The spokeswoman affirmed that Vietnam treasures the relationship with Germany and is working with the European country to strengthen the bilateral ties.

 Hazardous alcoholic consumption deprives valuable resources presumably allocated to health care and development in Vietnam.

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 The HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a program of clarinet music, plus Brahms’s finest symphony, in the Saigon Opera House on Sunday, November 18.

The number of European and U.S. visitors to their most preferred tourist destinations in the country, Hue City and Hoi An Town, has fallen sharply recently.

 Vietnamese workers in South Korea and Japan earn US$1,000-1,200 per month on average, the highest among the Vietnamese people working overseas, news site VnEconomy reported.

 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.