VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won 10 gold, two silver and eight bronze medals to temporarily rank fourth at the 2015 ASEAN School Games at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Brunei, yesterday Nov 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Australian embassy granted scholarships to 139 Vietnamese students for 2016 as part of the Australia Awards scholarship programme during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A hundred years of northern Thai Nguyen province tea culture will be showcased at Thai Nguyen Tea Festival which begins tonight (Nov 26) in downtown Thai Nguyen City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Xiem Can Temple in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is listed among the most magnificent large-scale Khmer temples in southern Vietnam.

While foreign finance institutions believe that Vietnamese bank shares prices are the most expensive in frontier markets, Vietnamese shareholders are distressed that bank share prices have not increased as expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 65 events are planned for the National Tourism Year 2016 in Kien Giang Province and other parts of the country next year, but only some of the events are new.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the age of 73, artisan Vo Van Tang is well known for his unique paintings created from the leaves of thot not (sugar palm trees).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong said authorities would not have a quota for the number of cars for services such as GrabTaxi and Uber, because of certain concerns.

 The HCM Stock Exchange is developing new sector indexes based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) and will introduce them in the first quarter of next year.

 Switzerland has continuously attached significance to developing the bilateral relations with Vietnam, said Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For their romantic comedy hit Yeu (Love), the film studio Early Rises Media Group decided to invite young actors with millions of Facebook followers to play the leading roles in hopes of attracting high profits.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has given Grab taxi the green light on drafting a plan on allowing Grab taxi to ‘utilize technology to support the connection and management in passenger transport’ in a pilot program.

VietNamNet Bridge - At the Yok Don National Park, 100 trees are cut down every month on average. In 90 percent of cases, illegal loggers responsible for the damage cannot be found.

 As many as 300 university students participated in a forum entitled “Young National Assembly of Vietnam” on November 25 in Hanoi, which simulates the legislature’s plenary meeting.

Sun Group has committed to investing over VND20 trillion to develop an airport and other projects in Lao Cai Province at a tourism investment promotion conference for the northwestern region

 Asia is poised to ignite a decade of global trade growth and be the starting point for a quadrupling of worldwide exports to an estimated $68.5 trillion by 2050, according to new forecasts in HSBC’s landmark Trade Winds report.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘i-generation students’, or “digital citizens’ – the students of modern times, have bigger advantages to access learning and research thanks to the great achievements in technology and internet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Popular jazz drummer Anne Paceo of France will have a performance at the HCMC Conservatory of Music at 8 p.m. on Friday next week.

I am a foreigner currently working in Vietnam, and have just obtained a temporary residence permit. So, am I regarded as a resident and how can foreigners use their foreign-currency accounts?

VietNamNet Bridge - The dairy market has steadily expanded, while the competition is getting fiercer, heating up the milk market.