Issuing criteria asking investors to consume products manufactured by Dung Quat and Nghi Son refineries for ten years is creating difficulties for those interested in becoming strategic investors of PV Oil.

 Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Limited Company who are working on a plan to clean Hoan Kiem Lake have confirmed that no turtle is living in the lake.

 The massive potential of Internet of Things (IoT) is set to help VN pursue its goal of a smart city and becoming an industrial country by 2020, experts said.

VN’s software, digital content and IT services sector targets annual growth of at least 15 per cent to retain its position as one of the 10 leading software and digital content outsourcing countries in the world.

 Shares of the Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation, Sabeco, Viet Nam’s biggest brewer, will be offered at an initial price of VND320,000 (US$14) each on December 18, it was announced on Wednesday.

 Key Hanoi FC midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet has been suspended for two matches because of his foul during a V.League match last Saturday.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Roads in HCM City’s east are now congested since there has been a surge in the number of vehicles there while work on new roads and bridges is tardy or stalled due to lack of funds.

 Authorities in Ha Long City plan to develop the ancient floating villages on Ha Long Bay into a tourist magnet.

 French Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is giving the final touches to the script for his new movie project on French cuisine, titled Dodin Bouffant.

 Porta Chiusa, a clarinet trio from Switzerland with a strong focus on compositions using microtonal and multi-phonic techniques, will perform on December 1 at  Heritage Space, Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh Trong, Hanoi.

 Vietnamese and South Korean artists will perform together in a concert on Sunday at the Hanoi Opera House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Viet Nam – South Korea diplomatic relations.

 More than 1,000 people are expected to run with visually-impaired people around Hoan Kiem Lake on Sunday, December 3.

 Vietnam welcomed 11.6 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, up 27 percent against the same period last year. 

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has received requests for support from around 50 Vietnamese tourists who are stuck in Bali, Indonesia, due to volcanic eruption, of whom 30 have left Bali safely by land.

 Vietnam, a country grounded on agriculture and an important player in the global food system, is partnering with other members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to ensure food security in the face of climate change. 

 Deputy Prime Minsiter Vu Duc Dam met Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education Jaroslaw Gowin in Hanoi on November 29, with discussion focusing on bilateral engagements in education and science-technology. 

 Russia has always been one of the priorities in Vietnam’s external affairs, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov at a meeting in Hanoi on November 29. 

The National Assembly (NA) and Government of Vietnam always support and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Australian friendship organisations to increase activities.

 Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index extended its rally on November 29 for the eighth consecutive session as investor confidence was lifted by expectations of the Government selling its stakes in listed companies.