A Phd programme in Vietnam requires VND15 million in tuition costs a year, while the average cost is $15,000 (VND200 million) in developed countries. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is finding it difficult to fill high-ranking officers for businesses, as most CEOs continue to be foreigners.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s plan to apply Euro 4 emission standard for vehicles by early 2017 may fail if there is no clear requirement on the quality of fuel, experts have said. 

Thai Beverage is considering bidding for Vietnamese state-owned enterprises Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) and Vietnam Daily Products JSC (Vinamilk), according to newswire Nikkei.

Though relatively small, having generated only US$652 million in total sales last year, rising middle-class disposable incomes are feeding strong growth in the Vietnam cosmetics market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In developed countries, which grant funds to help poor countries, the use of state money is strictly controlled, but it is not so in a poor country like Vietnam.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a plan to spend up to VND64.2 trillion (USD2.9 billion) to carry out 54 environmental projects by 2020.

 The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro route project continues to be delayed until as late as 2019 as the investor claim they need more capital to cover additional expenses.

 Taekwondo demonstration team K-Tigers will join 2016 Korean Cultural  Festival that will be organized at the Vietnam-Soviet Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on November 25-26. 

 Vietjet Air will conduct an IPO worth $200 million next month, according to Reuters.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has established a steering committee for the conduct of the government’s 2017 economic census.

These days, the beauty of ox-eye daisies (Cuc hoa mi) transform Hanoi city streets into picturesque portraits fit for a postcard.

 The dialling codes of all cities and provinces, except Hanoi and HCM City, will change to a three-digit number early next year.

ROK food-producing conglomerate Daesang Corp. has completed the acquisition of a 99.99 % stake in Vietnamese meat processor and distributor Duc Viet Food Joint Stock Company for US$32 million.

The first ASEAN Traffic Police Forum, an initiative of Vietnam, adopted a joint statement at its last meeting in Hanoi on November 22 encouraging the bloc’s policemen to foster coordination and share experience.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on November 23 for the 9th Summit of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area (CLV 9) at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

 Many issues of national importance were dealt with during the second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), NA Deputy Secretary-General Le Bo Linh said at a press conference following the session’s closing plenum on November 23. 

 The upcoming visit to Laos by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong  aims to show the Vietnamese Party and State’s focus on  the Vietnam-Laos relationship, thus further deepening bilateral ties, a senior official has said. 

Japanese retailers have devised a detailed plan, with active support from their Government, to tap the huge potential of the Vietnamese market. 

 There are 21,403 Vietnamese students in the US, giving the Southeast Asian nation the sixth largest source of international students in the country.