Vietnam move up two spots in November FIFA ranking

 The Vietnam men’s national football team jumped two spots to 147 th globally on the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking for November released on November 5. 

Vietnam releases full text of TPP agreement

 Vietnam and the other 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement released the full text of the pact in English on November 5 (Hanoi time).

Female passenger caught carrying $90,000 illegally

 The Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s customs division under the HCM City Customs Department discovered an illegal money transport operation on November 3. 

Russian plane crash: UK suspects bomb was placed in hold

 UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off, the BBC has learned.

The most expensive villa in Saigon awaits new owner

 VietNamNet Bridge – A French colonial villa with three facades in District 3 in HCM City is vacant after it was sold for almost VND700 billion (nearly $35 million).

Vietnamese and French artists join hands to stage Carmen opera

The popular opera Carmen will be performed at the HCMC Opera House on November 8 and 9 by leading artists from HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and France’s La Fabrique Opera.

Vinamilk wants to offer foreign investors 100% ownership opportunity

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation’s leading dairy producer Vinamilk has urged state management agencies to produce a roadmap for the state’s divestment from state-owned companies.

Primary forests, sea turtles are top attractions at Con Dao Islands

VietNamNet Bridge - With pristine beaches and the most diverse marine ecosystems in Vietnam, travel magazine Lonely Planet has voted Con Dao as one of the 10 sexiest islands on the planet.

Vietnam - China economic relations after 25 years

 VietNamNet Bridge - China is now the largest trading partner of Vietnam with a total turnover of nearly $60 billion in 2014 and the ninth largest investor of the 105 countries and territories investing in Vietnam.

VN, Kuwait friendly match cancelled

 VietNamNet Bridge – The friendly match, which was scheduled for November 12 in Ha Noi between the Viet Nam national football team and Kuwait, has been cancelled,

Sexual health education to be launched at vocational schools

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the United Nations Population Funds published materials for educating sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention at vocational schools nationwide in Hanoi

Int’l degrees granted to Vietnam-Germany University graduates

VietNamNet Bridge – International standard Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees were presented to 43 students who have successfully completed programmes offered by the Vietnam-Germany University.

Social News 6/11

 Vietnamese, Chinese youth start 16th friendship meeting, Hanoi cracking down on overloaded vehicles, Cataract No.1 cause of blindness in Viet Nam, Plan proposes construction of north-south road, HCM City confronts drug addiction head-on

Apple opens Vietnam company

 Apple Vietnam was officially established on October 28 with charter capital of VND15 billion ($672,000) according to the Agency for Business Registration at the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VN architecture wins global acclaim

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese architectural firms have won awards on the first day of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore in the 2015 WAF Awards peer reviewed contest.

HCM City jails 11 in bank fraud case

The jury of HCM City's People's Court yesterday handed down punishments ranging from nine years imprisonment to a life sentence to 11 people involved in the loss of roughly VND1 trillion

Vietnam among 20 best countries to visit

 Vietnam has been voted as one of the 20 best countries in the world to visit, according to a survey released recently by the US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNT). 

HCM City to host old book exhibition

 More than 20,000 books, probably more than 100 years old, will be exhibited at HCM City's Youth Cultural House during the Old Book Festival 2015 from November 6 to 8.


Vietnam ranks 4th at Miss International 2015

  Viet Nam's representative Pham Hong Thuy Van was the third runner-up at the Miss International 2015, which took place at Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday.

Buying banks at VND0: A controversial prescription

VietNamNet Bridge - Legislative bodies have praised the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) move to buy three weak banks at zero dong, but said the remedy should not be abused.

World stars to come out for Lynk Fashion Show 2015 in Vietnam

 Ly Nha Ky has revealed her upcoming Lynk Fashion Show 2015 will quite simply be one of the hottest fashion shows on the planet, filled with a star studded guest list and great musical entertainment.

US sets new duties on tra imports

 The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced a preliminary decision on its 11th administrative review (POR 11) of anti-dumping duties on tra (Pangasius) fish imported from Vietnam.

BIDV borrows $200 mln from China’s development bank

 The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on November 5 signed an agreement to secure a five-year loan worth 200 million USD from the China Development Bank (CDB).

Education Ministry fumbles for policies on pedagogy schools

MOET wants to select excellent students for education universities in order to produce good teachers, because it believes only good teachers can produce good students. However, it still has not found solutions to the issue.

Vietnam, China ink myriad of cooperation documents

 Vietnam and China inked a number of cooperation documents and agreements in Hanoi on November 5 in the presence of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping.