Vietnamese Vu Artem and partner American Diaz Miguel were ousted from the Vietnam F2 Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

 Heritage Space, in co-operation with The Hub for Experimental Music and Art DomDom, will begin a series of experimental music called ‘Beyond the Sound’ by a performance featuring drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie on Saturday.

 Lectures and demonstrations about ninjas will be held by the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam in collaboration with Japanese National University, Mie University on November 16 and 17.

 Vietnam’s contributions to the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits manifested its maturity in integration competence and its increasingly important role in the region, affirmed Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Japanese news agency Nikkei to spread the Vietnamese government’s message of creating all possible support for Japanese businesses in Vietnam. 

 The Vietnamese economy urgently needs to find new drivers for growth in the period from 2018-20 to achieve rapid but sustainable development, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a conference.

 Nearly 150 foreign and domestic participants discussed education policies and the future of international education at the APEC Future Education Forum held on November 15 in Hanoi.

 While housing developers in HCM City are looking for occupants for over 15,000 apartments they have built, the city's authorities said more such apartments are needed to resettle people moved out of their houses for various reasons.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) is holding question and answer (Q&A) sessions from November 16 to 18 as part of its ongoing fourth session.

The innovation and start-up festival Techfest wrapped up in Hanoi on November 15 with 29 investments worth more than $4.5 million committed for startups and 170 investment and business connections.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the most conspicuous features of Ha Noi’s old urban areas is the endless tangle of overhead electrical wires bundled precariously atop power poles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young dancers of the HCM City-based Urban Dance Group (UDG) troupe will perform in a show “Between Us” featuring contemporary dance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craft villages in Da Nang City, Hoi An Town and Quang Nam Province will introduce their traditional products and history in an exhibition at Da Nang City’s Museum on November 17-19.

A special concert dedicated to pianist and pedagogue Thai Thi Lien, sole survivor among the seven founders of the Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM) will be held on November 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam advanced to the third round of the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia International Challenge in Johor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have four athletes in the world top 20 of the billiards three-cushion event, according to the latest release of the World Billiards Union.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) began yesterday with the participation of many leading golf operators, speakers, and managers of world golf groups in Da Nang City.

 HCMC signs safe food agreement, Vietnam able to master parent shrimp production, Apparel firms advised to increase technology application, Japanese apparel firm acquires leading Vietnamese fashion brand NEM

An old ironwood tree (Erythrophleum fordii) in the central province of Thanh Hoa still exists despite many attempts by illegal loggers to fell it as it has been protected within a national forest since the early 90s. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister has approved a project on developing a digitized system which systematizes, stores and disseminates Vietnamese knowledge in many fields.