The rapid increase in the number of Vietnam-trained PhD holders over the past decade coupled with shortcomings revealed in training have stirred public concern.

 Vietnam and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) sealed an agreement on satellite monitoring during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 11. 

 Ho Chi Minh City has recorded six more cases inflected with Zika virus as of November 11, raising the total number of infections in the city to 35, the municipal Preventive Medicine Centre announced.

 A Vietnam-Germany forum held in Hanoi on November 11 has highlighted the need for drastic measures to improve the management of water resources in river basins amidst worsening pollution. 

 Officials of the Hanoi Department of Tourism met on November 11 with businesspeople and journalists from the Republic of Korea (RoK), who are on a fact-finding trip to the city, to discuss ways to boost tourism cooperation between the two countries. 

 Ho Chi Minh City is expanding its High-Tech Agricultural Park to 570 hectares in 2020 and at the same time offering numerous preferential policies to attract investors in the park’s new facilities. 

 Oversea Vietnamese intellectuals returning to work in Ho Chi Minh City in the long run have risen on years and helped the city exploit untapped human resources potential for the national development. 

Many old villas harmoniously combining French and Vietnamese architecture still exist in Cuu village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Phu Xuyen.

 The Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment plans to inspect the management and use of land in 24 cities and provinces between 2016 and 2020. 

 The consumption of alcoholic drinks in Vietnam has ballooned over the past decade, according to the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health. 

 A welcome ceremony was held at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11 for the 43rd Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP), which is on its voyage to five regional countries and Japan. 

 Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on November 10 handed over a certificate recognising the Belgian Consul General to Hanoi to Jehanne Roccas, Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam. 

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities held a meeting with representatives of 500 Vietnamese expats who return home to attend the 2016 Conference for Overseas Vietnamese.  

 Pirates attacked a Vietnamese cargo ship and kidnapped six out of its 19 crewmembers off the Philippines' Basilan island on November 11, said the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

 Cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shandong province has yet to be on par with potential, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang has said. 

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong suggested Ireland continue its assistance for Vietnam in education-training and social charity.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Hoi An, the Phuc Kien Assembly Hall is considered the most beautiful hall in the town. 

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 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung spoke highly of the role and support of the World Bank and its country director in Vietnam in the implementation of a number of water and environment projects and programmes in the country. 

 The 14th National Assembly adopted a resolution on the State budget estimate for 2017 during the ongoing second session in Hanoi on November 11 with 79.31 percent of votes. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to developing relations with Japan and suggested the two sides enhance political trust through maintaining all-level visits and meetings.

Khanhcasa Tea House, The Vintage Emporium Café and Gu Coffee, with a romantic and nostalgic style, are favourite destinations for young people in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Enterprises say they want the right to import coal to serve their production plans instead of importing through Vinacomin or Dong Bac Corporation. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – For centuries, the Vietnamese people have had a folk saying: “Mong Cai porcelain, Huong Canh jars”, to compliment two of the best-quality terracotta brands in the northern region.

VietNamNet Bridge - National Assembly’s deputies described the government’s 2017 socio-economic development plan and the five-year economic restructuring project as ‘too ambitious’ and ‘out of reach’.