Regulations imposing stiff fines on littering and urinating in public spaces took effect almost nine months ago, yet it has not changed people’s habit.

 The Aviation National Single Window will be put into operation at airports throughout the country in November, announced the General Authority of Customs.

 Nokia stakes out market share of 6% in third quarter against Apple's 4%, with Samsung and OPPO still reigning supreme.

The Ministry of Construction has asked local authorities in Hanoi and HCM City to report on rising complaints and disputes among local apartment investors and their tenants by November 30.

 Four people have been killed and one seriously injured when a car collided with a truck in the northern mountainous province of Son La on Tuesday.

Farmers in Nhat Tan Ward, Hanoi, are busy with harvesting their daisies, with the promise of lucrative returns.

 Saigon Heat aim to win the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), said the basketball club at a ceremony to introduce its squad and uniform for the ABL 2017-2018 season on November 21.

 Top Vietnamese mobile phone retailer Mobile World Group (MWG) completed its first corporate bond issuance, worth a total of 1.135 trillion VND, or about 50 million USD, on November 21.

Vietnam has returned to sixth place among the 30 most-attractive retail markets in the world this year according by A.T. Kearney, thanks to the expansion of convenience stores and mini-marts and the increase in use of technology in the industry.

 Vietnam wants to deepen its traditional friendship and cooperation with Mexico.

Vietnam will have to cut the tariff on CBU imports from ASEAN from 30 percent to zero percent in 1.5 months, but state management agencies and manufacturers are still arguing about the import tariff on car parts.

 Changes in consumer lifestyles as well as modern technology anticipating the 4.0 industrial revolution are changing the real estate market and creating new trends.

 The Vietnamese economy needs “breakthrough businesses” to improve competitiveness and the quality of GDP growth, experts said at a conference held in HCM City on Tuesday.

 National head coach Park Hang-seo will convene 35 players for the U23 team on December 1 to prepare for the final round of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang  Nam won the first round of the Vietnam F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called on members of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to take joint actions in order to better deal with current challenges. 

 Lawmakers gave different ideas on specific contents needed adjusting in the draft revised Anti-Corruption Law, especially the expansion of its coverage to the private sector.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) launched a ceremony to launch the Vietnam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology (V-KIST) in Hanoi on November 21.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide and Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Ciaran Cannon on November 21.

 The northwestern mountainous region has huge potential and advantages for tourism development as it boasts beautiful landscapes and historical sites, rich natural resources, diverse ecology and cultures of ethnic minority groups.