A new boat service to provide tours around the Huong River in Hue has been launched.

 Airports Corporation of Vietnam has been given permission to trade on the Unlisted Public Company (UPCoM) market under the code ACV, with a total of 2.18 billion shares and a registered stock value of $976.5 million.

 VietNamNet Bridge – .Several effective measures have been implemented to control the gender imbalance over the years, but in many areas of Viet Nam the ratio of male to females at birth is still skewed.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen-year-old Tran Le Quang Tien from the Viet Nam Academy of Music won first prize in the junior group of the 6th International Violin Competition held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

 Participants from 22 countries have signed up for the three-day Vietnam Mountain Bike Marathon which is set to take place on November 4-6 in the mountains surrounding Sapa in Lao Cai Province.

No 1 seeded doubles duo Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam and Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei advanced to the semi-finals of the VN Men’s Futures F9 tennis competition in Binh Duong Province.

 When U.S. babies die during home births, the cause is most often labor and delivery complications, birth defects or infections, a recent study suggests.

The Goethe Institute and Heart Beat will present German DJ and music producer Till Von Sein in a concert at The Observatory on November 11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors, both foreign and Vietnamese, are running a race for licenses to open horse race courses.

 A report into missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by the Australian safety investigator leading the search supports its view that the aircraft descended rapidly after running out of fuel with no human intervention,

 Vietnam has good prospects of winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Football Championship or AFF Cup this year, considering the team’s good performance in recent matches against strong teams. 

 Filmmakers and producers gathered on November 2 to discuss the potential for a regional cinema industry and for cooperation between countries in the ASEAN bloc during the Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from November 1-5. 

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a project piloting an electricity-powered bus service in the downtown area, using 12-seat electric cars. 

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares tumbled 7 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the world's largest online social media network warned that revenue growth would slow this quarter, offsetting strong earnings

 The restructuring of agriculture sector towards high technology was a highlight of the National Assembly’s debate on November 2. 

 Vietnam is determined to renew itself and build an incorruptible and constructive Government to serve the people and businesses, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on November 2.

 llowing insolvent banks to file for bankruptcy on a trial basis and settlement of bad debt are capturing public attention as theNA will discuss an economic restructuring plan on November 2, but a senior expert believes both jobs are tricky.

The application of information technology is expectedto significantly improve the insurance industry in the 2016-2020 period, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Insurance Supervisory and Authority. 

 Bau Truc Pottery Village in Phuoc Dan Town, Ninh Phuoc District is known as the only Cham pottery village in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan and one of the most ancient in Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - While goods from ASEAN countries and China are flowing to Vietnam under free trade agreements (FTAs), Vietnamese goods are finding it difficult to penetrate the markets.