Viet Nam’s national men’s football team have dropped five spots to 134th place in the latest FIFA rankings.

 A majority of company leaders and mid-level personnel in Viet Nam are not keen on their jobs.

 The recent launch of motorbike models with high-engine displacement has attracted the Vietnamese and stirred the domestic market, even though import prices are 2-3 times higher than world prices.

 Bao Viet Group, listed on the HCM Stock Exchange as BVH, has become the first finance and insurance company in Viet Nam to earn revenues of US$1 billion.

 Despite the many fluctuations of the world stock market, Viet Nam has maintained positive growth rates, as one of South East Asia’s five markets with the highest potential for development.

 Sai Gon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) has announced it will organise auctions to select consultancy firms to sell state ownership in the company.

 Dung Quat Refinery is working with foreign oil groups to seek strategic investments for its privatisation, which is expected to be carried out in 2017.

 The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four local universities to offer a certificate course.

Japan has increased checks for Sulfadiazine in Vietnamese shrimps being shipped to the country as of December 6, according to Viet Nam’s National Agro-Forestry- Fisheries Quality Assurance Department.

 Hundreds of fishing vessels were forced to stay ashore in the province’s Hoi An City for the past six days due to sedimentation of the estuary, which blocked entry.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the quarter-final match of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin yesterday.

 The National Super Cup match between V. League 1 champions Ha Noi FC and National Cup winners Quang Ninh Coal will be held on December 29 at Hang Day Stadium in Ha Noi.

 Vietnamese midfielder Luong Xuan Truong has ended his contract with South Korean Incheon United FC to join Gangwon FC, who will play in the K-League Classic next season.

 Takehiro Hattori scored the only goal in his team Yokohama FC’s 1-0 win over Viet Nam in the second round of the International U-21 Football Tournament yesterday in HCM City.

As Vietnamese tend to spend more money during the Christmas season, many local enterprises have tried all possible ways to satisfy their “God’s” demands. 

Vietnam saw 3,006 cases of fire, killing 98 people, injuring 180 others and resulting in a loss of more than VNĐ1.24 trillion (US$55.1 million) and destruction of 1,800ha of forest cover this year.

 Professionals and experts need to help HCM City resolve its problems like traffic congestion, flooding, unsafe food and poor healthcare services, city leaders said at a meeting with them on Tuesday.

The fifth session of the 14th NA Standing Committee concluded yesterday with discussion about salaries for cadres and civil servants employed by the State Audit of Vietnam, funding for constructions of SAV offices and the use of foreign funds.

After years of discussions and negotiations, Danang and its neighbouring Quang Nam on December 21 inked an agreement on integrated management of the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin and Quang Nam-Danang coastline.

 The Christmas season now can be felt in all corners of Hanoi as churches, trade centres, stores and streets across the city have been decorated colourfully for the last few weeks.