VietNamNet Bridge - The rich aquatic resources on Serepok River are in danger as more hydropower dams are being built on the mainstream, leading to changes in the water current and environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students fight each other, teachers slap students’ faces, parents assault teachers — school violence has been escalating recently.

 The government in the Indian capital, Delhi, has reintroduced car rationing to curb alarming levels of pollution.

Automobile joint ventures believe the policy will encourage them to import CBU cars instead of assembling cars domestically. 

"For the first time in APEC history, there are up to 2,000 CEOs gathered at the CEO Summit 2017," said Hoang Van Dung, Chairman of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 2017.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - On 8th and 9th of November, 2017, three plenary sessions of the 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting took place.

VietNamNet Bridge - From November 6th to 11th, the APEC Economic Leaders Week 2017 took place in Da Nang with the participation of over 10,000 delegates from 21 member economies.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted an official welcoming ceremony and held talks with his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet Jeria in Hanoi on November 9 morning.

 The UK’s Financial Times on November 8 published an article lauding preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week by Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang in particular. 

VNA's resident correspondent in Washington D.C had an interview with David Shear, former US Ambassador to Vietnam and former Assistant Secretary of Defense. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has had an article themed “A dynamic, integrated and growing Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific,” on the occasion of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week taking place in central Da Nang city from November 6-11.

 The Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) put into operation 15 European-standard buses on November 7.

 All eyes are on Vietnam as it is hosting the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, the biggest economic event in the Asia-Pacific region. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The authorities and people of the ancient town of Hoi An urgently clean up mud and wash the streets to welcome APEC leaders and their first ladies.

 The annual "Vietnam Information Security Day" will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 15 – December 2.

 Ho Chi Minh City plans to put projects under the Build-Transfer (BT) investment model under more scrutiny by auctioning land instead of offering it in exchange for infrastructure.  

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) will provide 1.5 billion USD in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam for 2016-2020 via the Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF). 

 A Vietnam-Austria friendship concert will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Music Academy on November 13 and at the Hanoi Opera House on November 15 as part of activities to mark the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties.

 The Vietnam – Australia partnership programme on innovation was announced during a ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on November 8, within the framework of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.