VietNamNet Bridge – Several BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) traffic projects will be on 2018’s audit list, the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) announced yesterday.

A workshop held here on Tuesday brought together dozens of French and Vietnamese specialists on records and archives to review a stack of documents dating back to the French colonial period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The VN Index this year has reached new highs, with the 1,000 point threshold, an all-time high, expected to be very near.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s coach Park Hang-seo yesterday afternoon announced a squad of 27 U23 players to compete at the M-150 international friendly tournament in Thailand from December 9-15.

 Pre-tax profit of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will hit a new record high of VND13 trillion (US$572.69 million) in 2018, up 26.8 per cent against this year, the SSI Retail Research forecast.

 Vietnamese telecommunication companies achieved positive business results in the first 11 months of this year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Enterprises from VN and South Korea are encouraged to tap unexploited potential to foster co-operation based on common interests and individual strengths of each country in the face of opportunities and challenges.

 The Hanoi Department of Transport will provide a level-four online service for issuing international driving licences from the first quarter of 2018 as part of the city’s administrative reforms to save time and money for citizens.

 The basic salary for civil servants and public employees will increase to 1.39 million VND (about 61 USD) from the current 1.3 million VND as from July 1, 2018.

 The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on December 5 announced its preliminary affirmative ruling on corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) and certain cold-rolled steel flat products imported from Vietnam and produced from substrate originating in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won another silver medal, raising his total medal tally to three at the ongoing World Para Swimming Championships Mexico City 2017.

 A concert featuring ethnic minority music will be held to introduce Seaphony Orchestra - the first Vietnamese ethnic minority orchestra at Hanoi Opera House on December 12.

 The Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) has become the first Vietnamese bank to complete the implementation of a Basel II project.

 The joint coordination committee of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will hold its 11th meeting in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc from December 14-20.

 Ministry holds gastronomy festival, Squared Furniture’s winter exhibition, Food Fest this weekend, Xmas fair to open in City, Origami event this month, Music contest held for young labourers

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam (GIV) will begin inspection on the controversial Da Phuoc International Urban project, along with all investment and construction projects on the protected Son Tra Peninsula.

 Manzi Art Space, in collaboration with Art Vietnam Gallery will present No & Meaning, a solo exhibition by visual artist Nguyen Minh Thanh, one of the most important artists of contemporary art in Viet Nam today.

VN National Cup champion Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) are in Group H at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation Champions League, according to the draw at the headquarters of AFC at Kuala Lumpur held yesterday.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith co-chaired the fourth Vietnam-Laos ministerial-level consultation in Hanoi on December 6. 

Vietnam always welcomes and creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the Republic of Korea, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assured Chairman of the RoK-based CJ Corporation Sohn Kyung-shik.