Several Vietnamese female students have won public attention after meeting US President Donald Trump and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma.

 In a week of international visits, Vietnam has upgraded its ties with Canada to a comprehensive partnership, while further strengthening its relations with Chile, China, and the US.

 Defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, the millennial generation is shaping up to become the largest age group of online shoppers in Vietnam.

 On the occasion of Communist Party of China General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Vietnam on November 11 and 12, VIR reporter looks into China’s latest investment movements in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - 100 percent foreign-owned filling stations and the sale of a stake in petroleum companies by the state have not been enough to create a competitive petroleum market.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc led a Vietnamese delegation to the 9th Mekong-Japan Summit and the 9th ASEAN-UN Summit that took place in Manila, the Philippines, on November 13.

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities are relocating residents in deteriorating buildings built before 1975 to nearly 200 new apartments in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shortage of space has been identified as the main hurdle to the development of HCM City’s bus services and lack of adequate bus stations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new exhibition at the Ha Noi Museum features work by two painters whose contrasting themes and styles portray the world’s diversity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2012, over 12,000 households in the northern mountain province of Son La have been plagued by water pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of reservoirs across the country are at risk of breaching as they reach full capacity after heavy rainfall in recent weeks, 

 The second runner up of the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013, Nguyen Thi Loan has just left for the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant which will take place in in Las Vegas, United States later this month.

 Vietnam's representative Do My Linh has been named in the top 20 of the Beauty with A Purpose Competition at the Miss World 2017.

 Rubbish is flooding Ha Long City's streets because of a price dispute with a waste treatment company.

 Several Vietnamese education experts have expressed concern over the Ministry of Education and Training’s VND12 trillion (USD545.4 million) project to train around 9,000 PhDs by 2025.

 APEC Year 2017, with the freshly-concluded APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Da Nang city the highlight, was comprehensively successful, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told the media on November 13.

 Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has proposed to increase investment for the Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro project and delay its completion date to 2024.

 Vietnam-Korea Business Partnership 2017 program hears of growing interest among South Korean business in M&As in Vietnam.

 Average salaries at Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone would be USD13,500 to USD28,600 by 2030 compared to the current USD2,200 in Vietnam according to Secretary of the Party Committee of Kien Giang Province, Nguyen Thanh Nghi.

 A programme will be held from November 17 to 26 in the Hanoi Old Quarter to honour the capital city’s cultural heritages.