VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 150 players took part in the national chess and Chinese chess tournament for top players held in the northern province of Bac Giang yesterday.

Many divestment deals have been made by commercial banks this month. Most of the businesses in which banks have withdrawn capital have made only modest profits and have had unsatisfactory business results.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ta Minh Tam, one of Viet Nam’s leading tenors, will host a concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on November 25 to celebrate his 40-year singing career.

 Vietnamese apparel manufacturers need to embrace new technologies to meet the growing global fast fashion trends, according to the Viet Nam Textile and Garment Association (VITAS).

The death of four pre-term and low birth weight infants at a hospital in the northern province of Bac Ninh in Monday, which was said to have been caused by hospital-acquired infections, has raised the alarm

 State-owned enterprises can apply the book building method at their initial public offering (IPO) from the beginning of 2018, according to a recently issued decree.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) recently cut 675 business and investment procedures, equivalent to 55.5 per cent of total business conditions.

  Viet Nam should strengthen land and copyright laws to give enterprises more flexibility and to enhance asset security, experts said at an awards ceremony in Ha Noi on Thursday for the country’s 500 most profitable firms.

 The National Gymnastics Championships started on November 23 at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi.

 The second All Viet Nam Kendo Championships will begin on November 25-26 in Bac Tu Liem District in Ha Noi.

 Vietnam’s Ly Hoang Nam booked his spot in the quarter-finals of the Vietnam F3 Futures tennis tournament in the southern province of Binh Duong on November 23.

 The Vietnam Tennis Federation (VTF) will hosted 10 domestic and six international tournaments in 2018, VTF announced at a press conference on November 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Binh Duong plans to seek more partnerships with neighbouring cities and provinces, businesses and local and international experts to build a Binh Duong smart city, 

 Vietnam and Sweden have agreed to accelerate the establishment of sectoral strategic partnerships in education-training, life science, health and environment.

 Vietnam among five nations with best performing nation brand

 National Assembly (NA) deputies had mixed views on the need of issuing a law on cyber security while scrutinising the draft law on November 23.

 The Hanoi Museum on November 23 introduced for the first time four groups of Thang Long – Hanoi national treasures on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong Siow Ping in Hanoi on November 23, discussing her upcoming visit to Singapore.

 Vietnam wants Japanese and Osaka firms to expand operations in the country, especially in farm produce processing and consumption, support industry, health care and technological transfer, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested that Vietnam and Portugal continue promoting their traditional relationship that started 500 years ago since the first Portuguese arrived in Vietnam.