SBC Medical Group on November 23 opened a modern centre providing the finest in care and support for patients before, during and after plastic surgery procedures in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has slipped two places to 20th in world rankings after failing in the first round of China Open.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) has announced the top 10 spiritual destinations that attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Wealth-X and the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) have published a report on people in the world in 2014 with assets of at least over $30 million. Vietnam has 210 representatives with total assets of $20 billion.

Pham My Linh has withdrawn from Miss Vietnam 2014 after she was accused of having had a nose job.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lifting of restrictions on foreigners from owning property in Viet Nam will benefit the country, experts said.

Three officials of the Southern Air Traffic Management Company have been suspended from work for 15 days pending an investigation into the technical incident occurring at the Tan Son Nhat Airport on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed two plans for the 2015 Lunar New Year holiday to the Prime Minister, with 7 or 9 days off.

 The falling oil price is costing Russia up to $100bn a year, while Western sanctions have hit the country by $40bn, its finance minister has said.

An oil painting by 20th century painter Le Pho have been sold for HK$6.52 million (US$840,000) in Hong Kong recently, setting an auction record for a Vietnamese artist at Christie’s International.

V-League defending champions Becamex Binh Duong have signed a one-year contract with overseas Vietnamese midfield player Michael Nguyen.

Vietnam's head coach Toshyia Miura made it clear in the pre-match conference that his team want to beat Laos today in their second match at the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation Cup at My Dinh Stadium in Ha Noi.

 The Asian Records Organisation granted four Asian records to Vietnamese units and individuals at a convocation between Vietnamese record holders and those from some Asian nations held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.

 Two Gepard-class frigates, HQ-011 Dinh Tien Hoang and HQ-012 Ly Thai To, with more than 200 officers and crew on board docked at South Harbour in Manila on November 24, starting a three-day visit to the Philippines.

Vietnam and Italy should boost their cooperation on energy, especially on alternative energies, such as wind and solar power, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said.

 Russia’s Pravda newspaper remarked Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Russia as a historical milestone in bilateral relations in an article featuring the event.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both university lecturers and students have complained about new clothing regulations, saying they are are “unsuitable” and “restrained”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Using rainwater for daily life is believed to be the optimal solution for the water shortage problem in Mekong River Delta, where overexploitation of underground water sources has occurred.

 Legislators approved the revised Law on the Organisation of People’s Courts and the Law on the Organisation of People’s Procuracies during a plenary session in Hanoi on November 24

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong agreed to conclude negotiations on the signing of a new bilateral trade agreement.