Deputies cast their votes to adopt two laws and one resolution at the ongoing fourth session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 21.

 Shares shook sharply on November 21’s afternoon trade under increased profit-taking activity but still closed higher thanks to solid investor confidence in the market outlook.

In contrast to Vietcombank’s move to cut deposit interest rate a week ago, two other large State-owned commercial banks - Vietinbank and BIDV - this week announced they were raising the rate.

Understanding the difficulties of people with disabilities, a group of electrical and electronic engineering students at Transport University decided to design a wheelchair that would help them move easily. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Geothermal energy can be economically efficient and environmentally friendly, scientists say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wealthy Asian investors have been bringing billions of dollars to Vietnam and hunting for big investment opportunities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Low budgets have contributed to the failure of the program that targets 23,000 PhDs by 2020 (Project 911). 

Warrick Cleine, Chairman & CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia, touched on specific issues for internal APEC trade and what lies ahead for both the bloc and Vietnam.

 In order to draw more attention from foreign investors, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange will organise roadshows in Singapore and the UK to introduce investment opportunities in Sabeco.

Silicon Valley-based Fenox Venture Capital announced intentions to pour capital into Vietnam after immense investments in Indonesia in the last several years.

During his stay in HCM City, the former Arsenal player Sol Campbell visited a number of historical relic sites including the Vietnam Museum of Traditional Medicine, Independence Palace, Saigon Central Post Office, and Ben Thanh market.

 Five Vietnamese tennis players secured a place in the latest men’s singles rankings of the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) on November 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors were once the buyers in M&A deals five years ago, but in many deals made recently, the buyers have been Vietnamese.

 Typhoon Damrey, which hit Vietnam’s central coast and central highlands early this month, has left more than 100 people dead or missing and damaged 115,000 houses, thousands of hectares of crops, and large portions of the electric grid.

 With the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the remaining 11 nations have decided to develop the pact into another version named the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

 Five Asian countries – Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Thailand, and Indonesia – are predicted to be among the 15 most competitive manufacturing countries in the world by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report.

 Electric vehicles are seeing positive signs on the road to market expansion in Vietnam, but there remain obstacles that must be traversed in order to move ahead.

 Article 34 of Clause 4 in the draft Law on Cybersecurity has not yet received support from foreign firms and local law makers because it will affect firms’ performance as well as Vietnam’s steady march towards a digital economy.

 The Ministry of Health is investigating the deaths of four infants at the Bac Ninh Hospital of Obstetrics and Paediatrics in the northern province of Bac Ninh Province on Monday.

A German man has been found exhausted after losing his way for around six hours in Cat Ba Island National Park in the northern province of Hai Phong.