Vietnam has become a pillar of India’s “Look East” policy, according to Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No ministry or branch has claimed the responsibility for the empty forest development fund.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has urged schools to equip with interactive whiteboard in a plan to modernize teaching aids. However, schools keep indifferent to the plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lending interest rates offered by many commercial banks have reduced to below the deposit interest rates. However, businesses don’t intend to borrow money at this moment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks have laid off thousands of workers because of the bad business performance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will soon start work on a US$150 million research institute where scientists could earn three times more than the current State-regulated salary.

 HCM City’s foreign-currency credits tumble; Vietnam eyes labour cooperation with Middle East, North Africa; BIDV receives Asia Risk award; Mekong Delta looks towards green economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Thuan (not real his name) of District 8 quit his job, and nearly everything else in his life, after his 13-year-old daughter died in a motorbike accident last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment had uncovered land use and management violations across more than 190,450ha nationwide, the ministry said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Committee is close to completing a project to expand pedestrian streets in the capital’s Old Quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) encourages foreign credit institutions to contribute capital and purchase shares of Vietnamese credit institutions while continuing to evaluate and identify some weak banks to take on restructuring.

VietNamNet Bridge – While guardian lion sculptures are frequently associated with China, Viet Nam also boasts many such masterpieces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first nine months of this year, an average of 34 people contracted HIV each day, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The styles of Vietnamese long dress, or ao dai, have gone through a number of changes over different periods, and it is still survives today, marking Vietnamese traditions.

Three students of the HCM City Architecture University Dao Y Kha, Cao Dang Khoa and Ton That Phu Tri have created a “biological wastebasket” for farmers, helping them make the most of the dragon fruit plants waste to protect the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hai Phong has shot to fame as the nation’s most famous bonsai artist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has finalised its updated schedule for U23 Vietnam national football squad, heading for SEA Games 23 in Myanmar, reported the CPV online newspaper.

The National Assembly on November 16 elected additional members to join the NA Standing Committee and also voted people to fill the roles of Vice Chairman of the NA Council of Ethnic Affairs and Vice Head of several other committees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indian, Chinese and Pakistani low cost medicine products have been flooding the Vietnamese market, while Vietnamese brands have been unfavorable in the Vietnamese market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man in central Quang Nam Province has spent the last 20 years collecting and preserving old and unique houses from across the country, gathering them on his land.