Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017. 

One of Hanoi’s most interesting cultural events - CRAFT LINK’s HANDICRAFT BAZAAR – will take place this Saturday, November 18, at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Str, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

 Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has collected debt worth some VND16 trillion (US$702 million) since the beginning of the year, VAMC’s general director Doan Van Thang revealed.

Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh on Tuesday beat International master Huber Martin Christian of Austria in the second round match of the ongoing World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championships in Italy.

 Vietnam saw its trade surplus surging to US$2.18 billion as of the end of last month, as exports expanded in the month while imports tumbled, according to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Vietnamese students have reaped high results at the final round of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2017, held in Costa Rica from November 10-12.

 An applied fine art exhibition, featuring the portraits of the APEC economic leaders 2017, will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from November 18-21.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said that all of the BOT sub-projects under the project on building certain sections of the North-South expressway in the east, will be put out to tender without designating contractors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is getting richer with an increasing number of ‘super rich’. At the same time, the number of poor households has been rising rapidly.

 Vietnamese representative Thuy Dung and beauties in Miss International 2017 had impressive performance in the national costume contest on the final night in Tokyo, Japan on November 14.

 US President Donald Trump has uploaded a 44-second video clip ‘Thank you Asia’ on his Twitter which begins with the image of Vietnam.

The largest automotive group from Singapore, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited Company has announced that its subsidiary Platinum Victory Pte., Ltd completed the purchase of 80.28 million shares in Vinamilk.

 Instead of focusing on conducting M&A deals to acquire large-scale Vietnamese enterprises, the Republic of Korea's enterprises are now eyeing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in different sectors to conduct M&A activities in Vietnam.

 Nearly 16ha of natural forests in Canh Thuan commune, Van Canh district, the central province of Binh Dinh, were recently chopped down, according to a report of the provincial forest protection branch.

 As importing countries impose trade barriers to protect their goods and products, they often utilise trade remedies against exporting countries. There are short-term solutions for exporters, like Vietnam.

 When the water level lowers in Tich River, the residents in Hanoi's outlying district of Thach That will come out and submerge in the river with long rackets to catch the fish.

 A young man in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was questioned by police after live streaming a new movie on Facebook from the cinema.

 The only survivor of the MI-171 helicopter crash which killed 20 military personnel on board in Hanoi in 2014 has just been offered artificial hands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In order to reduce pressure placed on central hospitals, the basic medical services package at commune-level medical facilities will be implemented from December, 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Ninh Hoa Town identified the person who posted a fake story about Da Ban dam being broken on Facebook.