Have a nice Sunday!

Society

-- A tourist speedboat operator on Phu Quoc Island, off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, has revealed he and his clients had spotted seven dolphins in An Thoi Archipelago on Friday afternoon. 

-- Tropical storm Kirogi, the 14th storm to hit Vietnam this year, following the devastating typhoon Damrey, the deadliest so far in 2017, earlier this month, will make landfall in the south-central provinces of Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa, on Sunday (November 19) noon, Vietnam's National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has warned.

Business

-- Ho Chi Minh City-based Joint-Stock Alibaba Tay Bac Co., a newcomer in the real estate market, has astounded its established rivals with its whopping chartered capital of VND12 trillion (US$524.2 million).

-- Enterprises displaying their quality produce at the Vietnam Foodexpo 2017, which wrapped up on Saturday in Ho Chi Minh City, revealed their items stand a good chance of being exported to fastidious markets if they can meet stringent food safety requirements.

-- Competent agencies in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang were working on plans to restructure processes to grow and package its hallmark Lo Ren star apples to meet the U.S. market’s exacting export requirements, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

-- The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) is poised to auction its stakes at Saigonbank and Cement Financial Co. on Monday (November 20).

Education 

-- Nineteen youths from Ho Chi Minh City are partaking in an annual exchange program which will wrap up on Tuesday in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

-- Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on Saturday heeded 80 local children’s aspirations at a meeting jointly organized in observance of the Universal Children's Day (November 20) by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).