The three-day Q&A session of the National Assembly’s 4th meeting is set to begin on November 16 and will be broadcast live nationwide with four cabinet members partaking.

 Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Dien from the University of Economics and Law, Vietnam, will be admitted to the French Academy of Overseas Sciences on November 17.

 Hindrance on granting house ownership certificates to overseas Vietnamese should be removed to encourage the investment into the local real estate market, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said.

 Lam Dong provincial authorities are seeking funding to build a recognisable brand for Vietnamese Arabica coffee.

 A group of tourists that visited Ha Long Bay are complaining that their standard 4-hour trip was cut short by two and a half hours by the boat crew.

 Twenty-three law enforcement officers from Australia, Asia and Europe are in Hà Nội for the next three weeks for the 44th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Programme (ARLEMP).

 Serious erosion has been found at several spots around two favourite destinations – the Duc Pagoda and Gieng Tien Mountain – on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quang Ngai.

 Vietnamese exporters of farm produce must learn more about food-safety requirements and maximum residue limits (MRL) of importing countries, experts said at a workshop held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University (FTU) inaugurated an office for international cooperation in Japan on November 14, the first of its kind set up by a Vietnamese university in the northeast Asian country.

 The sale of sugar has been facing difficulties since the beginning of October, causing problems for sugar producers in recent days, according to the Sugar and Sugarcane Association.

 The 9th ASEAN Regional Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF-9) convened in Hanoi on November 15.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) convened a plenary session in Hanoi on November 15 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017. 

The introduction of the book “Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey” will be held at Heritage Space Library, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang, Hanoi on November 19 (3-5pm). 

One of Hanoi’s most interesting cultural events - CRAFT LINK’s HANDICRAFT BAZAAR – will take place this Saturday, November 18, at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Str, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

 Chairman of Quang Ninh Province People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long gave his nod to Hai Au Aviation’s proposal of launching a seaplane flight route from Ha Long City to Co To Island.

 The first Italy-ASEAN Week will take place in Hanoi from November 17-27, with a string of interesting activities expected to be held.

 654km section of North-South Expressway to be built

 Another Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated, Xi’s Vietnam visit highlighted in Chinese media, 50 interesting books to be introduced at Hanoi Book Street, Two schoolboys drown in Ha Tinh sea

 Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has collected debt worth some VND16 trillion (US$702 million) since the beginning of the year, VAMC’s general director Doan Van Thang revealed.

Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh on Tuesday beat International master Huber Martin Christian of Austria in the second round match of the ongoing World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championships in Italy.

 Vietnam saw its trade surplus surging to US$2.18 billion as of the end of last month, as exports expanded in the month while imports tumbled, according to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Vietnamese students have reaped high results at the final round of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2017, held in Costa Rica from November 10-12.

 An applied fine art exhibition, featuring the portraits of the APEC economic leaders 2017, will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from November 18-21.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said that all of the BOT sub-projects under the project on building certain sections of the North-South expressway in the east, will be put out to tender without designating contractors.