VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the construction of 51 key waste water treatment plants in Dong Nai river basin with the aim of reducing pollution in local waterways.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international fashion week will be held in HCM City next month with acclaimed Vietnamese designers showing off their collections along with their Asian and international counterparts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After eight months of a trade surplus, Vietnam saw an excess of imports over exports again in September and October, due to a high volume of luxury imports.

 An American doctor who became the first person to be diagnosed in New York with Ebola is to be released from hospital on Tuesday after he recovered.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Minh Tuan, MA, who failed the civil service exam that would have allowed him to teach at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, has been appointed the deputy director of FPT High School.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism sector of HCM City is preparing new tourism products and promotional programs towards the year-end to realize its target to welcome 4.4 million international visitors this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The hunt for affordable airfare has become a trend nowadays, particularly among young and middle-aged people who have to deal with global economic recession.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a new $3 billion project, Samsung’s total investment capital in Vietnam has reached US$11.2 billion, becoming the largest foreign investor in the country.

Best young short-movie makers honored; Italian photographer features Vietnam-Italy culture; Vietnamese American unveils fall-winter collection; Saigon International Guitar Festival 2014 opens; Dai Nam Park extends free admission plan

Vietnam will host the 24th ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet on November 19-28 in Ha Noi.

 South Korean judges are set to rule on whether the captain of a ferry which sank in April, killing more than 300 people, should be sentenced to death.

 Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has won one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing World Weightlifting Championships 2014 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The main source of income for mobile network operators in the future will be from 3G instead of voice and text services.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on November 11 for Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, to attend the 25th ASEAN Summit and related meetings from November 12-13, at the invitation of Myanmar President Thein Sein.

 At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the majority of yes votes, the National Assembly yesterday allowed the increase of wage for approximately 6.3 million people from January 2015, with a rise of 8%, equivalent to VND90,000 ($4.3) per month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A program introducing Swedish innovations and initiatives began in HCM City on November 10 and will last until the end of the month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has shut down seven news websites for violating the law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Transport of HCM City has called for investment for more than 100 more toilets, after positive response from the public and visitors about 10 free luxury public toilets,

While the Ministry of Industry and Trade is considering possible measures to cope with sharp falls in oil prices on the world market, the government does not plan to adjust the state budget collection plan.