VietNamNet Bridge - The forests in the Central Highlands continue to be cut down though they were closed more than a year ago as ordered by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Competition in the local retail petroleum market has stiffened with the involvement of foreign investors. Bui Ngoc Bao, Petrolimex chairman discussed the firm’s plans to expand its future operations and undergo state stake divestments.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local newspapers recently reported that a female student at the Hai Phong Medical & Pharmaceutical University went missing and later was found in Thua Thien-Hue province. 

 Twelve-year-old Le Huu Tuan Anh, of Yen Hung commune in the northern province of Thanh Hoa's Yen Dinh District, may be the luckiest person on earth.

 The local real estate market has been on an upbeat growth trajectory, profiting from the country’s positive macro-economic fundamentals.

 Network security has grown into a pressing global issue, and Vietnam is not an exception. Aware of the growing concerns associated with current network security loopholes, many local firms are still unprepared to cope with the risk.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The spouses of APEC leaders and senior officials visited the ancient town of Hoi An on the morning of November 11.

 Israeli artists will participate for the first time at the Monsoon Music Festival held November 11-12 in Hanoi.

 Vietnam considers Japan as an important and long-term partner, President Tran Dai Quang stated while giving a reception for Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalisation Toshimitsu Motegi in Hanoi on November 7.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha visited Quy Nhon beach in central Binh Dinh province on November 7 to inspect the search for missing sailors and direct response to possible oil spills from sunk freighters in storm Damrey.

The first-ever Vietnam Business Summit, a highlight of the 29th APEC Leaders’ Week, opened at the Ariyana Conference Centre on Tuesday with the participation of more than 2,000 delegates.

 Calculation of petroleum import tax based on weighted average of the tariffs along with locally produced petrol from Dung Quat Oil Refinery would benefit consumers, Vu Thi Mai, deputy minister of finance, said.

Vietnam’s CMC Corporation, one of the leading information and communications technology groups in Vietnam, opened its subsidiary in Yokohama city of Kanagawa prefecture on November 7.

 Vietnam ranks 101st among 193 countries in the world which face the highest risk of cyberattacks given the rapid growth of Internet users, a recent survey shows.

 The National Assembly (NA) Economic Committee has expressed concerns over a Government proposal for building eight out of 11 sections of the North-South Expressway under the built-operate-transfer (BOT) format.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received World Economic Forum (WEF) Managing Director Philipp Rosler on the sidelines of the Vietnam Business Summit held in Da Nang city on November 7.

 Storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods had claimed 69 lives and left 30 people missing in central and Central Highlands localities as of 8am of November 7.

 Cuban Party and State leaders affirmed their determination to develop the traditional friendship with their Vietnamese counterparts while hosting Politburo member Vo Van Thuong during his visit to Cuba on November 2-6.

Asian-Pacific economies should establish an agenda with strategies on what they can do together to help the region continue to be the main driver in realising the Bogor Goals in terms of trade and investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Although the private sector is an important driving force for the country’s development, private businesses still have to travel a thorny path to expand and develop.