On behalf of the Government of Viet Nam, I would like to convey warmest welcome to all distinguished delegates and guests attending the Viet Nam Business Summit on the occasion of the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The APEC Concluding Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM), the first event of the APEC Summit Week, closed in the central city of Da Nang on November 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first APEC Digital Prosperity Award was given to Airlala, a Viet Nam-based e-commerce platform, on Tuesday as APEC senior officials began their policy deliberations.

President Donald Trump’s participation in the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and his State visit to Vietnam reflects the US’s interest in the partnership with Vietnam in particular and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region

 VietNamNet Bridge – This morning Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan examined the APEC International Media Center in Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - The list of the richest stock billionaires has changed recently with the appearance of many new names after their businesses listed shares on the bourse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first 10 months, 45 cases of measles – including one death – have been recorded in Ha Noi, against the northern region’s 99 cases and the country’s total figure of 229 cases.

 VietNamNet Bridge - InterContinental Danang, the resort that lies on Son Tra peninsula, was selected to host leaders of APEC member economies for the APEC Summit 2017.

 APEC continues to prove its incredible ability to adapt, to transform and to lead, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the 2017 APEC National Committee Pham Binh Minh.

The HCM City police reported on Monday that they busted a gang that allegedly made guns in a cashew field in Binh Phuoc Province and trafficked a range of weapons in several cities and provinces around the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang’s amazing transformation from an abandoned US military station in 1975 to the most liveable city in the country hosting the APEC 2017 summit is a story that goes back centuries,

 This seven-day workshop is for photographers and artists who wish to develop photo projects. The workshop will be held at Heritage Space, 6 Nguyen Hoang, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi from November 20 to 26.

While housing developers in HCM City are looking for occupants for over 15,000 apartments they have built, city authorities are saying more such apartments are needed to resettle people moved out of their houses

A draft law on cyber security requires foreign companies providing internet and telecommunication services in Vietnam to have operation licenses, a representative agency and an open data center in the country .

A number of infrastructure projects under the BT (build, transfer) mode, or exchanging land for infrastructure, with total capital of tens of trillions of dong have been implemented over the past few years. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The forests in the Central Highlands continue to be cut down though they were closed more than a year ago as ordered by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Competition in the local retail petroleum market has stiffened with the involvement of foreign investors. Bui Ngoc Bao, Petrolimex chairman discussed the firm’s plans to expand its future operations and undergo state stake divestments.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local newspapers recently reported that a female student at the Hai Phong Medical & Pharmaceutical University went missing and later was found in Thua Thien-Hue province. 

Hoi An, said to be one of the top 10 romantic cities in the world, has ‘down-to-earth’ attractions like tailoring and shoe making that will attract even those determined not to engage in any shopping. 

 Twelve-year-old Le Huu Tuan Anh, of Yen Hung commune in the northern province of Thanh Hoa's Yen Dinh District, may be the luckiest person on earth.