The proposed reduction in training time at universities cannot be easily applied at all schools and in all majors. Medical students, for example, may have to spend more time at school.

 International economic experts remain upbeat about Vietnam’s economic prospects in the coming years, even without the much-heralded Trans-Pacific Partnership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s Department of Transport has drawn up a plan to put advertisements on all buses operating on 136 routes around the city after eight months of piloting the plan on 171 buses on 10 routes.

 The Vietnamese fashion market has been the subject of increased attention among international groups, which are looking to enter Vietnam through franchising arrangements.

 The Vietnam Report Joint Stock Company has suspended the announcement of the top 1,000 corporate income tax payers for this year, also known as V.1000, over the General Department of Taxation's opposition.

 On December 6, Vietnam's largest brewer Saigon Alcohol, Beer and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) will be officially listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, eight years after its initial public offering in January 2008.

 Chair of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has announced that the Committee has budgeted US$2 million of expenditures to promote the local advantages of the capital city on CNN.

 Torrential rainfall triggered by the storm Tokage, measuring 200-400mm, is predicted to hit the central coastal provinces stretching from Da Nang to Khanh Hoa between Wednesday and Friday.

 Le Tuan Viet won the second Faros Golf Tournament 2016, which closed in Thanh Hoa Province on November 27.

 Viet Nam Standard and Consumers Association (VINASTAS) has issued an official statement, apologising to consumers, fish sauce producers, distributors and management agencies over its now-discredited misleading reports on the toxicity in fish sauce.

 The Ministry of Public Security’s Police Investigation Department of Social Security Crime has busted an online gambling ring in HCM City and arrested more than 130 people suspected of involvement.

  Nine out of 83 people infected with the Zika virus in Ho Chi Minh City are pregnant, according to the municipal Preventive Medical Centre.

 Ho Chi Minh City reported 4,690 criminal offence cases in the past 11 months, down 14 percent as compared to the same period last year, said head of the municipal Public Security Department’s social crime investigation division Le Ngoc Phuong.

 The inspection agencies of the Vietnamese and Laos Governments have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to bolster their cooperation in the future, which is considered a new development stage between the two bodies. 

 A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is attending the second Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Executive Council Meeting and the ninth APA Plenary in Cambodia, on November 28. 

 The Ministry of National Defence organised a teleconference in Hanoi on November 28 to review the 10-year implementation of the Law on National Defence.

 Many delegations of the Vietnamese agencies and localities on November 28 paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz at the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi and the Cuban Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam is going to hold a day of national mourning for Fidel Castro on December 4 to express condolences and gratitude to the revolutionary leader of Cuba, who passed away on November 25.

All ministers have been requested to expeditiously begin carrying out socio-economic development tasks for 2017 which were set up at the recent second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA).

 VN’s coffee sector targets US$5-6b export by 2030, 11-month CPI climbs 2.47 percent, Industrial production index increases 7.3 percent, Vietnamese dragon fruit struggles to find markets