After 28 years of establishment and development, 23 years of implementing the Bogor Goals on Trade and Investment Liberalization, APEC has achieved many important achievements in all three pillars of cooperation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The 29th APEC Minsterial Meeting (AMM 29) officially opened in the central city of Da Nang with the attendance of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Economics of 21 APEC member economies. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The APEC Concluding Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM), the first event of the APEC Summit Week, closed in the central city of Da Nang on November 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - The list of the richest stock billionaires has changed recently with the appearance of many new names after their businesses listed shares on the bourse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This morning Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan examined the APEC International Media Center in Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - InterContinental Danang, the resort that lies on Son Tra peninsula, was selected to host leaders of APEC member economies for the APEC Summit 2017.

 APEC continues to prove its incredible ability to adapt, to transform and to lead, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the 2017 APEC National Committee Pham Binh Minh.

A draft law on cyber security requires foreign companies providing internet and telecommunication services in Vietnam to have operation licenses, a representative agency and an open data center in the country .

A number of infrastructure projects under the BT (build, transfer) mode, or exchanging land for infrastructure, with total capital of tens of trillions of dong have been implemented over the past few years. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The forests in the Central Highlands continue to be cut down though they were closed more than a year ago as ordered by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Competition in the local retail petroleum market has stiffened with the involvement of foreign investors. Bui Ngoc Bao, Petrolimex chairman discussed the firm’s plans to expand its future operations and undergo state stake divestments.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local newspapers recently reported that a female student at the Hai Phong Medical & Pharmaceutical University went missing and later was found in Thua Thien-Hue province. 

 Twelve-year-old Le Huu Tuan Anh, of Yen Hung commune in the northern province of Thanh Hoa's Yen Dinh District, may be the luckiest person on earth.

 The local real estate market has been on an upbeat growth trajectory, profiting from the country’s positive macro-economic fundamentals.

 Network security has grown into a pressing global issue, and Vietnam is not an exception. Aware of the growing concerns associated with current network security loopholes, many local firms are still unprepared to cope with the risk.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The spouses of APEC leaders and senior officials visited the ancient town of Hoi An on the morning of November 11.

 Vietnam considers Japan as an important and long-term partner, President Tran Dai Quang stated while giving a reception for Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalisation Toshimitsu Motegi in Hanoi on November 7.

The first-ever Vietnam Business Summit, a highlight of the 29th APEC Leaders’ Week, opened at the Ariyana Conference Centre on Tuesday with the participation of more than 2,000 delegates.

 Calculation of petroleum import tax based on weighted average of the tariffs along with locally produced petrol from Dung Quat Oil Refinery would benefit consumers, Vu Thi Mai, deputy minister of finance, said.

Vietnam’s CMC Corporation, one of the leading information and communications technology groups in Vietnam, opened its subsidiary in Yokohama city of Kanagawa prefecture on November 7.