VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese weightlifters will compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, the US, tomorrow, with three places at the 2016 Rio Olympic's up for grabs.

Da Lat University in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong presented the Honorary Professor title Yoo Tae Hyun, former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam, on November 18 at a ceremony in Da Lat city.

 President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State visit to Germany from November 24-26 at the invitation of his German counterpart Joachim Gauck.

 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Stech continued his official visit to Vietnam with a tour to the central province of Quang Nam on November 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After the golden age of the real estate market in 2007-2008, many half-built buildings worth hundreds of millions of USD have appeared in Saigon.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some years ago, investors flocked to Vietnam to register petrochemistry and oil refinery projects, which raised concerns about oversupply. But things are quite different now.

Cuba welcomes and will create favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to seek opportunities in Cuba, the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told PM Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting in Hanoi yesterday.

 President Truong Tan Sang continued his hectic schedule in Manila, the Philippines, on November 18 as part of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit week.

EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica recently made a visit to Vietnam. After the visit, he shared with VietNamNet the following article about the trip and the relationships between Vietnam and the EU.

Vietnam is determined to firmly protect its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interests in line with its policies and international laws, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday at the Q&A session.

VietNamNet Bridge - The children entertainment market which serves 25 percent of the population, or customers aged less than 14, is worth VND60 trillion.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many scientific inventions still cannot be transferred and developed commercially because of a lack of intermediary organizations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Petroleum enterprises will have to begin selling biofuel (E5) at 50 percent at filling stations from December 1, but the companies are not ready to do this.

As one of many emerging markets Vietnam is experiencing rapid growth in its real estate sector, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is expected to bring many advantages for Vietnam, especially for the textile-garment industry. However, the sudden increase of Chinese projects has triggered many concerns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's electronic industry has attracted US$10 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital from big names like Samsung, Foxconn, LG, Panasonic and Intel,

Government officials to enjoy nine-day Tet, Japan helps Quang Ninh treat wastewater, Health Minister hails EU’s support, Quang Ninh plans to reduce CO2 gas, Vietnam recognizes foreign NGOs’ contribution

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the most famous phrases in Nguyen Du's poetry was his question, "In 300 years time, who's going to cry for To Nhu (one of his pen names)?"

VietNamNet Bridge - As of September 30, BIDV had taken the lead for bad debt among the three largest State-owned commercial banks of Vietnam, followed by Vietcombank with over VND7,100 billion and VietinBank, with approximately VND4,700 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) is holding a promotion on flights for selected domestic routes on the occasion of the 2016 Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival.