No 1 seeded doubles duo Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam and Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei advanced to the semi-finals of the VN Men’s Futures F9 tennis competition in Binh Duong Province.

The Goethe Institute and Heart Beat will present German DJ and music producer Till Von Sein in a concert at The Observatory on November 11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors, both foreign and Vietnamese, are running a race for licenses to open horse race courses.

 Vietnam has good prospects of winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Football Championship or AFF Cup this year, considering the team’s good performance in recent matches against strong teams. 

 Filmmakers and producers gathered on November 2 to discuss the potential for a regional cinema industry and for cooperation between countries in the ASEAN bloc during the Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from November 1-5. 

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a project piloting an electricity-powered bus service in the downtown area, using 12-seat electric cars. 

 The restructuring of agriculture sector towards high technology was a highlight of the National Assembly’s debate on November 2. 

 Vietnam is determined to renew itself and build an incorruptible and constructive Government to serve the people and businesses, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on November 2.

 llowing insolvent banks to file for bankruptcy on a trial basis and settlement of bad debt are capturing public attention as theNA will discuss an economic restructuring plan on November 2, but a senior expert believes both jobs are tricky.

The application of information technology is expectedto significantly improve the insurance industry in the 2016-2020 period, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Insurance Supervisory and Authority. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While goods from ASEAN countries and China are flowing to Vietnam under free trade agreements (FTAs), Vietnamese goods are finding it difficult to penetrate the markets.

Many commercial banks have released their third quarter financial reports with profit rising sharply despite huge risk provisions, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reports.

 Vietnam used more than US$22 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in the five years ending 2015 but another US$22 billion was left unused, says a Government report to the National Assembly (NA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies stressed the need to clarify responsibilities in the management of public assets when discussing the revised draft law on managing and using State assets on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second session of the National Assembly yesterday continued with debates on a five year financial plan, targets and orientation for the mobilisation and use of loans as well as public debt management during 2016-2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 95 per cent of Vietnamese journalists were hindered from publishing news at least once during their career, according to a report by RED Communication announced yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Culture and Sports centre of the central city of Hoi An, in co-operation with the Tokyo Shirubakai Art Troupe, has opened a Japanese language and culture education project for primary school students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Nang People’s Committee has granted licences to 29 cruise boats to operate on the Han River and on inshore routes in the Son Tra Peninsula for a year (2016-2017).

 The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control’s permanent board and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Control for the Central region will establish two working groups to aid flood recovery in the Central provinces.

A Thai Food Week will take place on November 4-10 at the Crowne Plaza West Hanoi.