Chairman of the National Assembly Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc was elected as Secretary General of the 13th National Assembly with 395 out of 465 votes in favour during the legislature’s working session on November 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dairy market has steadily expanded, while the competition is getting fiercer, heating up the milk market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam could overtake Indonesia to become the world’s largest corn importer if import of the farm produce continues to grow as strongly as this year,

 Cate Blanchett romance Carol leads the way at next year's Independent Spirit Awards with six nominations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thrillist-a leading US food, drink and travel website has cited Y Ty-a remote and poorest commune in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam among the best-kept secrets in Asian Travel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Auto importers have petitioned the Prime Minister to delay a new Government decree on special consumption tax on automobiles, saying they need time to cope with any impact.

 Nguyen Thi Lan has won a bronze medal at the World Jujitsu Championship held in Thailand recently.

Thirty-five photos taken by US photographer Lawrence D'Attilio are being displayed at an exhibition titled “The Soul of Vietnam” in Work Room 4, An Duong Vuong street in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nguyen Du relic site was established in 1965 in Ha Tinh Province in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Nguyen Du’s birthday and was recognised as a special national relic.

 The website of Miss World 2015 pageant has published an article reporting  contestants’ activities at Welcome Ceremony, of which the image of Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Tran Ngoc Lan Khue is placed at the top position.

 The Brussels metro and schools are due to reopen after they were shut four days ago in a security crackdown following the Paris attacks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Along with fast urbanization and the appearance of skyscrapers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, giant cranes have become very common, posing potential danger to passers-by.

 The Prime Minister approved a master plan to implement the recommendations Vietnam has accepted in line with the UN’s second-circle universal periodic review (UPR) on human rights.

 President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage arrived in Berlin at 6 pm (Vietnamese time) on November 24, beginning his three-day State visit to Germany at the invitation of German President Joachim Gauck.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bedaquiline, the first new medication to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in over 40 years, is now available in Vietnam through its partnership with Janssen Therapeutics of Johnson & Johnson.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Okio is using his star power to bear down on the industrialized meat industry with a new ad for PETA, which features the singer confined to a cage alongside a chicken.

Vietnam does not have any research institute as big as Samsung’s research institution. Annually Samsung alone spends more than $3 billion for research activities while Vietnam invests less than $1 billion for research projects in the country

 VietNamNet Bridge - In a report to the National Assembly on the operation of State-owned corporations, the government said that State-owned firms have a total equity of VND1,112,445 billion, up 6% compared to 2013.

Concerning Da Nang’s granting of work permits to 300 Chinese workers, the city on November 23 sent a report on this issue to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have decided to spend VND51 billion ($2.5 million) to repair the 200-year-old Giac Vien Pagoda in District 11, one of the unique religious architectural works in the city.