VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses are still vague about the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) – of which Vietnam is a member, though the community would form up in just two years.

 The number of people killed by typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda, in central Philippines has climbed to 3,974 as of Sunday noon, a military official said Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three years since Viet Nam started to introduce agro- insurance policies back in 2011, bottlenecks still remained and there was plenty of work to be done to protect farmers from natural disasters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recent reactions recorded after the administration of the Quinvaxem vaccine to babies were within safety limits, confirmed Director of the Preventive Medicine Department Tran Dac Phu.

Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Friday held their second strategic defence dialogue in Seoul, during which they reviewed bilateral defence co-operation outcomes over recent years and plotted the direction of future collaboration.

 Authorities in Russia confirmed that all 50 people aboard a Boeing plane that crashed Sunday on landing in Russia's Kazan, capital of Tatarstan republic, were killed.

 Socialist Michelle Bachelet won a first round of Chile's presidential race Sunday, with voters putting her on track to replace a conservative, early returns showed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The adventurers first laid their boots on the soft jungle soil by 7.30am and before long the first challenge for them was set. How to cross a fast running stream without the use of a bridge?

 Nguyen Anh Thong won the judges' votes to become world champion at the World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Championships just outside Budapest on Saturday.

 On November 7, 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced its recognition of the Hue royal court music or “Nha nhac” as an oral and intangible heritage of humanity.

 Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central region have killed at least 31 people, left two missing and seriously injured three others, disaster officials said on November 17.

 Vietnam has become a pillar of India’s “Look East” policy, according to Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No ministry or branch has claimed the responsibility for the empty forest development fund.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has urged schools to equip with interactive whiteboard in a plan to modernize teaching aids. However, schools keep indifferent to the plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lending interest rates offered by many commercial banks have reduced to below the deposit interest rates. However, businesses don’t intend to borrow money at this moment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks have laid off thousands of workers because of the bad business performance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will soon start work on a US$150 million research institute where scientists could earn three times more than the current State-regulated salary.

 HCM City’s foreign-currency credits tumble; Vietnam eyes labour cooperation with Middle East, North Africa; BIDV receives Asia Risk award; Mekong Delta looks towards green economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Thuan (not real his name) of District 8 quit his job, and nearly everything else in his life, after his 13-year-old daughter died in a motorbike accident last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment had uncovered land use and management violations across more than 190,450ha nationwide, the ministry said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) encourages foreign credit institutions to contribute capital and purchase shares of Vietnamese credit institutions while continuing to evaluate and identify some weak banks to take on restructuring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Committee is close to completing a project to expand pedestrian streets in the capital’s Old Quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge – While guardian lion sculptures are frequently associated with China, Viet Nam also boasts many such masterpieces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first nine months of this year, an average of 34 people contracted HIV each day, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The styles of Vietnamese long dress, or ao dai, have gone through a number of changes over different periods, and it is still survives today, marking Vietnamese traditions.