VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will play a do-or-die game on November 15 against Uzbekistan as the two teams seek a crucial win in their Group E game of the Asian Cup 2013 qualifiers at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has imposed VND3.5 million ($150) on singer, actress Ngan Khanh for exposing a breast while dancing in a lives how on the national channel VTV3, entitled "Dance of Passion."

China has never been listed among the biggest foreign direct investors in Vietnam or the biggest ODA (official development assistance) providers. However, Vietnamese enterprises now tend to seek Chinese capital for their huge projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an official visit to Vietnam in one day (November 12) with a busy schedule.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Given the chip industry development program until 2020, HCMC has received much expert support for chip research and design whereas there is concern about investment in chip production.

 Most of the travel firms in HCMC have prepared for oversea tours for the Lunar New Year holiday but it is not easy to buy tickets of international flights during the biggest festive season.

 The Asian Football Confederation has selected Viet Nam to host the Asian Futsal (indoor football) Championships in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The seven huge projects with the registered capital of over $1 billion made up nearly a half of the total foreign direct investment (FDI) capital registered in the last 10 months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since primary school teachers cannot provide private tutoring service, the job has been undertaken by university students. However, the quality of the service is problematic.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has pressed for the prompt signing of the Viet Nam–US double taxation avoidance agreement and conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations this year as committed by leaders of member nations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The latest White Book on Viet Nam's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) outlook shows that it has become brighter on the global ICT map, despite the domestic economic downturn.

 VietNamNet Bridge –The Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City has announced that a campaign to restore public order in the center of the City will be carried out from November 11-27

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors may be entitled to directly distribute products they are banned from under existing regulations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 600-year-old village of Phuoc Tich in central Thua Thien Hue Province has lost half its natural beauty according to locals, and the rest is under threat from road and dyke works.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Court in has sentenced a 23-year-old Chinese woman to life imprisonment on November 13 for smuggling more than 1.9kg of synthetic drugs into Vietnam in October 2012.

 U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have successfully tested a powerful gene therapy, delivered directly into the heart, to reverse heart failure in pigs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom groups recently have repeatedly complained that their telecom cables have been cut by rivals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has said Vietnam will continue carrying out its open foreign policy of befriending all nations alongside firmly defending national sovereignty.

 2013 European Music Festival to take place in Hanoi; Hoa Binh remembers cultural heritage; Hoa Binh remembers cultural heritage;

 Police seize plant growth stimulants; Two die, one injured in house fire; Three missing in boat accident; Stranded S Korean ship starts to leak oil; 17 injured in Dong Nai car accident; Police nab fake doctor in Bach Mai Hospital

 Japan firm builds US$28-mln plant in Dong Nai; Law to be revised to ensure fairness; Vietnam prioritises trade ties with EU; Vietnamese retail market to watch for big rewards

The Ministry of Construction and the State Bank both have loosened the requirements on the borrowers of the VND30 trillion package in an effort to speed up the disbursement. However, the power is in the hands of commercial banks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and the European Union will hold regular dialogue and exchange information on tourism to ensure its sustainable development and competitiveness in both sides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center on Thursday announced that the tropical low pressure system had entered the southeastern parts of the East Sea and was now heading towards the south central of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Trong Hoang has been named in the Asian 11 for October.