VietNamNet Bridge – In three years, the merry expats behind last weekend’s Quest Festival have built it into something improbable, a force bringing sleepover music festival culture to Viet Nam and infusing it with Vietnamese culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite difficulties in its implementation, Viet Nam is utterly resolute in its plan to scale up the number of facilities that provide voluntary and diversified services of treatment to 200,000 drug addicts by 2020.

 Vietnam took market share of EU trade away from other ASEAN nations in 2015, a trend that appears likely to continue in light of a free trade agreement it concluded with the regional bloc earlier in 2016.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said it will remove 471 small and cascade hydropower plants from its master plan and reject another 213 potential projects over environmental and efficiency concerns.

 The 28th Duyen dang Vietnam or Charming Vietnam Gala will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on December 11 and January 14.

 Actress Chi Pu has been invited to attend Asia Artist Awards on November 16 at Grand Peace Hall in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

 The eighth International Conference on the East Sea, themed Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, kicked off in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on November 14. 

 President Tran Dai Quang’s upcoming visit to Cuba from November 15-17, made at the invitation of President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers Raul Castro, is hoped to further strengthen solidarity between the two nations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Trinh Van Quyet, a US dollar billionaire, lost VND1.4 trillion worth of his stock assets after Donald Trump won the US presidential election.

Extinct volcano Chu Dang Ya in Chu Pah district, Gia Lai province is seen as a new destination for visitors fond of contemplating wild sunflowers in full bloom.

 Garment, textile export growth sees ten year low, Sun Life Financial acquires PVI Sun Life, Monetary policy supports economic growth, HN Exchange honours transparency, 2017 budget deficit set at 3.5% of GDP

 VietNamNet Bridge – They come from all walks of life: farmers, food vendors, professional singers, and more. Their goal: preserving the traditional art of cai luong (renovated theatre) in Viet Nam.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam joined many young people on an event to clean up the area around Linh Dam Lake in Hanoi.

 Belgium will provide Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Kon Tum provinces with support of €3 million ($3.2 million) in total under three specific agreements within “Support for Responsive Accountable Local Governance (RALG)” projects.

MobiFone’s latest financial report reveals that the official value of its investment in the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) was VND8.9 trillion ($400 million) and was the only investment it made in the first half of this year.   

 Almost ten years have passed, yet few Vietnamese football fans have forgotten that ‘golden moment’ in the closing minutes of the second leg of the AFF Cup 2008 final between Vietnam and Thailand.

Vietnam has taken the top spot among 23 participating nations at the 2016 International Mathematics and Science Olympiad for Primary School with seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals in terms of mathematics.

 Viet Nam Lottery Company (Vietlott) announced a new winner of the jackpot worth VNĐ71 billion (US$3.17 million) yesterday evening.

 A two-day startup festival (TechFest Vietnam 2016) that concluded in Hanoi on November 13 attracted nearly 170 investors and more than 3,000 visitors, according to the organisers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - ASEAN, together with China, should be the most important partner for Vietnam. However, Vietnamese enterprises are not keen on exporting their products to the market.

Da Nang attracts foreign professionals, World’s largest jade Buddha statue on display in Binh Duong, Vietnamese expats vow to develop HCM City, Grand requiem commemorates road traffic victims

VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Tuan Nhan, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks to Infonet.vn on the role of local authorities in projects licensed by the central Government.

 The Elephant Waterfall, with wonderful natural beauty, stands out in the green jungle at Thanh Van of Thach Thanh district in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

 A 700-million-VND project to restore the century-old Bia Quoc Hoc (Quoc Hoc Monument) is under way in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, which is scheduled for completion by January, 2017. 

 Vietnam was ranked seventh worldwide in consumer confidence by the Nielsen Vietnam Index of Consumer Confidence.