The VN Index increased by 35.8 percent by November 20 compared with the 2016 closing trading session, making the stock market one of the fastest growing markets in the world. 

 Government’s recently issued Decree 116 has dissipated many consumers’ dream of owning low cost cars when the import tariff on products from ASEAN will reduce to 0 percent next year.

 New technology has proven a boon to those looking to earn some extra money part-time when the opportunity permits.

 Police in Ho Chi Minh City has arrested a security officer for allegedly killing a six-year-old boy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floodwater from recent typhoons have damaged thousands of one-to-four-year-old peach blossom trees in Tam Diep City in Dong Son Commune in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

The success of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 in Da Nang from November 6-11 has turned Vietnam into a centre of the world’s attention, according to President Tran Dai Quang.

 Coc Coc, a Vietnamese web browser and search engine, has updated information on about 1.2 million service locations on its digital map -- Coc Coc Map. The map runs on both PCs and mobile phones.

Threats to information safety and cyber security are becoming more and more serious as technology progresses and Internet becomes increasingly popular, experts said on Thursday at the 2017 Viet Nam Information Safety Day conference.

Investors were very excited after the benchmark VN-Index hit an almost decade-high last week and forecasts predict it will head to 1,000 points this year. 

 Increasing competition among private and foreign enterprises shows the market’s attractiveness towards suppliers and the potential for development in the growing Vietnamese consumer market.

 The revenue of Viet Nam’s retail sales market will reach over VND11 quadrillion (US$484.58 billion) by 2025 and nearly VND44 quadrillion ($1.938 trillion) by 2035.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over the last year, according to provincial authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Nam won the V.League 1 title for the first time, beating HCM City 3-1 in the thorny final round on Saturday to triumph at the tournament.

 23-year-old Arjun Kadhe of India stunned spectators by winning the Viet Nam F3 Future tennis tournament, Becamex IDC Cup, which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on November 26.

 Kenya’s athletes dominated at the 2017 Techcombank HCM City International Marathon held in HCM City on November 26.

 Ten workers were injured when scaffolding at a construction site for a coach station in the central city of Vinh collapsed on Saturday afternoon.

 A 20-day-old girl in Bim Son Town, in the central province of Thanh Hoa, was kidnapped early Saturday evening while she was at home with her mother and grandmother.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese team was crowned for the first time at the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) which ended on November 25 in Malaysia.

To have more land for infrastructure, locals have been willing to compromise nature, though the long-term effects will ultimately hurt the economy. 

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 foreign fashion brands are present in Vietnam, providing a wide range of products from mid- to high-end products, which hold 60 percent of the market share, according to the Vietnam Retailers Association.