Men’s doubles Nguyen Ngoc Son and Dang Trung Hien have won silver at Nage and Juno event at 4th Asian Judo Kata Championships held recently in Thailand.

 Vietnamese director Nguyen Hoang Diep has been awarded the Best Director for her film Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere) at the 16th international film festival Bratislava.

 In keeping with Vietnam Post and Telecom Group (VNPT)' June-approved grandscale restructuring plan, a recent proposal to establish three new firms was submitted to the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Prime Minister.

 Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive quarter, marking a technical recession in the world's third largest economy.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines sold more than 49 million shares worth 1,093 billion VND (52.05 million USD) at its initial public offering (IPO) at the HCM City Stock Exchange on November 14.

 Trung Nguyen café pubs and coffee products will soon appear in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as a result of an agreement between the Trung Nguyen Coffee Group and Global Hotels Management LLC.

 In 10 months leading up to November, Vietnam had sent almost 16,300 workers to Japan and this is the first year Vietnam broke its record of sending 15,000 guest workers to the country annually.

 BabyMe, a Vietnamese mobile application for pregnant women and mothers with children under two, will be presented at the Startup Nations Summit 2014.

 A Vietnam Sea and Islands Culture and Tourism Week will be held in the capital on November 20-24.

 The Ministry of Construction and a UN agency have taken the first steps to establishing a City Prosperity Index for Vietnam.

 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.