US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink announced over $1 million in emergency assistance and long-term disaster risk reduction support to Vietnam to respond to the impacts of Typhoon Damrey and future disasters on behalf of the US Government.

 A Spanish tourist fell off a cliff while speeding on Ma Pi Leng Pass in Ha Giang Province.

 Authorities in the ancient town of Hoi An are seeking government help to protect Cua Dai Beach which is facing more serious erosion following Storm Damrey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s Department of Transport has submitted to the city’s People’s Committee the route for a double-decker bus tour, the first of its kind for tourists in the capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With just two matches left this season, V.League 1’s team HCM City have said goodbye to French coach Alain Fiard.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed a Vietnam Television (VTV) and the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) decision to pull out of the Vietnam Television Tower project.

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his escorts jogged along a canal in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday evening, attracting great attention from the public.

 Recently-elected Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern called climate change the greatest challenge facing this generation and the Asia Pacific region, as she opened the final day of APEC CEO Summit 2017 on Friday in Da Nang.

 The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on Friday morning asked coastal localities to prepare for a new typhoon.

VietNamNet Bridge - The avenue along a Sai Gon River project is expected to be implemented by Tuan Chau Group with total investment capital of VND63.5 trillion. 

On Saturday, the leaders of the world’s largest and most dynamic trading corridor will convene in Da Nang for their annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.

 The visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping from November 12-13 is intended to carry forward active development trends of relations between the two countries. 

 President Tran Dai Quang had a meeting in November 10 with Brunei Sultan Hagi Hassanal Bolkiah who is the central city of Da Nang to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

 Vietnam and Australia have agreed to soon upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership on the basis of their enhanced comprehensive partnership and huge potential for cooperation.  

Preliminary agreement has been reached among ministers from 11 countries participating in the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

 HCM City authorities have committed to creating favourable conditions for the development of a Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)/Sensors industry.

 HCM City is renovating old apartment buildings and removing makeshift houses on or along canals as part of its urban renovation and development plan for the 2016-2020 period.

 Around 1.5 million students nationwide, or 7.5 per cent of all students, have not joined the national health insurance scheme, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

 Many households in Ninh Giang Township, in the northern province of Hai Duong, have said that their homes and drinking water are heavily polluted.

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Friday morning shared a bánh mì breakfast with Australian-Vietnamese celebrity chef Luke Nguyen at a local street food restaurant, before beginning a busy day of meetings for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.