Some 3,000 businesses will take part in Online Friday 2016, the year’s largest e-commerce event, to be held on December 2, the first Friday of the month.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, Head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has highlighted Vietnam’s comprehensive international integration at a meeting with UN officials.

Sounthone Sayachak , head of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations, underlined the significance of the upcoming visit to Laos by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in an interview with VNA.

 The ninth Summit of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will take place in Cambodia from November 23-24, aiming to strengthen solidarity and cooperation between the three countries. 

 The first representative office of the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) will be established in Hanoi following a decision by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will participate in the annual Da Nang International Marathon – one of the biggest sport events in central Viet Nam – on August 6th, 2017.

 Even accounting for social and economic status, having a child with cancer is tied to income reductions for parents and job discontinuation for mothers,

Fund management companies that have been in Vietnam a long time are moving ahead with plans to raise new funds in anticipation of great opportunities.

Satra to expand retail business to Can Tho, Vietnam’s aluminum faces Australia’s tariffs of 34.2%, SHTP in deal with foreign partners, Bank service provider Timo debuts in Ha Noi, HCMC banks lend VND800 trillion to five priority sectors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Long Bay, a designated UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Viet Nam’s top tourist draws, is suffering extensive violations that threaten to destroy its famed natural beauty,

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to allocate more than VND1 trillion (US$45 million) to curb air pollution at the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex and Da Phuoc Cemetery in outlying Binh Chanh District.

 Crowds of visitors come to the Go Thap area in My Hoa commune, Thap Muoi district to enjoy the aromatic and beautiful lotus ponds and unique specialties of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

 Hoi An town will provide free access and various cultural activities to visitors on December 4, the day it was recognised as a world heritage site by UNESCO. 

 In spite of expressing ambitions to acquire a larger share in Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk), as of now, Fraser & Neave Ltd. (F&N) has yet to register to the bidding expected to start on December 2.

 The nation should aim at secure, sustained financing of the State Budget for the next five years by reducing deficits, increasing spending efficiency and tackling tax fraud, a new Politburo Resolution says.

 Viet Nam pocketed one silver and two bronze medals at the first Wushu Taolu World Cup, which ended on Sunday in Fuzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province.

 Vietnamese karate martial artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan has been appointed as a member of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Athletes Commission, according to Vu Son Ha, head of the karate section of the National Sports Administration.

 South Korean author Hwang Sun-mi, whose works are loved by Vietnamese readers, will meet with fans in Hanoi and HCM City.

 President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation arrived in Rome on November 21 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit to Italy from November 21-24, at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella.

 All three major U.S. stock indexes set record closing highs on Monday, extending their post-election rally as energy and other commodity-related shares gained and Facebook led a jump in technology.

VietNamNet Bridge - Building more golf courses to develop tourism is believed to be one of the ways for poor provinces to develop local economies.

 A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011.

 Microsoft (MSFT.O) will still allow LinkedIn's (LNKD.N) rivals access to its software and give hardware makers the option of installing other services to try to win EU approval for its takeover of the U.S. firm,

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite repeated warnings and sanctions, the Lam Thao Fertilizers and Chemicals JSC is still discharging substandard waste water into the Red River, causing pollution and harming people’s lives along the river.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tri An Lake is a man-made lake that stores water for the Tri An Power Plant in the southern Dong Nai Province. The lake is 323sq.km in area with islands of various sizes.