The quality of the press in Viet Nam was not high, despite the number of publications and outlets, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son said at a meeting yesterday to assess implementation of the revised Press Law issued in 1999.

 Ha Noi authorities have admitted that managing the city's markets, especially unofficial street markets (cho coc, leaping frog), has become challenging.

 US President Barack Obama has condemned the killing of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig as "an act of pure evil".

 A decision to establish a representative office of the Nha Trang Maritime Port Authority in Truong Sa island district, central Khanh Hoa province, was announced on November 15.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the second ASEAN-US Summit, the 17 th ASEAN-China Summit and the 17 th ASEAN+3 Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on November 13.

 RoK, Vietnamese experts discuss solutions to territorial disputes; Vietnam, Cyprus vow to boost economic ties; Vietnamese party delegation visit Cuba; Ho Chi Minh City leader welcomes Russia’s Deputy FM

 All 50 officials holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly (NA) passed the vote of confidence during the 13th legislature’s eighth session in Hanoi on November 15.

 Vietnam played a constructive part in the success of the 25th ASEAN Summit and ASEAN summits with partners in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw from November 12-13, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told the media.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov co-chaired the 7th annual Vietnam-Russia Strategic Dialogue on Diplomacy-Defence-Security in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has told Chairman of the Management Board of Russia’s Gazprom Neft Company A. Dyukov that Vietnam always backs cooperation between the firm and PetroVietnam for mutual benefit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient house of the “Dark Dude”, longan orchards and salt fields are the top tourist attractions in the southern province of Bac Lieu.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Television is set to produce a TV series featuring traditional opera by late playwright Tran Huu Trang, one of the region's foremost artists in cai luong. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the mild sunlight of October, a seasoned man seats in a small patch next to Saigon Bookstore on Le Loi Street’s pavement in downtown HCMC and carefully engraves a long sentence of tiny words.

In order to create one dong of profit, businesses have to pay VND0.7-1 for “under-the-table fees”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A superhero to those whose lives he has saved, Pham Hong Hai simply says that an army man never abandons his mates. Bach Van and Ha Nguyen reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Founded in 1992, Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre is one of a few playhouses in the north which have no problem selling tickets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Duc Que of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Competition Authority spoke with Nong thon ngay nay newspaper about network marketing violations.

From September to January, the romantic Day River praised in many Vietnamese poems, which traverses Hanoi’s suburban districts, has turned black due to pollution from waste water coming from its upper stream.

 VietNamNet Bridge – CARE International in Viet Nam has launched its new programme direction towards 2020, explicitly focusing on the need to empower marginalised groups in the country, particularly women.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese management agencies are arguing about the legitimacy of the taxi app Uber in the country.