The 14th National Assembly (NA) convened a plenary session in Hanoi on November 15 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017. 

The introduction of the book “Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey” will be held at Heritage Space Library, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang, Hanoi on November 19 (3-5pm). 

One of Hanoi’s most interesting cultural events - CRAFT LINK’s HANDICRAFT BAZAAR – will take place this Saturday, November 18, at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Str, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

 Chairman of Quang Ninh Province People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long gave his nod to Hai Au Aviation’s proposal of launching a seaplane flight route from Ha Long City to Co To Island.

 The first Italy-ASEAN Week will take place in Hanoi from November 17-27, with a string of interesting activities expected to be held.

 654km section of North-South Expressway to be built

 Another Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated, Xi’s Vietnam visit highlighted in Chinese media, 50 interesting books to be introduced at Hanoi Book Street, Two schoolboys drown in Ha Tinh sea

 Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has collected debt worth some VND16 trillion (US$702 million) since the beginning of the year, VAMC’s general director Doan Van Thang revealed.

Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh on Tuesday beat International master Huber Martin Christian of Austria in the second round match of the ongoing World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championships in Italy.

 Vietnam saw its trade surplus surging to US$2.18 billion as of the end of last month, as exports expanded in the month while imports tumbled, according to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Vietnamese students have reaped high results at the final round of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2017, held in Costa Rica from November 10-12.

 An applied fine art exhibition, featuring the portraits of the APEC economic leaders 2017, will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from November 18-21.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said that all of the BOT sub-projects under the project on building certain sections of the North-South expressway in the east, will be put out to tender without designating contractors.

 Stillbirth and newborn death risk could be reduced by offering more pregnant women the chance to give birth on their due date, experts believe.

 The military has seized control in Zimbabwe but has said President Robert Mugabe, in power since 1980, is safe.

JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay has been chosen by the World Travel Awards as the venue for the most prestigious award ceremony of the global travel and spa industry: World Travel Awards Final Ceremony and World Spa Awards 2017.

It is an interesting experience for visitors to enjoy a cup of coffee and the stunning landscape in open spaces close to mountains and clouds in Sapa, Tam Dao and Da Lat.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is getting richer with an increasing number of ‘super rich’. At the same time, the number of poor households has been rising rapidly.

 Vietnamese representative Thuy Dung and beauties in Miss International 2017 had impressive performance in the national costume contest on the final night in Tokyo, Japan on November 14.