United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark began a five-day visit to Vietnam on November 6.

A seminar to improve collaboration between universities of Vietnam and the Philippines was held on November 6 in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

The second season of the Vietnamese version of international reality cooking show MasterChef has officially opened.

The 13th quarterly EuroCham Business Climate Index (BCI) survey released on November 6 showed that business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam remains unchanged for the third time - stagnating at 50.

National Assembly deputies on November 6 debated the draft revised Laws on Land, Construction, Environment Protection, Marriage and Family and Health Insurance.

The Council of Judges of the Supreme People's Court has accepted a proposal by the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy and decided to annul the verdicts of the first instance and appeal trials of a murdering case in northern Bac Giang province in 2003 for re-investigation.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s government would consider the possibility of granting multiple exit/entry visa to both Vietnamese and Korean citizens, said RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Jun Dae Joo.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the recognition of an additional eight pieces of national intangible cultural heritage, bringing the total number to 48. 

Cancer remains a big challenge to Vietnam’s health sector although a national target programme on cancer prevention and control has been underway for the past several years.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam ( BIDV) has recently been hounoured with the House of the Year award presented by the Hong Kong-based Asia Risk Magazine.