A casino in the southern island of Phu Quoc is set to be the first location in Vietnam to permit local people to gamble on its premises.

 Many power firms have reported rosy business performance amid the power sector’s growing liberalisation which has fuelled market competition and bolstered the efficiency of production and business.

 Despite numerous difficulties, businesses in the agro-forestry-fishery ­sector have become a highlight in the economic ­picture of 2018.

 Social media giants and major tech enterprises are coming under fire from multiple sides as governments are managing to collect their dues, and business partners and users are decrying the unregulated and oftentimes harmful content. 

 Stores at Internet Day showed a solid foundation in infrastructure, connectivity, cloud computing eco-system, and advanced technology solutions, which provide the key tailwind for Vietnam to enter the 4.0 era.

 Khoi Le, head of Facebook Client Solutions, will replace Le Diep Kieu Trang (Christy Le) as CEO of Facebook Vietnam after her resignation from early 2019.

 Vietnam is home to 22 world heritage items recognized by UNESCO, including two natural heritage sites, five cultural heritages, and one mixed heritage.

 The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Hanoi stood at 20,666 as of October 31, ranking second nationwide and making up 10% of the country’s total cases.

 The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has been trying to commercialise research outcomes by linking demand and supply, investing to bring technologies to the market and helping register intellectual property rights.

 Hanoi's Soc Son District authorities have planned to turn a 100-hectare site which mostly consists of agricultural land into a USD500m horse race course to boost the local economy.

 The Asian Youth Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championship Việt Nam Open will take place in Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh Province from December 15-20.

 Viet Nam’s national hockey team will compete at the Nantou International Men’s Hockey Tournament in Chinese Taipei from December 9-14.

 Viet Nam national futsal team and Thái Sơn Nam Club goalkeeper Hồ Văn Ý has recently been nominated for the world’s top ten best futsal goalkeepers for 2018.

 Vietnamese and international cuisines and cultural activities will be on display this Sunday, December 9 at a food festival held by the Service Department for Diplomatic Corps under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The first ever centre for examining fine art and photographs was opened on December 6 by the culture ministry’s Department for Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition.

 The Record and CD Festival Day Fair opens on Nov 7 at the Phương Nam Book City-Vạn Hạnh Mall in HCM City.    

 Some of Ha Noi’s top schools are finding it difficult to fill their classrooms, according to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

 Vietnam’s U20 basketball team will compete in a friendly youth tournament in Cambodia on December 27-31.

 Solar power is attracting great attention from the Vietnamese Government and businesses, but certain challenges are facing the utilisation of this type of renewable energy.

 The 2018 King of Pickup (KOP), the biggest championships of its kind in Vietnam, will take place on Tuan Chau island, Ha Long city on December 15 and 16.