VietNamNet Bridge – Water utilities in Viet Nam, particularly in the Mekong Delta, must take pro-active action to safeguard the sustainability of future public water-supply services, as climate change is affecting water production,

 HCM City's Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang won the National Sports Games' badminton mens and womens singles titles respectively in Thai Binh City.

Thirty nations meeting in Berlin have pledged $9.3bn (£6bn) for a fund to help developing countries cut emissions and prepare for climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The majority of shipping firms have been taking losses over the last five years, while some have sold ships.

 Nearly five million people living illegally in the US can escape deportation under sweeping changes to the immigration system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ancient drums and hundreds of antiques of the Dong Son culture are on display at the National History Museum in Hanoi.

Sixteen professional chefs will compete against each other in a brand new soap opera called Top Chef Vietnam scheduled for 8 p.m. every Sunday on HTV7 from November 23.

 Vietnam added a fourth gold medal after its petanque men's team won in the triple event at the Asian Beach Games in Thailand.

 Vietnam and Indonesia football teams are favourites to qualify for the Southeast Asian Football Championship semi-finals, which will kick off on November 22.

 The Hanoi urban sky train project is not likely to be completed before its December 31, 2015 deadline, the Railway Project Management Board admitted.

 The Lilama 2 Technical and Technology College has become the first Vietnamese school to be accredited as a member of the European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Railway Administration has asked the Ministry of Transport’s appraisal and approval of a $10 billion plan to modernize the North-South railway.

PM to attend summit with leaders of Laos, Cambodia; Involved parties called for active contributions in East Sea; US, Vietnam enhance strategic partnership;

 The United States International Trade Commission’s application of anti-dumping duties on frozen pangasius fillets imported from Vietnam is unfair, Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh declared.

 The third deputy ministerial-level foreign affairs and defence strategic dialogue between Vietnam and Australia took place in Canberra, Australia on November 20.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay official visits to Russia and Belarus from November 23-28, with a view to strengthening the bilateral traditional friendships and cooperation ties.

VietNamNet Bridge – Copyright infringements among local artists in fashion or music industries have occasionally been reported in Vietnam over the years. Lately, the song “Chac ai do se ve” composed by local teen pop star

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online goods distributors have noted that the highest revenue growth rates do not come from Hanoi and HCM City, but from smaller cities and provinces.

 Deputies at the eighth session of the 13th National Assembly passed the Law on Citizen Identification and the Law on Civil Status on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more scientists and professionals have given up their scientific research works and left laboratories, leaving farmers undertaking some of the scientists’ works.