Malaysian Naval Region Command 1 (Mawilla 1) has seized a Vietnamese fishing boat with 12 fishermen onboard which was allegedly operating in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, reported local media of Malaysia.

 Over 600 people attended the “Race for Wildlife 2016” held in Hanoi on December 11 by the Hanoi Red River Runners and the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).

 The Czech activist, Marcel Winter, was re-elected as the President of the Czech-Vietnam Society (CVS) at the congress of the society, which convened in Prague on December 10 . 

 Vietnam always supports the Act East Policy and the increase of presence and connection of India in the Southeast Asia, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan told Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. 

 A delegation from the Overseas Party Organisation had a meeting with key leaders of the Communist Party of Canada, during which he expressed his hope for stronger ties between the two parties in the future.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made a trip to Bodh Gaya city in Bihar State on December 11 as her last stop during her stay in India from December 8-11. 

Transparency is the responsibility of the state and a sharp weapon for the state to improve its capacity and qualities. Moreover, transparency is the means to promote the people's power, particularly in addressing today’s difficult issues.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rise of China and the aggressive actions of this country in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) has caused huge instability in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have noted that a strong cash flow from tax havens are flowing to Vietnam. ‘Tax haven’ economies attract investors from all over the globe.

 RoK initiates AD investigation into Vietnam Ferro and Silico-Manganese, Individual savings at banks surge over 17 percent, First gas flow from Thien Ung field pumped, Steel sector’s growth to hit 10-12 percent in 2017

  Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Maurice Obstfeld has expressed his support for Vietnam’s reform orientations, especially in the fiscal policy and the restructuring of the banking system and State-owned enterprises.  

China is set on continuously consolidating and developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam, said Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferenc.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 9 received Isao Iijima, Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet, during which he proposed that Vietnam and Japan should forge stronger partnership in agriculture, labour, culture and tourism.

 Peru has officially handed over the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for 2017 to Vietnam at the Informal Senior Official Meeting (ISOM) among APEC members in Hanoi on December 9. 

 The prosecution sectors of Vietnam and Cuba have agreed to boost the exchange of information on non-traditional and trans-national crimes and soon ink a bilateral judiciary support agreement in 2017-2018.

APEC Year 2017 is among focuses of Vietnam’s external activities in the context of intensive and extensive international integration, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

 The Council of State of Cuba has decided to present Friendship Medal to Duong Minh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba, in acknowledgement of his contributions to the two countries’ traditional relations.

 Laos’s Issara Order (third class) has been presented to Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh to recognise his devotion to Laos’s science-technology development.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his support for Indian investors to do business in Vietnam during a meeting with visiting National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in New Delhi on December 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - The figures to which the agriculture ministry (MARD) has been using while drafting the sugar industry's development strategy are not sufficiently reliable.