VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, the mountainous province of Yen Bai in the north has consistently been among the hardest hit by natural disasters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A two-day festival promoting the creativity of young people living in HCM City and the southern provinces has been opened in the city, attracting many young researchers and visitors.

The ethnic Thai in Nghe An belong to an old branch of the original Thai people settled in the mountains of northern Vietnam. Some villagers are now turning to home-stay tourism to earn extra income and preserve their ancient culture.

 This year, Dong Lac communal house in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has hosted several exchanges between artists and the public. The house has become a venue to explore Vietnam’s traditional culture.

The Vietnamese Sức Sống Mới bamboo orchestra, the Japanese Waraku bamboo orchestra and the Hanoi Voices choir will reunite on the stage of L’Espace, 24 TrangTien, Hanoi for two exceptional concerts. 

 Competition in the world garment market is forecast to be stiffer, not only with China but also with countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia as they increase competitive pressures on Vietnamese products.

 Facebook, Google, Viber, and Amazon are required to set up their own servers in Vietnam in accordance to the Draft Cyber Security Law, which could be a challenge.

 With the leading position in Southeast Asia, Vietnam’s wood production and processing industry is under the spotlight of foreign companies and suppliers.

 Vietnam and Indonesia will enhance collaboration in operational audits, environmental audits and audit quality management as per an MoU on public sector auditing cooperation inked between the two national audit agencies on November 5.

 The Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM) convened in the central city of Da Nang on November 6, kicking off the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week.

 Many areas in the central and south-central region are facing serious flooding following the Storm Damrey according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

 Tech companies need to do more to combat the "exponential" growth in child sexual exploitation online, 

Vietnam set a target of receiving 10 million international tourists in 2017. In less than 9 months, the tourism sector had already served more than 9.5 million foreign visitors.

 Eight people in the central province of Quang Nam have been buried in a landslide caused by torrential rains over the past few days.

 Despite a strong rebound on Friday, Vietnamese shares are expected to remain sluggish this week given a lack of business information and market dependence on large-cap shares.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Ha Noi FC jumped to V.League’s top position after trouncing HCM City 4-0 on Sunday at the Hang Day Stadium.

National head coach Park hang-seo yesterday announced a list of 23 players who will train in preparation for the Asian Cup 2019 qualifier match against Afghanistan on November 14.

A series of cultural activities will be held through November in the central city and Hoi An for delegates to the APEC Summit’s Economic Leaders’ Week and the APEC Voices of the Future Forum.

 Exporters will no longer be allowed to borrow bank loans in foreign currencies beginning next year, if the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) does not extend a circular regulating the loans.

 The export of catfish is still facing difficulties although exports for January-September hit US$1.3 billion, up 5.8 per cent over the same period last year, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

 All stakeholders, from sugarcane farmers to processors and traders, are suffering as sugar sales have fallen alarmingly since early October, industry insiders say.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) and commercial banks have been seizing a series of valuable real estate assets to collect debts.

VietNamNet Bridge - On November 5, the plenary session of the 4th APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Meeting took place at the Ariyana Convention Center in the central city of Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some proposals in the draft Law on Cyber Security by the Ministry of Public Security are not consistent with international commitments Viet Nam has made, 

 Hosting APEC Forum for a second time shows that Vietnam is an active and responsible member of the group, making effective contributions to APEC’s development after 19 years of membership.