A recent report by the Government paints a picture with both bright and dark spots concerning the financial situation and business activities at State-run groups and corporations.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Binh People’s Committee have agreed on opening a pilot tour for exploring the culture of a local ethnic minority group. 

 Pham Van Binh who was believed to have died in a battlefield in Cambodia 39 years ago has just returned home to the central province of Ha Tinh.

 25 scrap containers have been found at Cat Lai Port in HCM City recently despite the government’s tightened controls over scrap imports.

 The mass fish deaths in Danang coast might have been caused by fishing using explosives according to local authorities.

The former principal of HCM City Teacher Training University spoke about the proposal by the Ministry of Education and Training to replace free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions with student loans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam earned a spot in the second round of the ATP Kobe Challenger tournament in Japan yesterday.

 The residents in Binh Dinh Province's Phu My District have held a group of engineers captive to protest against a solar power project in the area due to fears that the nearby forest will be destroyed.

 ‘Zero dong’ and other cheap tours have lured a large number of visitors to the central coastal city of Da Nang in recent times. However, these tours also come with a headache for State management agencies.

 A surge in the number of international tourist arrivals in Vietnam has helped the tourism sector record revenues of US$21 billion in the year to October, said Ngo Hoai Chung, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Investment in the agro-forestry-fishery sector was put at VND390 trillion during the 2013-2017 period, making up some 5.7% of the total investment in all sectors, as stated at a review conference in Hanoi last weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two Sun Group resorts, Premier Village Danang Resort and Mercure Danang French Village Bana Hills, were honored at the 2018 World Luxury Hotel Awards in Bali, Indonesia on November 10.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left Hanoi on November 13 morning for the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings in Singapore from November 13-15 at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Vietnam’s first express railway running from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City will cost around 58.7 billion USD, according to a pre-feasibility report announced at the Ministry of Transport’s meeting on November 12.

 Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) said in a statement on November 11 that recent rumors about its bankruptcy in some localities are untrue.

A hacker has released part of the data which supposedly belongs to staff of Con Cung and threatened to make the retail chain’s information and FPT Shop’s database public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SID’s Connection of Malaysia triumphed in the men’s open category at the 11th Việt Nam Hockey Festival, which concluded in Ben Luc Town, Long An Province over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Work to shift the overhead electrical and telecommunications cables that criss-cross downtown Hanoi had been slow, said the Ha Noi Department of Construction.

 The northern region is likely to experience a strong cold spell this weekend.

Vietnamese authorities are seeking measures to prevent the leaders of foreign-invested companies from fleeing the country while owing salaries to local workers.