VietNamNet Bridge – An architecture graduate pursues his passion for creating tiny bowls of life, and teaches others how to do the same - to build terrariums.

 Though not mentioned prominently in the government’s report to the National Assembly (NA), the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) purchasing banks for a price of VND0 has attracted much attention from delegates at the ongoing NA session.

 President Truong Tan Sang and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella agreed on a number of measures enhancing the countries' co-operation during talks in Ha Noi yesterday.

Vietnam and China need to intensify the building of political trust, boost co-operation, and actively seek appropriate solutions to existing differences, stated President Truong Tan Sang during talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

 President of Italy Sergio Mattarella is paying an official State visit to Vietnam from November 6-8 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.

 Many people are taking the chance to catch fish bare-handed at a tourism zone in HCMC.

 Doctors at the cancer hospital in the central Da Nang Province have removed a 4.3kg tumour from the abdomen of a 59-year old woman.

The number of commercial banks cut from 42 to 34 in the last four years when the banking system underwent a restructuring process, considered ‘major surgery’. No bank went bankrupt. 

 Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has suggested that dialogues and cooperation among Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) members should be closely connected with sustainable development goals (SDGs).

 The Vietnam men’s national football team jumped two spots to 147 th globally on the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking for November released on November 5. 

 Vietnam and the other 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement released the full text of the pact in English on November 5 (Hanoi time).

 The Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s customs division under the HCM City Customs Department discovered an illegal money transport operation on November 3. 

 UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off, the BBC has learned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A French colonial villa with three facades in District 3 in HCM City is vacant after it was sold for almost VND700 billion (nearly $35 million).

The popular opera Carmen will be performed at the HCMC Opera House on November 8 and 9 by leading artists from HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and France’s La Fabrique Opera.

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation’s leading dairy producer Vinamilk has urged state management agencies to produce a roadmap for the state’s divestment from state-owned companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - With pristine beaches and the most diverse marine ecosystems in Vietnam, travel magazine Lonely Planet has voted Con Dao as one of the 10 sexiest islands on the planet.

 VietNamNet Bridge - China is now the largest trading partner of Vietnam with a total turnover of nearly $60 billion in 2014 and the ninth largest investor of the 105 countries and territories investing in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The friendly match, which was scheduled for November 12 in Ha Noi between the Viet Nam national football team and Kuwait, has been cancelled,

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the United Nations Population Funds published materials for educating sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention at vocational schools nationwide in Hanoi