Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking NA delegation arrived in Busan city on December 4, beginning her four-day official visit to the RoK.

The Korean media extolled coach Park Hang-Seo after he led Vietnam’s national football team to a 2-1 win against the Philippines in the first leg of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 semifinals.

 Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s. The shortages are likely to happen from 2020 to 2025.

On the evening of December 14, the audience in HCMC can come to an East-meet-West musical space where saxophonist Timothy Sun and pianist Jacqueline Leung from Hong Kong will perform.

 Hundreds of Vietnamese enterprises are rushing to market their products, such as coffee, pepper, vegetables and craft items, on international ecommerce platforms.

VietNamNet Bridge - With high office rent in Vietnam, especially compared with other ASEAN countries, co-working spaces have become increasingly popular.

 The 90-million population market is projected to swallow over 4.1 billion liters of beer in 2020 and 5.6 billion liters by 2035.

 The pressure for domestic securities companies will increase along with the expansion of foreign-owned securities ones.

 Vietnamese photographers have won big at the 14th Orhan Holding International Photography Contest whose awarding ceremony was held in Bursa, Turkey on December 1.

  Investors are struggling to work out where to invest in the HNX30, which  tracks the performance of the 30 largest stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) by market capitalisation and trading liquidity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Convenience stores have been developing rapidly in Vietnam, with foreign retailers having the upper hand.

 The government will intensify inspections over not only all SOEs and state-funded projects, but also over the heads of these enterprises about how they have obeyed state regulations about privatization and divestment.

 Hungarian pianist Janos Balazs will debut to perform a repertoire including classical and modern pieces at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM)’s Great Hall on December 4. 

 Identifying those foreign laborers who are subject to compulsory social insurance, as per a new decree effective on December 1, can be quite difficult.

 Vietnam`s industrial parks and economic zones remained the country`s magnet in attracting foreign investment.

 Experts said that the government and domestic firms must take actions against Chinese firms, which ship their unfinished products to Vietnam and then export them to the US through a Vietnam-based firm as an intermediary to avoid tariffs.

 The Ministry of Transport has released the new fees for seaport services to be applied at local seaports, with many fees edging up by between 10% and 50%. The new fees will come into effect on January 1, 2019, Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported.

 Several investors have announced plans to develop solar power plants in Vietnam as the prime minister’s decision providing incentives in terms of power price will expire in June next year.

 South Korea from December 3 started issuing five-year visas to Vietnamese passport holders with fewer conditions, having removed the requirement that visa applicants prove their sources of income.

 Vietnamese manufacturing business conditions improved to one of the greatest extents in the country’s almost eight-year survey history during November amid strong and accelerated expansions of output and new orders.