Vietnam’s national U22 team tied 0-0 with Mexico in their second match of a friendly international tournament in Wuhan, China on November 10. 

 Vietnam won its highest number of gold medals at the 11th edition of the ASEAN Skills Competition (ASC) last September, an event the country first participated in 15 years ago.

 Investment in Vietnam in 10-year WTO membership

 The development of a knowledge-based economy is expected to help Ho Chi Minh City realise its ambition of becoming a major centre of economics, finance-trade and science-technology in Southeast Asia.

 The target of 70 billion USD in two-way trade is achievable if Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) optimise the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which was signed in October 2015 and came into force two months later.

 A China Coast Guard ship with 101 officers and crewmembers aboard docked at Chua Ve port in the north-eastern city of Hai Phong on November 10, starting its four-day visit to the city. 

A Chinese high-ranking delegation attended as observers a sitting of the 14th National Assembly’s second session in Hanoi on November 10. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Vietnam and Serbia will foster their economic and trade ties in the time ahead.

 Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife visited the central province of Quang Tri on November 9-10 as part of his State visit to Vietnam. 

 Vietnam strongly protests the use of force by Indonesia’s functional forces against Vietnamese fishermen and their fishing vessels, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said on November 10.

  Investigator should focus on bringing into light major economic and corruption cases that have caught public concerns, President Tran Dai Quang said.

 The central city of Da Nang is the next destination on the ongoing tour of Vietnam by Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on Vietnam and Portugal to employ more solutions to raising their bilateral trade from nearly $400 million in 2015 to $500 million by 2020.

Vietnam always attaches importance to its friendship and cooperation with the US, the Foreign Ministry spokesman cited a November 9 message of Vietnamese leaders to President-elect Donald Trump. 

VietNamNet Bridge - In South East Asia, a business with capitalization value of $1 billion, or VND22.4 trillion, would be listed as a medium-size company. However, for Vietnamese, $1 billion is considered a milestone for many businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are 324 industrial zones (IZ) throughout the country with total area of 92,000 hectares. However, due to mismanagement, large areas in the IZs have been left unused.

 Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s decision to pilot stronger decentralisation and authorisation for Ho Chi Minh City is expected to help the locality become a modern and civilised city with good life quality. 

 The housing land price per sq m on the street front along vehicle-free Nguyen Hue is the highest in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the latest figures from gachvang.com.

 The Cooperative Union of Agricultural Consumption (UCA) opened three safe farm produce supermarkets in Hanoi on November 9.

The image of vendors holding a set of Quang Ganh (consist of a bamboo pole and two baskets made from different materials like bamboo) or riding bicycles across the streets has become common in Hanoi.