Vietnam could receive a significant boost to its natural gas supplies after signing two agreements during the APEC Summit to buy gas at home and from Indonesia.

 Korean Andong Culture Day held in Hoi An, DIY workshop to be held in District 2, HCM City theatre to stage Ludwig’s comedy Lend Me a Tenor, French rock band comes to the city, 

ASEAN sends aid to typhoon victims in Vietnam, Typhoon Damrey leaves Khanh Hoa VND13.5 trillion damage, Illegal shipments intercepted by customs, VSS to cut social insurance debt to under 3 percent

 The Government Inspectorate has detected violations worth (US$69.4 million) in many housing projects developed in Hanoi between 2002 and 2014.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events will take place in in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Two new "breakthrough" drugs to treat breast cancer have been given the green light for use on the NHS.

 Measures to improve the efficiency of public investment were among issues mentioned by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at the Q&A session on November 16.

 Nearly 29 commercial deals with total investment of more than US$4.5 million have been committed as a result of investment matching activities at the national innovative start-up festival Techfest 2017.

 Total import-export turnover between Viet Nam and APEC member economies reached US$265.3 billion in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 17.4 per cent and almost equal to last year’s turnover.

A conference on introduction of tourism of Daegu City and Gyeongbuk Province was organized in HCM City on November 12 with the participation of leading travel companies of South Korea and Vietnam.

Vietnamese music lovers will have a chance to enjoy a series of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017 that will take place in Hanoi and HCM City from November 17- December 2.

 Vietnam’s Medicine University in Ho Chi Minh City and Russia’s Dmitry Rogachev Center yesterday signed a cooperation document to enhance new Immunotherapy use for cancer treatment.

 Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) yesterday started work on a project to design and install 10 kilometers of water supply pipes according to the French technology with the total capital of US$69 million.

 The Ministry of Public Security yesterday held an online meeting to implement the Prime Minister’s instruction on building national database.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung pointed out shortcomings in public debt management and put forth solutions to overcome in the coming time while answering questions raised by lawmakers on November 16.

The National Assembly is discussing giving HCMC a special mechanism designed to build a more liberal institutional environment to create new breakthroughs for the city’s development and in turn help rev up the national economy.

 The export of tra (catfish) is still facing difficulties although exports for January-September hit 1.3 billion USD, up 5.8 percent over the same period last year, said VASEP.

 In its efforts as host country, Vietnam showed great determination in promoting its comprehensive and inclusive integration into the international community as an active and responsible member of APEC.

A deputies voiced concerns that the countries’ competition authorities—the Vietnam Competition Authority and the Vietnam Competition Council—might not be sufficiently independent to fulfill their mission objectives 

 The race to gain market share in the e-commerce sector has intensified as Chinese online payment platform JD.com, the competitor of Alibaba, officially poured VND1 trillion ($44.04 million) in domestic Tiki.vn.