Four- and five-star hotels in HCM City have seen a slight decline in room rates although the rising number of tourists has resulted in an increase in occupancy rates at high-end hotels.

 Water resources have become a source of increasing conflict, highlighting issues of unsustainable exploitation and environmental degradation, experts say.

 The National Assembly passed a Resolution on socio-economic development plan for 2018 at the ongoing fourth session in Hanoi on November 10.

 The upcoming State visit of US President Donald Trump to Vietnam on November 11-12 is expected to enable further growth of the Vietnam-US ties in the future.

 Vietnam U19 team are in the No 1 seed group to prepare for the draw of the final round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship 2018, the AFC has announced.

 Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam and Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei failed in the quarter-final match of the men’s doubles category at the Mens’ Futures F1 tennis tournament, Becamex IDC Cup held in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday.

 Legendary Manchester United footballers Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes will come to Vietnam on November 19 to attend the opening ceremony of a football institute by the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents Football Club.

 V.League 1 side Hanoi FC have said goodbye to captain Gonzalo Damian Marronkle after eight years of working together.

 Established in Hanoi last week, the Vietnam Association of Tour Guides will protect tour guides’ rights and reputations - and the country’s status as a growing international tourism destination.

 A book about Donald Trump’s US presidential election campaign translated into Vietnamese was released in Hanoi on Wednesday

 This year’s Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) – Vietnam’s biggest music festival – may be the last, as the organisers can’t find a suitable venue for the coming years.

 Universities are going to face a crackdown on how they advertise and market courses to attract students.

 The APEC CEO Summit 2017 entered the final day of working on November 10 in Da Nang city.

 A new typhoon named Haikui is building in the East Sea on November 10 morning, as Vietnam struggles to rebuild the country after the damage caused by devastating typhoon Damrey last weekend.

The upcoming visit of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping to Vietnam will further deepen the relations between the two countries, said Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi.

 The 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting concluded successfully in the central city of Da Nang on November 9 after three sessions, passing four main initiatives to be submitted to the leaders for approval.

 Inclusive growth is becoming an important content that has topped recent agendas of the APEC forums as it aims to have no one left behind during the development process.

Leaders of some APEC member economies set foot in Da Nang city on November 9 to attend activities within the APEC Economic Leaders' Week.

 APEC ministers agreed to continue discussing the Action Plan to Implement the Lima Declaration on Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific at the 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting.

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a talk with students of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University in the afternoon of November 9.