VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly yesterday, Nov 18, discussed the amended Law on Bankruptcy and the Law on Public Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The foreign exchange rate between the Vietnamese dong and US dollar is likely to be increased by one percentage point in early 2014, according to the Business Times.

VietNamNet Bridge – The flood season is being turned to a tourist advantage in Tram Chim National Park in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the third quarter Viet Nam's business optimism for the next 12 months increased significantly to 64 per cent, compared to minus 12 per cent a quarter earlier.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government's support for archeological work is inadequate at present, posing the danger of the nation losing precious vestiges of its cultural heritage, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 600 relics in Ha Noi have been seriously damaged and are in need of immediate restoration work, but funds for the work have not been made available in the municipal budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent report produced by the International Air Transport Association reveals that Vietnam is gathering pace to become the third fastest growing aviation market in the world behind China and Brazil.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has set a mandatory prerequisite of VND250 billion (US$11.9 million) to set up a higher education institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underground water throughout the country is dangerously polluted, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's Centre for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecast.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Julio Benedetti, a tourism consultant and blogger from Brazil, explained why tourists can play part in lifting standards of living.

VietNamNet Bridge – Growing demand for coconuts pushed this co-operative chairman to invent a machine that can break open the thick-shelled fruit in far less time than the standard method.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hospitals have performed 900 kidney transplants, 23 liver and 9 heart transplants so far, while the number of patients who are in need of organ transplant is tens of thousands.

 A way of using nanoparticles to investigate the mechanisms underlying infertility has been developed by British scientists, according to a new report published in a scientific journal on Friday.

Vietnam is among the ten countries with the highest ageing rate from now to 2050, a recent report by the United Nations has shown.

 Investors leasing new apartments to thaw market; Italian press: Vietnam to be attractive destination for investors; Vingroup official bond issuance debuts on Singapore Exchange; Dong Nai earns $24 million from cashews

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of HCM City on Friday handed down death sentences to the former chiefs of a financial and a construction company on charges of corruption and intentional violation of State regulations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam ended their Asian Cup 2015 qualification campaign in the most disappointing fashion since 2007, as the country blew any hopes with a 3-0 defeat home against Uzbekistan in Group E match

 Female Vietnamese players flew to Jiangsu province’s Nanjing city on November 18 for a two-week training course in preparation for the upcoming 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, a lot of private planes have landed at the same time at the Da Nang International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A requiem for the souls of traffic accident victims was held at the Bai Dinh pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on November 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On November 16, Hoi An ancient town in Quang Nam province was deeply submerged in flooding when the Hoai River water level exceeded the third alarm. Thousands of tourists were evacuated from the low-lying areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a total investment of over VND2.3 trillion ($11 billion), the installation of the submarine power cable connecting Ha Tien to Phu Quoc, the longest in Southeast Asia, started on November 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The network infrastructure remains the asset of SK Telecom, a partner in the joint venture, while SPT is still negotiating on the partner’s withdrawal from S-Fone project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning on November 17, hundreds of people flocked to the Sung Phuc monastery in Long Bien District, Hanoi, to commemorate the 49th day of the death anniversary of General Vo Nguyen Giap.