Electrical engineering companies complain they have to struggle to obtain jobs in Vietnamese-invested projects, even though the government has promised to increase the localization ratios in thermal power projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Animated short film My Home, made by overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Phuong Mai, is among 10 movies nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 88th Academy Awards 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Nguyen Hoang Yen won a silver medal at the Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championships that ended in Singapore on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 Golden Ball statue, the award for the best player of the year, was kicked off yesterday (Nov 23) in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-French contemporary classical music composer Nguyen Thien Dao passed away in Paris at 11pm on November 20 (local time). He was 75.

 Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam was stopped in the first round of the International Tennis Federation Cambodia F1 Futures, by No 3 Kim Cheong-eui of South Korea yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The population aged 23 to 53 has labour income higher than consumption, which creates savings that can be ploughed back into the economy and thereby stimulate economic growth.

 Vinamilk made it to the inaugural list of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) top 50 publicly listed companies (PLCs) during the first ASEAN Corporate Governance Conference and Awards ceremony.

 The 15th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) Ministers’ Meeting (TELEMIN) will be held in the central city of Dang Nang on November 26-27.

 Vietnam won four gold medals on November 23, the first day of the ASEAN School Games 2015, which is taking place at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Brunei.

 A collection of 82 doctoral laureate steles at Hanoi’s Van Mieu - Temple of Literature, which was the country’s first university, has been recognised as national treasure.

 Phuc Dat Bich may be an interesting and favourite name to many Vietnamese people.

VietNamNet Bridge - In a market economy, work is measured by productivity and efficiency, not by professional degrees.

Viet Nam has a huge opportunity to expand its market and strengthen its scale of information and technology co-operation with Japan, said Nguyen Doan Hung, chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan IT Cooperation Club.

China is very weak in soft power. Apart from its economic clout, China doesn't have much attraction, said Prof. Bonnie Glaser, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in talks with VietNamNet’s Lan Anh.

Security experts pointed out that the action by some Vietnamese teenagers breaking into the Anonymous chatting website did not cause any danger, commenting that the behavior was ‘seen’ and ‘easy to implement’.

 The National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations convened the 14th plenary meeting in Hanoi on November 23 to verify the Government’s report on the global situation, and the Party and State’s diplomatic activities this year.

 Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Ivanovich Shuvalonovich Shuvalov will attend the 18th session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Vietnam on November 25. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chau Doc City Education & Training sub-Department. Educators is concerned about the negative impact of social networks on their students.

El Nino is likely to be one of the strongest on record this winter, posing a risk of outbreak of dengue fever and other diseases in Southeast Asian countries including Viet Nam.