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.

The investment boom on Phu Quoc Island, with the appearance of the biggest real estate developers, from Vingroup and Sungroup to BIM and CEO, has caused land prices to escalate daily.

 The personnel task always attracts public opinion. Mr. Le Quang Thuong, former Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, talked with VietNamNet about this issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge - It is a rule that in the absence of official information, the enemy will immediately take advantage of an information shortage to drive information to another dimension.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has asked employees at economic groups and general corporations to publicly declare their individual assets and 2016 incomes.

Thaco, a 100 percent Vietnamese automobile manufacturer, has begun exporting spare bus parts to Russia, but experts have warned that it will have to compete with Chinese enterprises.

150 hydropower plants have been built or are being built across the central provinces and Central Highland provinces. Thousands of households have had to move away to clear the land for these projects, and many are struggling to build a new life.

 Vang Long Ca of Dien Bien Province in northern Viet Nam pointed at his pig and explained how he planned to sell it.

 The number of trading codes registered by foreign investors in Vietnam's stock market continues to rise, according to the latest official figures from the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD).

 The US National Centre for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will work to draw businesses to the CEO Summit as part of the APEC Year in 2017 in Vietnam.

 Dr. Le Kien Thanh, the son of former Party Secretary General Le Duan, spoke to VietNamNet about his opinions on how to successfully implement the Resolution of the Party Congress.

 Christmas is two weeks away, and Hanoi's streets are beginning to display some festive cheer.

 PV Power Corporation, an affiliate of PetroVietnam, on December 8 issued a press release to announce that the firm’s Deputy General Director Le Chung Dung had failed return to work after a period away.

 The HCMC Department of Industry and Trade yesterday announced that the implementation of its pork origin tracking project will be postponed until December 16 instead of 10 as per schedule because of technical problems.

The Imex Pan Pacific Company Limited, a Vietnamese diversified conglomerate, has been seeking to invest in a dual-use terminal with a capacity of around 10 million passengers per year at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 The Vietnam Championship Dog Show 2016 will take place between December 16 and 18 at Phu Tho Gymnasium, District 11, HCM City.

 A total of 108,530 Vietnamese people went abroad to work in the past 11 months of this year, exceeding the target set for the period by 8.5 percent, according to the Vietnam Labour Export Association.