VietNamNet Bridge - The Tin Thanh Group has bought Oakwood State Bank in the US and has changed its name to Tin Thanh Oakwood Bank Corp. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision by the HCMC Economics University to award VND200 million to every ISI/SCOPUS Q1 article with IF>2 has stirred controversy.

 Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical (NSRP) complex has accelerated the construction of its unfinished stages aiming to meet the schedule and take the project into commercial operation in the first quarter of 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Tran Huy Oanh released his book of paintings, titled Ki Hoa Thoi Chien - Tam Huyet Con Mai Voi Thoi Gian (Wartime Sketches – Everlasting Devotion), on November 6 in Ha Noi. 

 Although Hanoi is one of the country’s biggest cities, its system for removing broken-down vehicles from crowded roads is ineffective, traffic users and experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputy Tran Anh Tuan tells the Viet Nam News Agency how special economic zones can boost national development.

 Strategic investors, especially foreign ones, have been lukewarm to the equitization of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) due to strict regulations and the inefficiency of the state corporate sector.

 US President Donald Trump has taken to social media to provide an update on his fond memories of, and feelings toward Vietnam after his recent visit.

 Vietnam successfully hosted the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and APEC Year 2017.These events have generated opportunities for Vietnam to further strengthen relations with other countries.

  The three-day Q&A session of the National Assembly’s 4th meeting is set to begin on November 16 and will be broadcast live nationwide with four cabinet members partaking.

 Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Dien from the University of Economics and Law, Vietnam, will be admitted to the French Academy of Overseas Sciences on November 17.

 Hindrance on granting house ownership certificates to overseas Vietnamese should be removed to encourage the investment into the local real estate market, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said.

 Lam Dong provincial authorities are seeking funding to build a recognisable brand for Vietnamese Arabica coffee.

 A group of tourists that visited Ha Long Bay are complaining that their standard 4-hour trip was cut short by two and a half hours by the boat crew.

 Twenty-three law enforcement officers from Australia, Asia and Europe are in Hà Nội for the next three weeks for the 44th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Programme (ARLEMP).

 Serious erosion has been found at several spots around two favourite destinations – the Duc Pagoda and Gieng Tien Mountain – on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quang Ngai.

 Vietnamese exporters of farm produce must learn more about food-safety requirements and maximum residue limits (MRL) of importing countries, experts said at a workshop held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University (FTU) inaugurated an office for international cooperation in Japan on November 14, the first of its kind set up by a Vietnamese university in the northeast Asian country.

 The sale of sugar has been facing difficulties since the beginning of October, causing problems for sugar producers in recent days, according to the Sugar and Sugarcane Association.

 The 9th ASEAN Regional Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF-9) convened in Hanoi on November 15.