South Korea will loosen visa requirements and issue e-visas for Vietnamese visitors as the number of Vietnamese tourists to the Northeast Asian nation is growing significantly.

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed a regulation that requires Facebook and Google to conduct cross-border payment transactions through the National Payment Corporation (Napas), Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Both Vietnamese and foreign investors say they are willing to buy assets linked to bank debts. 

There is just one week left until Thanksgiving Day, which is celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November. But some luxury hotels and restaurants in downtown HCMC are preparing special treats for guests on the holiday on November 23.

Tony award-winning Broadway play “Lend me a tenor” will be staged for the first time by Saigon’s English-language Dragonfly Theater at the Soul Live Project in District 3, HCMC.

 The success of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week continues to be the topic drawing international media’s attention, especially the leading role of Vietnam in the region’s most important economic event.

 Mongolian Ambassador to Vietnam D.Bilegdorj said he will do his utmost to promote the traditional friendship between the two countries at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on November 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran writer Nguyen Nhat Anh’s books in Braille versions will be printed and released soon by Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the Blind in Ha Noi to serve its students. 

Former Arsenal player Sol Campbell arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on November 16, receiving a warm welcome from Vietnamese fans.

Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang province has become a famous tourist attraction in the Mekong Delta region thanks to its pristine beauty, fresh air, blue sea, and white sand beaches.

 Responding to National Assembly members’ qualms about the country’s financial security, the government issued a reassuring notice that the country’s public debt situation has improved, with the state budget seeing more effective use.

 Vietnam's flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has produced impressive business results following its strategic co-operation with Japanese airline group ANA Holdings.

 Hanoi authorities have considered tripling pavement rental fees in order to restrict private vehicles and reduce pavement violations. 

 The British Embassy in Vietnam has recently introduced J2blast software in mathematics and information technology (IT) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 HCM City’s much-delayed river bus service should be up and running later this month, according to local authorities.

 Many listed companies have decided to loosen their purse-strings by paying cash dividend for stockholders, after reporting upbeat business results.

 Credit solvency is more important than public debt ceiling, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said in parliament on Thursday.

 Viet Nam needs new strategies of foreign direct investment (FDI), which should focus on seeking investment from the US and European Union, according to experts.

Fair-trade certification is expected to help Vietnamese cocoa enter the EU market, especially after the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement takes effect, slated for 2019, experts have said.

 A communication strategy on the Mekong Delta Plan was launched at a workshop in Can Tho city on November 15.