VietNamNet Bridge – Unpaid social insurance premiums had amounted to VND14.2 trillion by end-October, up from VND13.1 trillion a month earlier, according to Vietnam Social Insurance (VSI).  

VietNamNet Bridge – On November 20 morning, the 24th APEC Summit entered the second day, with the participation of leaders of the 21 member economies. President Tran Dai Quang led a high level delegation of Vietnam to attend activities at the summit.

At the closing session of APEC Summit 2016 in Peru, President Tran Dai Quang confirmed that hosting the APEC Summit 2017 with the theme "Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future” is the focus of Vietnam's foreign affairs

 The Superfoods Group and the Viet Thai International Joint Stock Company plans to conduct an IPO and list on Vietnam’s stock exchange, according to the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine’s leading newspaper.

 Along with other painters from G39, Greek ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas D. Kanellos will introduce his paintings about Hanoi at an exhibition at the Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre on November 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped two spots to world No 612 in the men’s singles category, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on November 21.

 Viet Nam’s sovereign fund State Capital Investment Corporation will auction a 9 per cent stake comprising 130.63 million shares in the Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) at the HCM Stock Exchange on December 2.

 Viet Nam’s import-export turnover by November 15 was on the threshold of US$300 billion, up $100 billion against 2011, the latest preliminary statistics from the General Department of Customs showed.

 As many as 11 heritages, among 1,793 intangible cultural heritages in Hanoi require urgent protection. 

 With a 91.08 percent approval, the 14th National Assembly passed a resolution on piloting the issuance of e-visa for foreigners at the second session’s sitting on November 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The National Assembly is the legislature body. It not only waits for bills submitted to modify but has to weigh the disadvantages for this group and disadvantages for other groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked its shareholders to register their ownership by the end of this month to serve its trading registration on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM),

 VietNamNet Bridge – New Zealand Ambassador to Viet Nam Haike Manning surprised his Embassy staff and over 190,000 followers of the Embassy’s Facebook page with the release of a personal music video.

 Each year, environmental pollution causes Vietnam an economic loss of 5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and the figure is expected to rise, said Dinh Duc Truong, deputy head of the Economics and Environment Faculty.

 Some 3,000 businesses will take part in Online Friday 2016, the year’s largest e-commerce event, to be held on December 2, the first Friday of the month.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, Head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has highlighted Vietnam’s comprehensive international integration at a meeting with UN officials.

Sounthone Sayachak , head of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations, underlined the significance of the upcoming visit to Laos by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in an interview with VNA.

 The ninth Summit of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will take place in Cambodia from November 23-24, aiming to strengthen solidarity and cooperation between the three countries. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will participate in the annual Da Nang International Marathon – one of the biggest sport events in central Viet Nam – on August 6th, 2017.

Fund management companies that have been in Vietnam a long time are moving ahead with plans to raise new funds in anticipation of great opportunities.