HCM City is renovating old apartment buildings and removing makeshift houses on or along canals as part of its urban renovation and development plan for the 2016-2020 period.

 Around 1.5 million students nationwide, or 7.5 per cent of all students, have not joined the national health insurance scheme, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

 Many households in Ninh Giang Township, in the northern province of Hai Duong, have said that their homes and drinking water are heavily polluted.

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Friday morning shared a bánh mì breakfast with Australian-Vietnamese celebrity chef Luke Nguyen at a local street food restaurant, before beginning a busy day of meetings for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

 Clear, transparent and efficient policies are needed to encourage more foreign investors to jump into the Vietnamese securities market if it is to reach its considerable potential.

A sluggish period seems in store for the Government bond market. This follows the second November auction session at which the Vietnam State Treasury acknowledged only VND140 billion (US$6.2 million) from bond sales.

 An overwhelming majority of Vietnamese business heads are confident about growing revenues and profits in the coming years and preparing to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), a new survey has found.

Representatives from Spanish energy company Repsol on Tuesday met with leaders of the Binh Son Refinery and Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) to seek opportunities to invest in the Dung Quat Refinery. 

APEC ministers have adopted a number of practical initiatives on building a green economy and achieving food security through quality growth that will be presented to leaders of the 21 economies tomorrow in Da Nang.

 Local media of Canada has run many photos and articles on the two-day official visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Vietnam from November 8-9.

Leaders of many APEC economies, including Russia, Canada, Japan, Brunei and Australia, have arrived in Da Nang city for activities of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week.

US President Donald Trump arrived in Da Nang on November 10 noon for activities within the APEC Economic Leaders' Week and a State visit to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This is the statement of Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh after the conclusion of the 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM29) within the framework of APEC 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of investors seeking to purchase houses in the old quarter in Hanoi has soared since September. 

 Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, has valued Viet Nam nation brand at US$203 billion.

 The retail industry has changed dramatically in the digital age where everything is connected, requiring retailers to continue to innovate to better serve customers’ diverse needs, speakers said on Thursday at a one-day summit held in HCM City.

 Four- and five-star hotels in HCM City have seen a slight decline in room rates although the rising number of tourists has resulted in an increase in occupancy rates at high-end hotels.

 Water resources have become a source of increasing conflict, highlighting issues of unsustainable exploitation and environmental degradation, experts say.

 The National Assembly passed a Resolution on socio-economic development plan for 2018 at the ongoing fourth session in Hanoi on November 10.

 The upcoming State visit of US President Donald Trump to Vietnam on November 11-12 is expected to enable further growth of the Vietnam-US ties in the future.