Aquaculture Vietnam 2019, an international exhibition and conference on Vietnam's aquaculture sector, is to be held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from October 16-18.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has been ranked 10th in a list of the most beautiful canal cities in the world drawn up by the Earth and World website.

Vietnam has made contact with China to oppose its repeated serious violation and demand the country to withdraw its survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 and escort ships out of Vietnam's territorial waters, the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on August 16.

The International Franchise Association ranked Vietnam eighth out of the 12 most valuable markets for global expansion, according to Nguyen Phi Van, chairwoman of Retail & Franchise Asia.