Vietnam and New Zealand have agreed to develop their comprehensive partnership both on scale and in depth towards a strategic partnership during Prime Minister John Key’s visit to Vietnam. 

 Marking the 19th Vietnam Film Festival, Vietnamese film week is scheduled to take place in Hanoi and Da Nang on December 1- 5 , announced the Cinematography Department and Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism on November 14.

VietNamNet Bridge - The current challenges show that Vietnam does not have much time left. If it does not urgently develop appropriate strategies, the country will fall into prolonged stagnation, a kind of middle-income trap.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have supported the Ministry of Finance’s (MOF) decision to reject the requests for tax incentives made by Samsung. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Though experts and policy makers all admit the great advantages of ecological industrial zones (eco IP or EIP), they think such IZs cannot be developed in Vietnam at this time.

 Vietnam’s economy will continue to recover next year but at a slower pace, said Nguyen Dinh Cung, president of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

 Following the success of a major music festival early this year, Tiger Remix will come back in January to ring in the New Year 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the country is integrating deeper into the world market, a number of street vendors who come to pursue their dream in cities might lose their jobs, experts have warned.

 Ho Tram Strip gets US$50 mil. from Harbinger Capital, Vietnam takes advantage of staples when joining TPP, Investment flow poured into Phu Quoc Island, Cassava exports set to earn 1.5 bln USD this year

 The Government has issued Decree 114/2015/ND-CP to amend and supplement Article 21 of Decree 29/2008/ND-CP and Point 1 of Article 1 of Decree 164/2013/ND-CP on provisions exclusively applicable to export processing zones and enterprises.  

 Famous Mekong Delta tourist attraction Cai Rang Floating Market, is suffering from serious pollution.

 HCM City exhibits antique tea sets, New TV show about Japanese music, Vietnamese tattoo artist featured in book by US writer, New King Kong movie to film in world’s largest cave in central Vietnam

 The residential index for the Hanoi market in the third quarter increased 0.03 points quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) and 6 points year-on-year (y-o-y) to 108.3 points, according to a Savills Vietnam report released on November 13.

Vietnam is one of the world’s top rice exporting nations, but its rice lacks competiveness when stacked up against other countries, such as those contemplating formation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade region.

 A ceremony was held on November 14 at the Tra Noc II Industrial Park in Phuoc Thoi ward, O Mon district, Can Tho province to inaugurate the Republic of Korea (RoK) – Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP).

 The National Assembly held group discussions on November 14 to debate amendments to the current press law, which aim to make it compatible with the 2013 Constitution.

 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Stech and his wife Ivana Stechova are paying an official State visit to Vietnam from November 15-20 at the invitation of Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 From the beginning of autumn, every street in Hanoi is blanketed with the fragrance and white colour of hoa sua (milky flower), creating a peaceful and romantic atmosphere in the capital.

 There has been no report on any Vietnamese killed or injured in the series of attacks in Paris on November 13, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son told Vietnam News Agency correspondents one day after the attacks.

 Head of the Party Central Committee’s Office Tran Quoc Vuong on November 14 received a visiting delegation from the External Relations Commission of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) led by the commission’s deputy head Sous Yara. 

 A series of exhibitions on the life and literary career of great poet Nguyen Du will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17-25 in celebration of his 250 th birth anniversary (January 3). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the five years since the Government put in place Decision No 49/QD-TTg on 19 criteria for new-style rural areas for the 2010-20 period, the majority of communes across the nation fail to meet the 17th criterion on environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City and Haiphong were among the Huffington Post’s list of 16 coastal and river port cities around the globe that travellers should visit sooner rather than later before they sink beneath the sea.

 More than 1,600 works, including photos, reportages and documentaries from seven ASEAN countries are sent to a festival launched by Viet Nam.

  The import of second-hand information technology (IT) products will be prohibited from December 15.