Vietnam and Australia held the first national defence policy dialogue in the Australian capital city of Canberra on November 3. 

The Ministry of Transport has presented a financing plan for phase one of the North-South Expressway project, with the State budget accounting for 39% of the VND118.7 trillion (US$5.24 billion) cost.

 The Internet of Things is rapidly changing the face of business operations, from manufacturing to sales and logistics. With industrial applications as the main drivers, Asia-Pacific economies are charging ahead to lead this revolution. 

Son Ca lighthouse is one of the most beautiful lighthouses on the Truong Sa archipelago. It navigates ships and maritime pilots at sea and also marks Vietnam’s territorial waters.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined four major tasks that need to be implemented in the remaining months of 2017 so as to comprehensively achieve this year’s socio-economic development targets.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 3.

 Lawmakers debated a bill on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during their ongoing fourth session on November 3.

 Storm Damrey has wreaked havoc in the south central coast of Vietnam after landing the region on November 4 morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of real estate projects in the central city of Da Nang, pending for many years, have been reactivated by new owners. 

 Anthony Brown and Liesbeth Kanis won the first stage of the Viet Nam Mountain Bike Marathon 2017, which is underway in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province.

 The Ministry of Health has floated three birth adjustment options for married couples and individuals as part of the population and family planning policy proposed in the draft population law, the Government news website reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - While car imports are likely to be barred from Vietnam by technical barriers, domestic automobile manufacturers have been given preferential treatment. 

The Ministry of Construction is set to release its mandatory requirements for coal ash disposal early next year. 

The removal of 675 business and investment conditions by the Ministry of Industry and Trade is considered as a demonstration of the strong determination to create the maximum favourable conditions for enterprises.

 Vietnam left empty handed at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championship, which closed in HCM City yesterday.

 Doctors from Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien Hue have saved the life of a foreign tourist suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.

 Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific have announced that they will cancel flights to and from Cam Ranh and Da Lat Airports on the morning of November 4 to ensure safety as the Storm Damrey is forecasted to hit the south-central region.

Vietnam's GDP size has almost tripled and the country has expanded economic and trade ties with more than 200 countries and territories across the world since it hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for the first time in 2006.

 Vietnam is facing a shortage of skilled interpreters of Korean, Japanese and Chinese given the increasing presence of businesses from these countries in Vietnam in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of pouring money directly into projects, foreign investors now are joining well-known Vietnamese real estate developers to develop projects.