The annual Japanese Film Festival kicked off at Cinestars Hai Ba Trung, downtown Ho Chi Minh City on November 2, with 11 Japanese films released over the last three years to be screened to November 17.

Nguyen Phuong Khanh from Vietnam was crowned Miss Earth 2018 at the finale on November 3 in Manila, the Philippines.  

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi for Shanghai on November 4 morning to attend the first International Import Expo of China (CIIE 2018) on November 4-5. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market will have opportunities to attract billions of dollars worth of capital if it is upgraded to an emerging market. 

Nai market in the south central province of NinhThuan has attracted a large number of local and foreign visitors thanks to its location next to the stunning Nai lagoon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A project aimed at saving rare sea turtles on Cham Island has achieved the added bonus of teaching residents the importance of caring for the environment and in turn boosted tourism. 

As the central region of Vietnam boasts some of the best white-sand beaches with warming sunshine and clear water, the area’s eco tourism is often overlooked, especially the natural waterfalls, which never fail to impress travelers.

The clip is only three minutes long, but it has Vietnamese parents up in arms: it depicts young Vietnamese children who started studying English at a very early age, even before they fluently spoke their mother tongue,

 Nursery schools in a poor district in the central province of Nghe An have boosted the implementation of a movement to make hand-made toys for the children.

The city of Sa Dec in Dong Thap Province is not only well known for its bewitching ornamental plants and bonsais, but also for its specialty dish hủ tiếu: noodles with pig’s bones, fresh shrimps and many other accompanying flourishes.

Bright prospects for automobile industry in Industry 4.0 era, Expanding trade surplus aids growth, Administrative reform to attract more investment, Auchan products to be sold on Lazada

Any changes to be made by Samsung are expected to have an impact on Vietnam because of its high contribution to the country’s export and GDP growth. 

 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe laid a wreath at martyrs' cemetery A1 and visited A1 hill relic site in Dien Bien Phu city, the northern province of Dien Bien on November 3.

A class teaching reading and writing for adults under 50 years old has been held at noon over the past two months at a community house in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai’s Luc Yen District.

 After being seen for two nights in September, HBSO’s beautiful ballet production, Giselle, will return to the Saigon Opera House for a single performance on November 9.

With a huge database on Geographic Information System, the platform of HCMGIS is expected to greatly contribute to the common database of Ho Chi Minh City while allowing easy integration into new software.

VietNamNet Bridge - Once banks restrict lending, this will affect the real estate market. However, experts believe that no negative impact on the market will occur.

 “Floating season” in Mekong Delta, when the water level is on the rise and the rivers and canals expand, takes place from the seventh to the ninth lunar month. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under ancient tea trees at the foot of Sang Mountain in Gia Vien District, the northern province of Ninh Binh, lays a picturesque farm, where hundreds of pigs live.

 Budget carrier Vietjet and France’s Airbus signed a purchase agreement for additional 50 A321neo aircraft worth 6.5 billion USD according to the manufacturer’s list price in Hanoi on November 2. 

 IFC’s investment in Altus Capital will enable the company to set up a regional facility to invest in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, the latter two being nascent markets for distressed asset recovery.

 Craft Link, a not-for-profit organization that supports traditional craft producers, will organize a Handicraft Bazaar at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on November 17.

 Deputies in favour of the need to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

 HCMC is short of bus stations but many locations for building new stations have been used for other purposes, raising difficulties for the city in developing public passenger transport network.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in Hanoi on November 2