Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh highlighted Vietnam’s commitment to promoting the multilateral trading system while addressing a plenary session of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Argentina on December 11.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee on December 12 passed a resolution approving the addition of 553 billion VND (24.2 million USD) to the budget estimates to buy rice for the national reserve. 

Thousands of households living along Cai River in Khanh Vinh and Dien Khanh districts and Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa Province have complained that sand mining is affecting their production land.

 The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange confirmed Intimex Vietnam’s decision to buy 6 million shares of Hanoi Toserco (TSJ), a tourism company established in 1988, with total estimated value of VND200 billion.

 Vietnam finished third at the first Asian Boules Sport Confederation Petanque Championship in Thailand with two silvers and one bronze.

 Vietnamese shares plunged on December 11 as investors turned cautious before exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started restructuring their portfolios. A lack of information during the year-end period also had an impact on confidence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police in Cau Giay District have arrested a man suspected of physically abusing his nine-year-old son, resulted in scaring and several injures on the boy’s body.

 Icy conditions are expected to cause further disruption to road and rail travel in parts of the UK, following another night of sub-zero temperatures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of revival have brightened up Mu Cang Chai District in northern mountainous Yen Bai Province, three months after a historic flood swept through the area.

 Hanoi’s Culture and Sports Department has sent a letter urging the municipal People’s Committee to preserve an archaeological site dating back to 1,000 BC in the city’s western outskirts.

 Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh has reiterated Vietnam’s intention to develop defence cooperation with China.

 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.

Though Vietnam is among the world’s top exporters of farming produces, 90 percent of the products are exported in the raw form with quality and value lower than many foreign rivals, said the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 The show Khat Vong Tre (Young Aspiration), an annual entertainment programme, will be held at Quan Ngua Sports Centre, 30 Van Cao street, Ba Dinh district on December 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City needs more investment capital for transport infrastructure development, according to the city’s transport department.

 Ho Chi Minh City wants to increase government workers’ salaries so that they match at least the minimum wage in the industrial sector.

 Vietnam bagged five gold medals at the Asian Rowing Cup 2017, which closed on December 10 in Palembang, Indonesia.

 Signature foods from different localities nationwide will be featured during a celebration for New Year 2018 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, the outskirts of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen students in Bac Ninh Province fell from the second floor and were wounded after a school balcony collapsed on Monday afternoon.