Vietnam joined 12 other countries on the management board of the Asian Coffee Association (ACA) which was officially established on November 27 in Mangshi city, capital of Dehong autonomous prefecture, China’s Yunnan province.

SolarBK Group will be the only Vietnamese business participating in the Future of Energy Summit, organised by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in Shanghai, China on November 28-29.

 The body of a 20-day old infant, who was reportedly kidnapped, was found on Monday morning in Bim Son Town, central Thanh Hoa Province.

 Hiep Thanh Commune People’s Committee in HCM City’s District 12 has issued a decision to suspend the operation of the Mam Xanh private kindergarten.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A huge fire at around 10am on Monday destroyed a 340-year-old communal house, recognised as a National Historical Relic Site.

 A bridge on the Ea Krông Bông River in the central highlands province of Dak Lak has partly collapsed due to heavy flooding, isolating thousands of households in Cu Pui Commune.

 The Capital City High Command on Sunday concluded that an object found near Long Bien Bridge’s abutment P13 was a bomb left over after the war.

 Pictures of two Chinese boys who travelled 80km (50 miles) in the undercarriage of a bus have sparked an online outcry about the welfare of the country's "left-behind" children.

 Indonesian officials have shut the international airport in Bali for a second day, as Mount Agung spews volcanic ash into the atmosphere.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese aviation market grew rapidly with 30.3 million passengers served in the first half of the year, an increase of 19.5 percent over the same period last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At an event held at Giac Ngo Pagoda in HCM City to register donation of their body and organs for science on November 25, 527 volunteers signed up.

Vietnamese archaeologists have found artifacts in the central province of Gia Lai that belonged to ancient humans about 5,500 years ago.

Several Finnish businesses have expressed their desire to work with Vietnam Waste Solutions Co., Ltd. in converting waste into renewable energy during their recent trip to VWS’s HCM City-based Da Phuoc waste treatment complex. 

Vietnamese agencies, businesses and organisations are constantly innovating and experimenting with the latest technologies, making every effort to keep themselves up-to-date.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached 33.09 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 82.8 percent.

 Travel firms have proposed the Government to simplify the visa procedures for international tourists by issuing visa-on-arrival or e-visa to make the country more attractive to foreign guests.

During his ongoing State visit to Vietnam, Polish President Andrzej Duda and his spouse Agata Kornhauser-Duda held a meeting in Hanoi on November 27 with former Vietnamese students in Poland.

 An annual festival to honour the buckwheat flowers, the most iconic flowers of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, and the unique cultural values of the province’s local ethnic people is taking place in Dong Van district.

 World youth boxing championships silver holder Do Hong Ngoc of Vietnam has bagged a slot to participate at the Youth Olympics next year.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has issued travel warning for Vietnamese tourists with intention to visit resort island of Bali as Indonesian authority has raised the alert for Mount Agung eruption to the highest level.