PM leaves for ASEAN-RoK summit; Ministry of Home Affairs’ activities under review; HCM City People’s Council meets; Politburo member welcomes Lao Party Office delegation; VN successfully launches One UN Initiative

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local-made medicines will account for 80 percent of home market, said a leader of the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health at a meeting on pharmaceutical in Hanoi on last Saturday.

 President Truong Tan Sang says he anticipates a new wave of Japanese investment in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 700 enterprises were fined more than VND1.4 trillion (US$68.6 million) last year for measuring and radiation safety violations, the Ministry of Science and Technology has reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Do you wish to get away from the city’s bustling life and return to nature? Do you want to lie down or go swimming at a beautiful beach untapped by tourism makers?

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is paying a working visit to Laos from December 9-10 at an invitation of his Lao counterpart Somsavat Lengsavad.

The majority (81 percent) of agencies and organizations in Vietnam allow their workers access to local networks with their personal mobile devices, while 74 percent do not have any solution to ensure information security and control mobile devices.

 The already-low number of Mekong Delta residents sent abroad for guest work is steadily declining due to a lack of professional skills, said Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Hai Chuyen.

After 25 years exporting rice, it is time for Vietnam to have a comprehensive look at its rice exporting policies. VietNamNet organized a roundtable discussion to discuss the quarter century of rice exports of Vietnam.

 Real estate inventories fell 39%, or VND50 trillion, to VND77.8 trillion compared to last year’s first quarter, according to the Ministry of Construction.

 Nokia Vietnam Co. Ltd., which now operates under Microsoft Vietnam, is the most attractive firm to job seekers as shown by the country’s leading online recruitment provider VietnamWorks.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Association of Photographic Artists decided to create a copyright centre, aiming to protect photographers' rights to their work,

First Vietnamese Buddhist temple shaping in India; Red-tailed viper attacks increase; Avian flu reported in Mekong Delta province; Poor doctor care, lax security, blamed for hospital staff attacks; Motorbike taxi service attracts customers in Hanoi

 ACBS investment in ACB infringes law, say bank leaders; German firms pep up health market; 36% local firms join global production networks; Conference raises US$680 million for development; Pepper exports turn into ‘black gold’

The National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has been named as Viet Nam's largest company in terms of revenue, the VNR500 report announced yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The intense performances that lasted seven minutes for designer Tsolo Munkh excited audiences.

 Vietnam Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son recently honoured Sofia Kortrikova for her decades of distinguished teaching and mentoring of Vietnamese Russian language students.

 The St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyards is preparing to hand over the third of six diesel-electric submarines on order to the Vietnam Navy on December 10, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will this month stage the ballet Saga of a Romance for its free monthly show to educate the younger generation about music and dance.

 Security has been stepped up at US facilities around the world ahead of the release of a report expected to reveal details of harsh CIA interrogations, the White House says.