Former Arsenal player Sol Campbell arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on November 16, receiving a warm welcome from Vietnamese fans.

Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang province has become a famous tourist attraction in the Mekong Delta region thanks to its pristine beauty, fresh air, blue sea, and white sand beaches.

 Responding to National Assembly members’ qualms about the country’s financial security, the government issued a reassuring notice that the country’s public debt situation has improved, with the state budget seeing more effective use.

 Vietnam's flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has produced impressive business results following its strategic co-operation with Japanese airline group ANA Holdings.

 Hanoi authorities have considered tripling pavement rental fees in order to restrict private vehicles and reduce pavement violations. 

 The British Embassy in Vietnam has recently introduced J2blast software in mathematics and information technology (IT) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 HCM City’s much-delayed river bus service should be up and running later this month, according to local authorities.

 Many listed companies have decided to loosen their purse-strings by paying cash dividend for stockholders, after reporting upbeat business results.

 Credit solvency is more important than public debt ceiling, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said in parliament on Thursday.

 Viet Nam needs new strategies of foreign direct investment (FDI), which should focus on seeking investment from the US and European Union, according to experts.

Fair-trade certification is expected to help Vietnamese cocoa enter the EU market, especially after the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement takes effect, slated for 2019, experts have said.

 A communication strategy on the Mekong Delta Plan was launched at a workshop in Can Tho city on November 15.

 It's a fantasy akin to winning the lottery. That painting you spotted in an antique shop for a tenner turns out to be worth thousands, or the ugly painting gifted to you by your grandmother and hidden in a cupboard ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 16,300 artifacts believed to date to 14th century have been unearthed in the central province of Binh Dinh at the former site of Vijaya, the political and cultural hub of the Champa kingdom.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Museum of History will develop a 3D exhibition showcasing valuable documents on Viet Nam’s sovereignty, 

The Viet Nam Computer Emergency Response Team has ordered all cybersecurity units at State agencies, enterprises and banks from the central to the local level to guard against the CoinHive malicious code.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated Tan Jia Wei of Malaysia in the third round of the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia International Challenge in Johor yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market on November 7 witnessed its biggest-ever transaction: 415 million VRE shares of Vincom Retail, worth $740 million, were transferred within one trading session.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coaches Truong Viet Hoang and Le Huynh Duc asked for the termination of their contracts with their respective clubs on Wednesday.

 Ly Hoang Nam, the sole Vietnamese player left at the Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s singles event in Binh Dương province, has secured a berth in the quarter-finals.

 Two Vietnamese researchers on November 16 were awarded the 2017 Newton Prize Vietnam for their project “Building a Foundation for Sustainable Development: Networked Societies for the Cities of Tomorrow”.

 The HCM City Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital on Thursday successfully performed the country’s first ever peripheral blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has proposed to the Government to reduce or simplify the number of administrative procedures in food safety management.

 The Ministry of Public Security has announced that it is widening investigation into different problems related to a batch of cancer drugs called H-Capita (500mg).

The value of gong culture was highlighted at a festival held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 16.