VietNamNet Bridge - Retailers are rushing to develop online sales by offering technological solutions to attract more customers.

 The five-star Costa Fortuna cruise ship arrived in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on December 9, marking the opening of a marine tourism route linking the locality to Fujian province, China.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) collected 137 billion VND (6 million USD) after auctioning 5.35 million shares of Vinaconex on the Hanoi Stock Exchange on December 8.

 There has been considerable discussion in the media recently about the urgent need to cut the nation’s bulging public workforce because it has become a heavy burden on the State Budget and the economy as a whole.

 Vietnam has promptly worked with relevant Taiwanese agencies to handle a fishing vessel accident with some Vietnamese on board, of whom one remains unaccounted for.

 Customs officers in the Chinese Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have confiscated 368.5 kg of ivory, which were trafficked from Africa into the country via its border with Vietnam.

HCM City is facing numerous difficulties as the population is rising sharply.

 Nationwide growth in FMCG bounced back in third quarter after dipping in previous quarter, according to latest Nielsen report.

Experts at a forum held on Tuesday in HCM City urged the adoption of a more effective vocational education model that will deliver advanced job skills and be responsive to the needs of the labour market.

 A visit to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam would be incomplete without dropping by Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island), an archipelago off the coast of the central province.

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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.