCM City urged to change software park land policy; Sale of drought insurance for coffee suspended; Accor continues expansion with three new hotels

Seafood industry faces slow export growth; Province to scrap industrial clusters; $8 million animal feed factory opens; Banks favour Government bonds; Fund sells off stake in mobile retailer

Printing company forced to shut up shop; Tech firm shares suspended after losses; Company reprimanded for late disclosure; Rubber firm breaks VND3 trillion mark; Land price evaluation needs support

Samsung taxed by review plan; Bright forecast for textile industry; US$112 million ADB loan for agricultural development; Price adjustments feared to fuel inflation: survey

Shares on the nation’s two stock exchanges retreated last week on false rumours related to a devaluation of the dong, petrol prices increasing and that the Bank for Investment and Development chairman Tran Bac Ha had been arrested.