Vietnam is likely to fulfil all 13 socio-economic targets set for the whole year, backed by the economic performance in the first nine months of 2017.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wishes that businesses should look beyond the world, produce and operate in the fields where the world needs, instead of focusing only on other Vietnamese large enterprises.

Currently, six million cars and motorbikes are registered in Hanoi.

If an outbreak of Covid-19 happens in the city, with risk of infection in the community, Hanoi's authorities will suspend all festivals in accordance with regulations.

Hanoi's mayor underlined determination to act more swiftly and take stronger measures to combat the Covid-19 outbreak.