SIM card vendors are amassing as many promotional SIM card numbers from small-scale telecom carriers as they can, expecting to sell them at higher prices after the mobile number portability (MNP) service takes effect today.

 The HCMC government is seeking temporary annual rent of VND9.8 billion for a large water pump, used to control floods on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in downtown HCMC.

 A concert marking the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic ties will be held at the HCM City opera House on November 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Duong will meet Hanoi in the final of the National U21 Football Championships on Saturday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently urged the Ministry of Transport to upgrade damaged build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways as soon as possible to ensure the safety of people and vehicles.

VietNamNet Bridge - The import tariff on cars with fewer than 9 seats from ASEAN countries has been cut to zero percent, but the car prices do not decrease, but are even higher than previously.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ok Om Bok Festival, also called Festival of Worshipping the Moon, kicks off today, November 16, in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Soc Trang.

 Vietnamese cueists have booked three additional places in the knock-out stage of the ongoing Three-Cushion World Cup in Seoul, Republic of Korea (RoK), following their impressive wins in the last qualifying round on November 15.

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates delivered a presentation on toilets in China last week, but the thing that grabbed headlines was a prop he used: a clear canister of human excrement. 

 Local shoppers increasingly favor modern trade channels, latest Nielsen data finds.

 Foreign-invested companies in the southern region are increasing investments and preparing for opportunities after Vietnam officially joins the CPTPP.

 A VND1.32 trillion (USD57.39 million) 200-hectare golf course will be built on forested land in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang will speed up the construction of key water plants – the Cau Do, Hoa Trung and Hoa Lien – in order to supply 250,000 cubic metres of clean water each day by 2019-2020.

The transfer of State capital ownership of 19 SOEs to the State Capital Management Committee was complete after the committee received five firms from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday.

 The Ha Noi People Court on Wednesday opened the first-ever trial in the case of 15 people who were charged with stock trading document falsification, stock price manipulation and fraudulent asset transfers.

 Brazil and Real Madrid legend, and World Cup winner Roberto Carlos will meet Vietnamese fans in a promotional event this afternoon at Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi.

The draft decree on golf course businesses compiled by the Ministry of Planning and Investment says that low-yield one-crop rice land may be used to develop golf courses if the land can satisfy requirements to change the purpose of land use.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a valley close to the breathtaking Son Doong Cave, sits a village surrounded by majestic cliffs.

Vietnam became an official member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on November 14, 1998, an important milestone in the implementation of its foreign policy.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Quang Ngai Province has said the 15 million cubic metres of dredged sand and soil recently dumped into the sea area was a legal activity and had not caused pollution.