People employing under-16-year-old workers can receive an administrative fine or up to 12 years’ imprisonment depending on the level of violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition in the capital city called As Years Go By, featuring the works of four art teachers, has attracted many people keen on seeing the senior artists’ latest works.

 HCM City’s export revenue reached an estimated 35.55 billion USD last year, a year-on-year increase of 16.1 percent, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

 Vietnam gained its highest ever seafood export value of 8.32 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Smuggling cases found in 2017 were down in number but up in value, said Deputy Director of the General Department of Customs’ Anti-Smuggling Department Nguyen Khanh Quang during a press conference recently held in Hanoi. 

Tan Lap Floating Village is a wetland located in the heart of Dong Thap Muoi (the Plain of Reeds) in the Mekong Delta, renowned for a diverse ecosystem.

Typhoon Bolaven, with the strongest wind speed of 75km per hour near its eye, entered the East Sea on Wednesday morning and becomes the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc handed over the decision on the appointment of new Chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam to Tran Sy Thanh, former Secretary of the Lang Son province Party Committee. 

 The Food Safety Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City has established 12 groups to inspect food safety during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2018 across the city.

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy has issued an indictment for its prosecution of Dinh La Thang and six accomplices accused of causing losses of 800 billion VND (35.2 million USD) of PetroVietnam as capital contribution to OceanBank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to earn 10 slots to compete in the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be held on October 6-18 in Argentina.

 The Power Generation Corporation 3 (Genco 3) will put more than 267 million shares, accounting for 12.8 percent of its charter capital, up for sale in its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2018.

 The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to develop the Sam Mountain national tourism site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

Some foreign funds are leaving Vietnam after making huge profits from their investment deals, while others are entering the country to seek new opportunities.

 Vietnam’s export of aquatic products is forecast to top 8.5 billion USD in 2018, up nearly 3 percent from 2017, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP). 

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on December 29 announced the city’s top ten events in 2017 as follow:

 The southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.

 Vietnam experienced unprecedentedly severe natural disasters in 2017, resulting in 386 people dead and missing and some 60,000 billion VND (2.6 billion USD) worth of damage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a year of success, Vietnamese sportsmen are headed for a busy 2018 with a target of at least three gold medals at the most important event, Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is demanding more than 1.9 trillion VND (85 million USD) in tax arrears from the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) after uncovering that the group had failed to declare its costs accurately.