In the first ten months of 2016, the revenue of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism industry amounted to VND80 trillion while Hanoi’s reached over VND50 trillion.

From 2017, HCM City will employ only electronic forms of communication using digital signatures for its departments and districts implementing professional exchange in resolving administrative records, putting an end to the use of paper documents.

 Many experts have expressed concerns that US president-elect Donald Trump's nationalism and anti-globalisation policies may badly affect Vietnam's export industry and economic growth.

 The Ministry of Education and Training said it will shut down substandard doctoral training categories in order to improve the quality of PhDs in Vietnam.

 The third overseas Vietnamese conference themed "overseas Vietnamese join hands in quick and sustainable development and international integration of HCMC" will take place from November 11-13.

 German baritone, Matthias Goerne will give performances at Hanoi Opera House on November 11-12.

 The Government has made a brave decision to stop building the nuclear power plant project in the central province of Ninh Thuan, said deputy chairman of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee Le Hong Tinh yesterday.

 The National Assembly (NA) has agreed an increase 7 per cent for annual base salary, pensions, and preferential subsidies for people with meritorious service given to Vietnam’s revolution.

 Vietnam Airlines will work with Jetstar Pacific to increase flight frequency on the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route, with 34 flights each day from 5.45am to 9.30pm.

 Vietnamese leaders have sent their congratulations to Donald Trump after his victory in the US presidential election.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trees that are hundreds of years old as well as rare, valuable plants are at serious risk of being lost to rampant illegal logging and deforestation in northern mountainous Ha Giang Province.

 Budget funds of VND2,000 trillion ($89.6 billion) will be spent on public investment in the 2016-2020 period, under a resolution that received a majority of votes from National Assembly (NA) delegates on November 10.

 The first winner of Mrs. World Vietnam Doan Thi Kim Hong once had the honour to meet and work with newly-elected president Donald Trump in New York City.

 Microsoft Corporation just released a survey of 1,200 IT leaders across 12 Asia Pacific markets to understand how they are evolving their IT infrastructure strategies to meet the needs of a digital business.

 Instead of making direct investments, Japanese enterprises in recent months started setting a foothold in the Vietnamese real estate sector via co-operating with domestic developers.

 The Unicorp has been licensed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to organise the 2017 Miss Universe Vietnam in Diamond Bay City, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province.

 Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao has received a US$20,000 worth Sia-Getz Architecture Prize.

Viet Nam’s first derivatives market is expected to become operational next year, according to a top stock market official.

VietNamNet Bridge – Buckwheat flowers from the northern province of Ha Giang will be showcased at Ly Thai To Park in downtown Ha Noi during a three-day cultural festival of Mong people starting today. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has told thermal power plants belonging to EVN to open their doors once a month to local authorities and the public to visit and monitor the operation of the plants.