After a long time of saturation, the Vietnam telecommunication market seems to be bustling once again thanks to the opportunities created by fourth generation (4G) technology.

 According to the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center, a tropical low pressure was weakened into the depression zone in the southeastern provinces from Binh Thuan to Ba Ria- Vung Tau with its strongest wind of under level 6 near the center.

 The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group has been in talks with seven foreign companies over a plan to import 15 million tons of coal a year to fuel three major thermal power stations which will be commissioned in the Mekong Delta by 2020.

 The Vietnam Gold Traders Association (VGTA) has said the central bank’s gold import monopoly has driven up the local price of the yellow metal at the expense of residents and jewelry processors and exporters.

 Vietnam remains a largely underdeveloped retail ecommerce market, with digital commerce accounting for only a small fraction of the country’s total retail sales, said experts at a recent conference in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese OTT application for mobile devices Zalo has reached initial success in Myanmar with 2 million users only after four months of operation.

 So far this year, 181 forest fires occurred in 19 northern provinces, destroying more than 2,400 hectares of forest, heard a recent conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

 Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his spouse Sabina Higgins have started a State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse.

 More provinces in the central and Central Highlands region have been affected by floods following heavy rains in the first days of November, including Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum and Dak Lak.

 French police have arrested five Vietnamese hiding inside a truck in an attempt to enter the UK illegally.

 Scholars and researchers had a calm look at the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) dispute. They agreed that the action of China is the "seed" for the final ruling of the Court of Arbitration on July 12th 2016.

 Hai Minh village in Hai Hau district, Nam Dinh province is a destination for fans of wooden furniture and wood carved products.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have urged the government to reconsider the role of consumption and select it as the springboard to promote economic growth in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has set the ambitious goal of achieving $10 billion in revenue from e-commerce by 2020. The figure was $4.07 billion in 2015.

 About 70 per cent of Vietnamese adults are to have bank accounts by 2020, a State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) conference in Hanoi was told.

 The slow and steady rise of organic farming in Vietnam shows no signs of subsiding. But with the extra expertise and costs associated with growing organic produce, is it a profitable business model?

 ASEAN region saw the highest decentralisation of information technology (IT) in the world in the last three years, according to VMware's The State of the Cloud 2016 research.

 Human resource development is the key to enhancing the country's economic development, social stability and international integration, Nguyen Thanh Hung, deputy minister of Information and Communications, said on November 3.

  Foreign ownership rates in Vietnamese companies remain low though Decree 60 stipulates no limits in most sectors, the second Viet Nam International Investor conference heard in HCM City on November 4.

 Many of the lakes in Hanoi have been cleaned up, but the water is still contaminated with organic pollutants, the municipal Department of Construction has said.