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HCM City to open floodgates for 3rd time this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – The floodgates of Dau Tieng Lake in Dong Nai Province will be opened for the third time this year to ease rising flood waters,

Ly Hoang Nam struggles but wins Futures first round match

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam struggled to win his first round match at the Viet Nam Men’s Futures F9 tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

Int’l film fest kicks off as Vietnam integrates with world cinema

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign filmmakers, actors and actresses gathered on the red carpet yesterday as the forth Ha Noi International Film Festival (HANIFF) kicked off.

VN cuisine gets its TV close up

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chefs Nik Michael Imran and Sarah Benjamin have come to Viet Nam as part of the Asian Food Channel hit Cooking For Love’s second season.

Company suspended due to dead trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tree management company has been suspended from planting more trees in Ha Noi after some 80 trees it recently planted died.

Five-star garage at Tan Son Nhat Airport

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Son Nhat International Airport is planning put into operation the most modern garage in HCM City with an area of 11,000 m2, and seven storeys.

Bewildered Phat Diem Cathedral’s architecture

With a quintessential harmony between Buddhism and Catholicism and a combination of Eastern and Western cultural features, it can be said the Phat Diem Cathedral in Ninh Binh is the most unique piece of religious architecture in Vietnam.

NA discussing removals and additions to conditional business list

 The 267 conditional business activities in Vietnam are to be reduced to 226 as part of creating a more favorable business and investment environment.

Vietnam's FMCG market to see growth of 4%

 Vietnam’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is still expected to record 4 per cent value growth in 2016 as a whole, according to the latest report from Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam.

Ly Hoang Nam jumps 5 spots in ATP rankings

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has moved up five spots to No. 629 in the men’s singles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings.

Viglacera files to list on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange

 Viglacera Corporation, Viet Nam's largest producer of construction ceramics and tiles, has filed an application to list over 65 million shares worth VND650 billion (US$29 million) on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.


Masan Group plans to acquire all shares of Masan resource

 Masan Group Corporation (MSN) plans to buy all outstanding common shares in Masan Resource Corporation (MSR), the largest tungsten  firm in the world, through its wholly-owned subsidiary.


Vietnam leads region in textile exports

 Viet Nam's textile and garment industry needs to create motivation itself and attract foreign investors to top ASEAN member states in the field, said the Chairman of the Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), Vu Duc Giang.


Vietnamese artist nominated for 2016 Benesse Prize in Singapore

 Artist Bui Cong Khanh of HCM City has been nominated for the 11th Benesse Prize in Singapore.

Vietnam lacks high-quality IT workforce

 Vietnam faces a serious shortage of high-quality workers in information technology (IT), which poses challenges to the country as digitalisation, the fourth scientific revolution, is taking place worldwide. 

PM gives greenlight to equitisation of power-generating companies

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the equitisation of electricity-generation corporations under the EVN, PetroVietnam and Vinacomin. 

Vietnam among biggest importers of Korean ginseng

 Vietnam became the biggest importer of Korean ginseng among ASEAN member countries and the 6th biggest buyer in the world last year. 

Central Vietnam submerged in water, again

Two people died and thousands of houses were inundated yesterday as floodwater continues to rise in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh. Flooding also occurred in late afternoon in Quang Tri.

Customs uncover over 700kg of ivory transported by sea

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Customs Office said its officers and anti-trafficking police uncovered over 700 kg of African elephant tusks hidden in wood blocks transported via Cat Lat port on November 1.

Vietnam attends Bangladesh communist party’s 11th Congress

 A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) participated in the 11th Congress of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) from October 28-31.