The national futsal team will travel to China for an international friendly tournament later next month.

 Concentrated information technology (IT) parks across Viet Nam obtained certain initial success during operation but still fell short of expectations, a recent workshop heard in HCM City.

The central city will launch five new bus routes connecting inner sites in the city with subsidised fares for locals, starting this December.

International experts and scholars have forecast that the situation in the waters will remain stable in the near future although the year 2016 witnessed significant changes to the status quo in the region. 

 All 914 questions that voters sent to the 13th National Assembly have been answered by authorised agencies, according to a report by head of the NA Ombudsman Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On November 14, Chairman of the FLC Group Trinh Van Quyet became the richest man on the stock market surpassing the second richest man, Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Co-working offices are becoming more common in Vietnam, especially in the large cities of Hanoi and HCM City, as they can help businesses save money and improve working conditions.

 Many people gathered in public places in Hanoi and HCM City to see the so-called ‘supermoon’ as orbited Earth as close as it did in 1948.

 Massive construction in the southern part of HCM City, where the land is low-lying and the soil is marshy, has resulted in the disappearance of thousands of hectares of water bodies, experts fear.

 The number of private vehicles registered in HCMC has shot up 56% from 2010 to 7.7 million as of September this year, excluding those vehicles registered in other provinces but used in the city.

 Sales of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus smartphones have been stronger than the previous versions, according to major retailers in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has terminated eight terraced hydropower stations and 463 small hydro-electricity plants.

 Lac Hong University became the first university in Viet Nam to buy two robots, named NAO, from Japan for study purposes.

Minister and Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has conveyed the request from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to clarify eight major issues, in addition to the ministry’s assigned duties.

 Despite the efforts to attract private sector investment into infrastructure projects, 50% of the investment are still sourced from the state budget and ODA loans, while drivers still suffer from high road tolls.

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has moved up 93 spots to No. 619 in the men’s doubles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings unveiled on November 14.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2017, the nation’s biggest and most anticipated celebration welcoming the lunar new year will open January 25-31, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has unveiled.

  More than 100 auto importers will have to pay a total of VND888 billion (US$39.74 million) due from the previous years, according to a report from the Customs Department in HCM City.

 Two start-ups, HACHI and Tay May To Mo, won prizes at TechFest Vietnam 2016 to visit Silicon Valley in the US.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has not yet completed talks to sell its ownership in the Ha Noi Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco) to the Danish brewer Carlsberg, according to officials.