VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has released a list of four bans that primary schools must follow in an effort to ease the workload on students.

 VietNamNet Bridge - ‘YIN’ exhibition by Nguyen Khanh Toan will be held at Cuci Fine Art, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi from 13 November to 14 December.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hackers who attacked VC Corp last month, causing the temporary shutdown of six online newspapers, were probably professional information technology experts, according to an investigation agency.

When VN-Index tumbled a number of years ago, it spelled trouble for many companies who had to delist. Some left the bourse, and the remaining who were considered the most resilient are now struggling to keep their heads above water.

 Top African business leaders have established an emergency fund to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An Giang is the land of native Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham people living peacefully together for hundreds of years. The local Cham community mainly follows Muslim,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The UNESCO world heritage site of Hoi An, always a popular destination, has recently added a silk-weaving centre to its attractions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luxury cars priced at tens of billions of dong continue to be popular in Vietnam, where the income per capita is $1,960 per annum.

 Indonesian cargo ship catches fire at Haiphong port; Vietnam becomes the 59th member of CIGRE; Four die in Lang Son karaoke bar blaze; Hanoi road plan to be reviewed; Engineer builds low-cost 3D printer

Heavy Tiger shows girl power in rock; Pop star My Tam stages free concerts; Korea menswear designer to join Fashion Week; Exhibition highlights Ho Chi Minh's life in Russia; Ha Long Bay enters world’s 20 geological wonders

 U.S.-based investment group Global Emerging Markets (GEM) on November 6 clinched a deal worth US$80 million, equivalent to VND1.7 trillion, to invest in stocks of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group.

 The management board of the EU-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme announced on November 7 that its statistics on the number of tourists who return to Vietnam had been taken out of context.

 Coral fossils dating back 300 million years ago were discovered in Sơn Đoòng Cave, in the central province of Quảng Bình, scientists announced on November 6.

Former Manchester United (MU) striker Dwight Yorke had an exchange with Ho Chi Minh City’s football lovers at Phu Tho indoor stadium where the BIDV Manchester United Cup 2014 championships took place on November 8-9.

 Palestine defeated host Viet Nam 3-1 in their first ever meeting yesterday at the Ha Noi's My Dinh Stadium.

 Australia yesterday defeated hosts Viet Nam 3-0 to take the only ticket from Group C to the women's AFC U19 Football Championship finals.

 Two boats sank this weekend, leaving one person dead and 10 missing.

 The Ministry of Finance successfully issued US$1 billion in international bonds yesterday after holding roadshows across the world from October 29 to November 5, according to the Ministry of Finance's website.

 Some 8,000 helium balloons have been released into the night sky over Germany's capital at the culmination of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

 The assistance that Singaporeans gave a Vietnamese tourist who was scammed when he bought an iPhone 6 in Singapore has earned much attention and applause from Vietnamese newspapers and netizens.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has officially approved the issuance of a BioSafety Certificate for Dekalb Vietnam (Monsanto) and Syngenta Vietnam's corn seeds with weed management traits.

 TPP Agreement unlikely to be reached by the end of 2014; Vietnam, Australia foster military ties; HCM City wants to cooperate with Japan in personnel training; Crime of torture proposed for Criminal Code

 President Truong Tan Sang has met with his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino III, attended a round-table talk with US businesses and visited the Vietnam Embassy in Beijing.

 President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing, China on November 9 for the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-five per cent of Vietnamese smartphone owners used their device during their last purchase, the highest rate in the region, according to a recent study carried out by Internet giant Google.