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.

 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 – 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.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Besides the Symphony-Opera-Ballet Theater located in the 23/9 Park, which is scheduled for completion in 2015, HCM City will have another theater in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inward remittances via HCM City banks topped US$3.7 billion in the first 10 months of the year, and are expected to reach $4.8 billion this year,

Traders overstock foods due to typhoon Haiyan; HCM City impatient with resettlement housing projects; Expert: Home loan rate of 3% impossible; POS transactions increase

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of HCM City on Tuesday, Nov 11, proposed the death sentence for former banking chief executive Vu Quoc Hao, who has been charged with embezzling VND531 billion worth of State property.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Legendary defender, and winner of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 2006, Fabio Cannavaro, arrived last weekend in HCM City to take part in the Tiger Street Football 2013's International Grand Final

After another two people in China were found infected with H7N9, the General Department of Preventive Medicine on Sunday issued an urgent request to health departments nation-wide to prevent the spread of the virus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Barcelona FC has confirmed to send its U19 squad to Vietnam to participate in the U19 International Football Tournament in HCM City on January 6-10, 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Money and gifts have been brought regularly to Hoa Mau Don Children’s House, the shelter for street children. However, the children there still have been living in poor body and mind conditions.

VietNamNet Bridge – When Huynh Thanh Thao was a child, she had to stay at home while other kids in her village went to school every day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Magic Flute, one of the greatest works of 18th-century musical prodigy W.A. Mozart, will be staged in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on November 9 and 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many cultural and sport activities in rivers will be held by HCMC to attract tourists and the city will call for investments to build piers and wharves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world over, festivals have been transmitters, preservers and developers of culture through generations. What's more, they are fun events that almost everyone looks forward to.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two restaurants in HCM City have been listed in this year's top ten best restaurants in Asia rated by readers of TripAdvisor.

Beef jerky is made from wheat flour not sponge foam, confirmed Nguyen Nhu Tiep, Director of the National Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality Assurance Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on November 5.

 A four-day festival displaying foods and specialities from 20 countries and territories worldwide will be held beginning on December 5 at the September 23 Park in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hao Duong, a leather processing company in HCM City was caught discharging untreated waste water to the Dong Dien River one week ago. It is still unclear about how to punish it.

VietNamNet Bridge – French artist Helene Kling wears her paintbrush on her sleeve - as it were - and her deeply felt love for Viet Nam is on show this month at her latest exhibition Reve de Fer - Dreams of Iron.