While housing developers in HCM City are looking for occupants for over 15,000 apartments they have built, the city's authorities said more such apartments are needed to resettle people moved out of their houses for various reasons.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) is holding question and answer (Q&A) sessions from November 16 to 18 as part of its ongoing fourth session.

The innovation and start-up festival Techfest wrapped up in Hanoi on November 15 with 29 investments worth more than $4.5 million committed for startups and 170 investment and business connections.

An old ironwood tree (Erythrophleum fordii) in the central province of Thanh Hoa still exists despite many attempts by illegal loggers to fell it as it has been protected within a national forest since the early 90s. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister has approved a project on developing a digitized system which systematizes, stores and disseminates Vietnamese knowledge in many fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Tin Thanh Group has bought Oakwood State Bank in the US and has changed its name to Tin Thanh Oakwood Bank Corp. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision by the HCMC Economics University to award VND200 million to every ISI/SCOPUS Q1 article with IF>2 has stirred controversy.

 Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical (NSRP) complex has accelerated the construction of its unfinished stages aiming to meet the schedule and take the project into commercial operation in the first quarter of 2018.

 Although Hanoi is one of the country’s biggest cities, its system for removing broken-down vehicles from crowded roads is ineffective, traffic users and experts said.

 Strategic investors, especially foreign ones, have been lukewarm to the equitization of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) due to strict regulations and the inefficiency of the state corporate sector.

 US President Donald Trump has taken to social media to provide an update on his fond memories of, and feelings toward Vietnam after his recent visit.

 Vietnam successfully hosted the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and APEC Year 2017.These events have generated opportunities for Vietnam to further strengthen relations with other countries.

  The three-day Q&A session of the National Assembly’s 4th meeting is set to begin on November 16 and will be broadcast live nationwide with four cabinet members partaking.

 Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Dien from the University of Economics and Law, Vietnam, will be admitted to the French Academy of Overseas Sciences on November 17.

 Hindrance on granting house ownership certificates to overseas Vietnamese should be removed to encourage the investment into the local real estate market, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said.

 Lam Dong provincial authorities are seeking funding to build a recognisable brand for Vietnamese Arabica coffee.

 Twenty-three law enforcement officers from Australia, Asia and Europe are in Hà Nội for the next three weeks for the 44th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Programme (ARLEMP).

 Serious erosion has been found at several spots around two favourite destinations – the Duc Pagoda and Gieng Tien Mountain – on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quang Ngai.

 Vietnamese exporters of farm produce must learn more about food-safety requirements and maximum residue limits (MRL) of importing countries, experts said at a workshop held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University (FTU) inaugurated an office for international cooperation in Japan on November 14, the first of its kind set up by a Vietnamese university in the northeast Asian country.