Jean-Philippe Courtois, Microsoft International President, met with leaders from local businesses to discuss the company’s strong efforts to bolster cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, application development, and infrastructure management skills.

 Vinh Moc tunnels in Vinh Linh district, the central province of Quang Tri, has been listed among the most underrated tourist attractions in Asia by the US travel website Thrillist.

Quynh Mai to compete in Asia’s Next Top Model, Miss Universe 2015 3rd Official Hot Picks, Excavation of ancient tomb made public in Binh Dinh, First instrumental rock album released, Moon worshipping festival begins in Mekong province

  Vietnam appreciated multi-faceted cooperation with Belgium, particularly in economics, trade, investment, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

  Vietnam made active and responsible contributions to documents adopted at the 27th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings that took place in Malaysia from November 21-22, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the media. 

The election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels of the 2016-20 tenure will take place on May 22, 2016, which is a Sunday in line with the law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international conference yesterday that gathered more than 200 Vietnamese and foreign experts focused on the conservation and promotion of world heritage sites such as the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

Electrical engineering companies complain they have to struggle to obtain jobs in Vietnamese-invested projects, even though the government has promised to increase the localization ratios in thermal power projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Animated short film My Home, made by overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Phuong Mai, is among 10 movies nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 88th Academy Awards 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Nguyen Hoang Yen won a silver medal at the Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championships that ended in Singapore on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 Golden Ball statue, the award for the best player of the year, was kicked off yesterday (Nov 23) in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-French contemporary classical music composer Nguyen Thien Dao passed away in Paris at 11pm on November 20 (local time). He was 75.

 Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam was stopped in the first round of the International Tennis Federation Cambodia F1 Futures, by No 3 Kim Cheong-eui of South Korea yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The population aged 23 to 53 has labour income higher than consumption, which creates savings that can be ploughed back into the economy and thereby stimulate economic growth.

 The National Gallery Singapore on November 24 will open what promises to be the largest exhibition of modern Southeast Asian art in any one space, says the gallery's director Eugene Tan.

 Vinamilk made it to the inaugural list of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) top 50 publicly listed companies (PLCs) during the first ASEAN Corporate Governance Conference and Awards ceremony.

 The 15th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) Ministers’ Meeting (TELEMIN) will be held in the central city of Dang Nang on November 26-27.

 Vietnam won four gold medals on November 23, the first day of the ASEAN School Games 2015, which is taking place at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Brunei.

 A collection of 82 doctoral laureate steles at Hanoi’s Van Mieu - Temple of Literature, which was the country’s first university, has been recognised as national treasure.

 Phuc Dat Bich may be an interesting and favourite name to many Vietnamese people.

VietNamNet Bridge - In a market economy, work is measured by productivity and efficiency, not by professional degrees.

Viet Nam has a huge opportunity to expand its market and strengthen its scale of information and technology co-operation with Japan, said Nguyen Doan Hung, chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan IT Cooperation Club.

China is very weak in soft power. Apart from its economic clout, China doesn't have much attraction, said Prof. Bonnie Glaser, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in talks with VietNamNet’s Lan Anh.

Security experts pointed out that the action by some Vietnamese teenagers breaking into the Anonymous chatting website did not cause any danger, commenting that the behavior was ‘seen’ and ‘easy to implement’.

 The National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations convened the 14th plenary meeting in Hanoi on November 23 to verify the Government’s report on the global situation, and the Party and State’s diplomatic activities this year.