Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 10 received leaders of major groups and companies who were attending the APEC CEO Summit 2017 in the central city of Da Nang.

 New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern emphasized the necessity for joint efforts between the governments and businesses in mitigating climate change impacts at the APEC CEO Summit 2017.

 The 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings, which will be held in Manila, the Philippines, from November 12 to 14, are set to focus on orientations and measures for enhancing connectivity to realise the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.

KFC, Lotteria and Burger King have been competing fiercely in Hanoi for the last 10-20 years. But McDonald’s has now finally entered the picture after arriving in Vietnam three years ago. 

 The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting officially opened in Da Nang city on November 11 morning under the chair of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

 The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on November 11 is an important event within the framework of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week underway in the central city of Da Nang. 

 President Tran Dai Quang and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on November 10 witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperative documents worth US$5 billion between the two nations’ ministries, agencies and businesses. 

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted a gala dinner on November 10 to welcome Asian-Pacific leaders on the ocassion of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Lieu, director general of the Department of Local Science and Technology, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, talks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay ...

 Many construction projects in Phu Quoc Island District are being built without licences or violate construction regulations.

 Vietnamese representative Thuy Dung has officially unveiled the evening gown she will model on the catwalk for the final round of the Miss International 2017 scheduled for November 14 in Tokyo, Japan.

 Love cycling? Keen on travelling? Eager to learn about ethnic groups? A 100km cycling tour through the northern province of Cao Bang may satisfy all these desires.

The disposal of electronic waste in Viet Nam has been rapidly increasing for several years. However, the current recycling process amounts to preliminary processing and can hardly produce raw materials for re-production, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Around one out of every two Vietnamese borrows money on credit, according to StoxPlus. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Nguyen Minh Thuyet, chief editor of the new curriculum for comprehensive education reform, talks to Giao duc Viet Nam (Vietnam Education) e-newspaper

New technologies that work at the nanolevel could be used to produce nano materials for mass market products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Vinh Tan, Minister of Interior, talks to the newspaper Tien Phong (Vanguard) about the Party’s recent resolution on streamlining the government payroll to increase efficiency.

On the afternoon of November 10, President Tran Dai Quang chaired the APEC – ASEAN Leaders’ Informal Dialogue. This was the first dialogue between APEC and ASEAN, organized as an initiative of Vietnam.

Beauties from around the world are in China to compete in the Miss World 2017 pageant. Among them are many eye-catching Asian contestants.

 Famous magazine Missosology chose Vietnamese representative Thuy Dung among its fifth selection of top 15 official hot picks for Miss International 2017 on November 8.