Saigon Railway Station sold over 7.21 million shares to 20 investors at its initial public offering (IPO) on December 7, equal to 14.33 per cent of its charter capital.

  The Ministry of Finance has rejected a series of financial incentives requested by Vietnam-based foreign automobile producers, as the proposal clashes with the country’s World Trade Organization commitments.

On December 7, Vietnamese contestant Pham Huong gave her rendition of – Hello Vietnam – at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas.

 The environment police have arrested a man in HCM City for allegedly trading endangered animals online.

HCM City-based consumer companies have completed plans to produce enough goods for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 8 next year, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

While more and more food safety and hygiene violation cases have been uncovered recently, sharing fresh food is not only popular among friends and colleagues but has also become a big campaign in residential quarters.

VietNamNet Bridge - Floods in cities in the Central Highlands are unusual occurrences. Local residents in Buon Ma Thuot City in Dak Lak province and Da Lat City in Lam Dong had to battle flash floods in early November.

VietNamNet Bridge - Although the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) has released Circular 23 on used equipment to be imported to Vietnam, it still cannot put an end to the prolonged debate on the issue.

VietNamNet Bridge - VNEN, considered ‘the new school model for Vietnam’, has proven to be too costly for many schools in Vietnam, especially those in rural areas.

 As many as 242 athletes from 10 countries and territories in Asia will compete in the fifth Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships, which is scheduled for December 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

  More than 400 works of art will be displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition, which is scheduled to take place at the Viet Nam Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from December 9 to 23.

Speaking at the 9th patriotic emulation congress December 7, Communist Party’s Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong suggested considering the emulation movement’s results as criteria for assessing leaders, managers and Party’s members.

 Vietnamese athletes won a total of 36 gold medals after five days of competition at the ongoing eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore that opened on December 3.

 A hundred new foreign investors have been issued stock transaction codes (tcodes) in Vietnam, the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) said.

 Relevant Vietnamese agencies have been requested to thoroughly study the US’s regulations imposed on Vietnam’s tra and basa fish in order to employ measures to ensure that exports continue.

 HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport received its 25 millionth passenger of the year on Saturday, five years earlier than expected.

 The Hoang Sa district in central Da Nang City broke ground on an exhibition centre dedicated to the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago on December 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Tien (fairy stone) Tourist Area in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has emerged as a destination for those who look for tranquility and peace in mind after a week of hard working.

VietNamNet Bridge - PM Nguyen Tan Dung launched a nationwide emulation movement for 2016-2020 with the theme of “Solidarity, creativity and emulation for national construction and protection” at the ninth National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

 President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 7 for Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko.

  National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with President of Japan's House of Councillors Yamazaki Masaaki in Hanoi on December 7, during which they agreed to enhance the two parliaments’ cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - The administration center and monument projects developed in cities and provinces are compared to ‘dishes of lobsters’ at the poor’s parties: they are too luxurious and cause a big waste.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Internationally renowned scholars have highly appreciated the active and positive role of Vietnam in the Campaign for a Clean and Pure Internet.

 The recent inclusion of the Chinese yuan  to the reserve currency basket of IMF will not have any significant impacts on Vietnam’s economy, experts said, adding that it takes at least six months or even a year to see any impacts.

 VN eyes renewable energy, Rubber firms urged to reform, SCIC reveals plans to offload additional shares in December,  Banks wary of farming loans, Ministry starts e-commerce transport trading platform