The Phu Tho People’s Procuracy yesterday proposed handing down jail terms on former senior officers at the Ministry of Public Security and other defendants for their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar online gambling ring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The BJJ Tag Team jujitsu tournament will be held in the capital for the first time.

 Interest rates for Vietnamese dong savings are rising, so local enterprises are afraid that their borrowing costs will surge as they need loans to fund their goods production plans for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

 Vietnam was in the top five among 34 countries ranked for private participation in infrastructure (PPI) projects in the first half of this year, the World Bank said in a report released earlier this week.

Analysts several years ago predicted that foreign retailers, with their powerful financial capability and experience, would dislodge Vietnamese retailers out of the home market. But their business results have become worse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six people were killed and 15 houses were burned to the ground after an oil-carrying tanker truck crashed and burst into flames on National Highway 13 in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

 The Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai has been scheduled to begin construction in 2020 and operate in 2025, according to Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

 Many boats have been left to deteriorate at Hanoi’s West Lake while owners are still waiting for decisions from local authorities.

 From the world’s highest mountain to emerald bays dotted with limestone islands, when it comes to natural attractions, Asia is hard to beat.

 Besides buying shares of Vietnam’s large securities companies, foreign investors have also poured significantly in domestic small securities companies through merger and acquisition (M&A).

 US and China’s firms are looking at shifting production, assembly or sourcing of supplies to third countries, with Southeast Asia as the leading choice.

 Some 80 percent of EuroCham members also believe the EVFTA will improve Vietnam’s competitiveness compared to other countries such as China, Japan and South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s laws on waste disposal at sea put the marine ecosystem, aquatic resources and people’s livelihoods under severe threat,

 The boss of a Florida-based financial firm has made a tearful video apology to clients after bad bets on oil and natural gas prices wiped out their investments.

 A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, 

One of the best jobs now is tourism consultancy, especially giving advice to local authorities on local tourism development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A public school in Hanoi has moved into the 21st century and is incorporating online applications into education.

 Enterprises need to change their mindset to move into the digital world ahead of the fourth industrial revolution, a government official said this week.

 As many as 667 equitized State-owned enterprises (SOEs), including many big names, have yet to list their shares on the stock exchanges so far, said Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung on November 21.

For half his life, Mychal Tu Nguyen, a 44-year-old Vietnamese-American living in HCM City, has been teaching basketball to youth and adults, and since 2010, has been the CEO of the Viet Nam Basketball Academy ...

 Facebook and Google remain quiet about their next step responding to the threat of Vietnam kicking them out if they fail to set up branches or representative offices in the country.

 The year 2018 is going to end soon but the giant Sabeco seems to have an “unlucky” year with ghost of its past returning to haunt it.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC will have an additional 37 aircraft parking slots prior to the Lunar New Year early next year. 

 Hanoi-based artist Nguyen Minh Nam will hold an exhibition at Craig Thomas Gallery in District 1, HCMC from November 23 to December 10.

 A tropical depression developed in the central region of the Philippines may intensify into a storm and enter the East Sea on November 22.