Vietnam has taken the top spot among 23 participating nations at the 2016 International Mathematics and Science Olympiad for Primary School with seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals in terms of mathematics.

 Viet Nam Lottery Company (Vietlott) announced a new winner of the jackpot worth VNĐ71 billion (US$3.17 million) yesterday evening.

 A two-day startup festival (TechFest Vietnam 2016) that concluded in Hanoi on November 13 attracted nearly 170 investors and more than 3,000 visitors, according to the organisers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - ASEAN, together with China, should be the most important partner for Vietnam. However, Vietnamese enterprises are not keen on exporting their products to the market.

 Vietnam was ranked seventh worldwide in consumer confidence by the Nielsen Vietnam Index of Consumer Confidence. 

Vietnam disposed of over two tonnes of elephant ivory and 70kg of rhino horn by incineration for the first time ever on November 12, aiming to join the international community in sending a strong message to illegal wildlife fauna and flora traders. 

 Ho Chi Minh is scheduling to build one more metro line that is expected to cost at US$3 billion, said the HCMC Urban Railway Management Board yesterday.

 Vietnamese shares moved sideways this week as investors kept a cautious stance on uncertainty of the new US president’s policies, and they could seek short-term profits in speculative stocks that made significant gains last week.

 US beverage company Starbucks Viet Nam recently announced that it will open two stores this month, bringing its total in the country to 23.

Vietnam will continue its reform to improve business and investment environment to support enterprises and negotiate other agreement whether US president-elect Donald Trump thwarts the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) or not.

 Viet Nam’s national U22 team lost to Uzbekistan 1-3 in the last match of the friendly international tournament in Wuhan, China yesterday.

 Viet Nam’s national football team tied 0-0 with Avispa Fukuoka FC of Japan in a friendly match at Can Tho Stadium in the southern province of Can Tho on Saturday.

 The Danang Dragons beat HCM City Wings 85-78 in the second final match to finish first at the first national professional basketball league, played at the Military Zone 5 Gymnasium in the central coastal city of Da Nang on Saturday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has reported the results of an investigation into Taiwan-invested Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company’s efforts to tackle the environmental incident it caused in four central provinces.

 The measles-rubella vaccine (MR) produced by Vietnam, which was clinically tested and proven safe and effective, will be used in the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation free of charge in 2017.

 Vietnam topped the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championship (SEASA) 2016’s senior competition with 13 golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes.

VietNamNet Bridge - China and other countries are looking to consumers and shifting to the production of the goods which bring higher added value. What is the trend in Vietnam?

 The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has arrested 27 Vietnamese fishermen for illegal fishing activities in the waters of its country. 

The water discharge which caused heavy floods in lower Phu Yen province days ago reflected poor management over the operation of hydropower plants on Ba River, experts have said. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of teachers in HCM City have not been paid over the last year, while hundreds of teachers in Nghe An province have only received 85 percent of basic wages.