Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a bronze medal at the ongoing Asian Swimming Championships in the women’s 200m freestyle event in Tokyo on November 18 in a time of 1 minute 59 31 seconds. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market has been listed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) as a frontier market. Will it be upgraded into an emerging market in three or five years?

 Vietnam wishes to receive continued support from the European Union (EU) to deliver commitments in environment protection and climate change response, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has said. 

 President Tran Dai Quang and Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla have agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration in marine security and prevention of terrorism and organised crime.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay a State-level visit to Italy from November 21-24 at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella. 

 Vietnam is ready for hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in the country’s central city of Da Nang in 2017, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh confirmed.

 The Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee convened its 34th session in Havana, Cuba with an aim to lift bilateral economic ties on par with the close political ties between the two Parties and States.

VietNamNet Bridge – An increasingly huge number of tourists have chosen Diep Son Island in Van Phong Bay off the central coast province of Khanh Hoa as an exotic destination. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highland culture sticks mainly with forests, if there is no forest, the Central Highlands culture will fall into oblivion".

VietNamNet Bridge - President of Vicostone Artificial Stone JSC Ho Xuan Nang is expected to become the fourth richest stock millionaire with stock asset value of VND6 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starting from scratch, a Mekong Delta farmer learnt everything he could about growing oranges and decided quality was more important than quantity.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, his wife and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Lima, Peru to attend the 24th APEC Summit Week from November 17 – 20, at the invitation of the President of Peru Pedro Paplo Kuczynsky.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is a fact that young adults are thinking differently about life values and what constitutes happiness.

VietNamNet Bridge - The sharp appreciation of the US dollar after the news about the US election and the fall of the Chinese yuan to a 6-year low could create risks for Vietnam’s economy.

 More business leaders in Vietnam are “very confident” in near-term revenue growth, at 50 per cent this year vs. 44 per cent a year ago, according to a recent survey conducted by PwC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As new travelling trends emerge, the Vietnamese hospitality industry is making some crucial changes to herald in a busy 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is a challenge for Vietnam’s fabric to compete with international brands that are cheaper and have more diversified designs produced from modern technologies. In HCMC,

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnam struggles with scandals about banned substances and high antibiotic residue, meat imports from Europe have begun dominating the domestic market.

 With 84.58 percent of approval votes, the 14th National Assembly passed a Law on Belief and Religion in the second session’s November 18 sitting. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will continue putting the brakes on credit growth in the heated real estate sector in the next 2-3 years.