Mobile subscribers of the country’s major mobile service providers can use a mobile number portability (MNP) service, which allows them to retain their phone numbers when switching carriers, from November 16.

 Vietnam ranks second among six surveyed ASEAN countries and 19th globally as a country where expats are eager to live and work in the 11th annual Expat Explorer survey by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

 HCMC-based operators of hotels, especially luxury ones, are performing well this year, with room occupancy at many hotels amounting to an estimated 80%-90% this year.

 The HCMC Department of Home Affairs has decided to attract more foreign talent in various sectors in the city, reported VnExpress news site, citing the fourth draft plan on attracting staff with special talents to HCMC in the 2018-2022 period.

 The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still unaccounted, officials have said.

 Many bus companies and transport cooperatives in HCMC have stressed the need to change the way bus subsidies are calculated to minimize their losses.

 Bombardier workers face uncertainty after the Canadian aerospace giant announced 5,000 job cuts around the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has sought an explanation from all related authorities for why the owners of 17,300 apartments and houses have not received title deeds.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many commercial banks are now trying to win the hearts of young people, who could be big borrowers in the future.

 Internet giant Alibaba has set new sales records on Sunday for its biggest shopping day, the annual Singles Day.

 A woman has been arrested in Queensland in connection with the "strawberry scare" where sewing needles were found hidden inside fruit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of cases of dengue fever in HCM City shot up by 125 per cent in October compared to a year earlier and could rise further this month, the peak season, 

Some 40 households in District 2 have expressed their disapproval over the compensation policy of the HCMC government, reasoning that their plots of land are also beyond the approved boundaries of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area development project.

Ta Lien Son Forest has a high peak reaching 2,993 metres above the sea level. It is located in Ta leng Commune, Tam Duong District, 20 kilometres from Lai Chau City in the northern province of Lai Chau. 

With a new cable car to open at its most famous tourist site, the riverside city of Chau Doc is poised to become an important spiritual and cultural destination in the Mekong Delta. Ngoc Diep reports.

Vietnam included in South Korean Lotte's US$44-billion5-year investment plan, PV Power targets output of more than 5.6 billion kWh in Q4, Vietnam sees FDI disbursement increase, Transport accounts for 59 percent logistics costs

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts estimate that foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) now hold 80 percent of the animal feed market share, while Vietnamese enterprises only have 20 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC has 67,000 more students this year compared with the 2017-2018 academic year, while the number of classrooms has increased insignificantly.

While the Ministries of Health and Construction have repeatedly urged the government to prohibit the use of white asbestos, National Assembly deputies say there must be more thorough research on the substance.

VietNamNet Bridge - Observers said iPhone XR appears to have the same problem as iPhone 5C which had a high price but few outstanding features.