JETRO to host Invest Japan seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, Ample opportunity for Vietnam’s exports to EU market, BOT power projects gain momentum, PVcomBank remains persistent in its efforts to divest PVI Holdings

The Mekong Connection Initiative believes that Vietnam should become the major importer of electricity from Laos. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoping to turn an idea into reality, six people with the same drive and passion devoted their time to finding the optimal solution to a daily rubbish problem.

 There have been more and more contemporary art exhibitions held around the country and abroad, which have gradually attracted public attention and are considered as important information channels in the visual arts life.

 The tax authority of HCMC has collected VND21 billion (nearly US$925,000) in tax from online stores while asking nearly 14,000 individuals and organizations selling goods on Facebook to fulfill their tax obligations.

 Vietnam’s retail market is maturing and will add around 400,000 sq m of retail space around the country in 2018 and double the stock by 2020, reaching 4 million sq m, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s “Main Streets Across the World” report.

 The Politburo yesterday held a meeting to review reports by its internal inspection bodies on the selection and appointment of cadres and manager-level officials looking towards 2020.

 The 27th annual Viet Nam-Laos border meeting was held on Saturday in Hanoi, aiming to seek orientations for border co-operation in 2018. 

 Study by Thailand-based e-commerce company iPrice finds that Lazada is preferred online shopping channel in Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

 As high as 74% of local workers in the processing and manufacturing sector are at risk of losing their jobs due to automation, according to a report by the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission on the fourth industrial revolution.

 Tim Harcourt, a JW Nevile Fellow in Economics at UNSW Sydney and former chief economist of Austrade, said that Vietnam’s economy is surging, on track to become the newest tiger in Asia.

The Japan External Trade Organization and the Foreign Investment Agency at the Ministry of Planning and Investment will organize the “Invest Japan” seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on December 19.

The UN estimates that Vietnam’s MMR further declined to 56 per 100,000 live births in 2015. The infant mortality rate has also decreased significantly from 44.4 in 1990 to 14.9 per thousand in 2014.

 It’s a late afternoon on a recent Saturday and a store in the Phu My Hung urban area in HCM City’s District 7 is filled with customers from South Korea, looking for new clothing and shoes.

 Head of Policy Department of the Center for People and Nature (PanNature) Nguyen Thi Hai Van pointed out a loss of protection forest is the culprit of much flash flood and erosion lately.

 Flower fields in Hanoi’s Tay Tuu Village have become more beautiful at night with light created by thousands of lamps.

 The 27th annual Vietnam-Laos border meeting was held on December 9 in Hanoi, aiming to seek orientations for border cooperation in 2018.

 HCM Communist Youth Union convenes national congress, Health ministry launches national action month on population, National Mekong Committee urged to promote role in regional growth

Retailers have been warned that they cannot expect to take back investment capital in convenience stores soon as the competition is fierce and the number of stores is still on the rise.

Bloomberg has recently unfolded a list of 12 restaurants across the world worthy to try at least once in life. Surprisingly, Cha Ca La Vong restaurant in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi took pride in securing a spot in the list.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has signed a decision to suspend Nguyen Quoc Khanh, former President and CEO of the PetroVietnam (PVN) from his work as a member of the Office of the National Steering Committee on Power Development.

 Vietnam owns 12 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements

 The Global HR Forum in Vietnam 2017 will be held by the Ministry of Education and Training, South Korea’s Ministry of Education, and The Korea Economic Daily on December 14-15 at the Melia Hanoi Hotel. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craft workers in the southern province of Ben Tre, the "land of coconuts", have created a variety of unique souvenirs for tourists from the fibre surrounding the fruit. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dao Thi Hang, known as the “Queen of Sauce”, is a prominent name on the domestic market with her brand of the product. But she has also become known for her revolutionary teaching methods.