Viet Nam’s sovereign fund State Capital Investment Corporation will auction a 9 per cent stake comprising 130.63 million shares in the Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) at the HCM Stock Exchange on December 2.

 Viet Nam’s import-export turnover by November 15 was on the threshold of US$300 billion, up $100 billion against 2011, the latest preliminary statistics from the General Department of Customs showed.

 With a 91.08 percent approval, the 14th National Assembly passed a resolution on piloting the issuance of e-visa for foreigners at the second session’s sitting on November 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The National Assembly is the legislature body. It not only waits for bills submitted to modify but has to weigh the disadvantages for this group and disadvantages for other groups.

 Each year, environmental pollution causes Vietnam an economic loss of 5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and the figure is expected to rise, said Dinh Duc Truong, deputy head of the Economics and Environment Faculty.

 Some 3,000 businesses will take part in Online Friday 2016, the year’s largest e-commerce event, to be held on December 2, the first Friday of the month.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, Head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has highlighted Vietnam’s comprehensive international integration at a meeting with UN officials.

Sounthone Sayachak , head of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations, underlined the significance of the upcoming visit to Laos by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in an interview with VNA.

 The ninth Summit of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will take place in Cambodia from November 23-24, aiming to strengthen solidarity and cooperation between the three countries. 

Fund management companies that have been in Vietnam a long time are moving ahead with plans to raise new funds in anticipation of great opportunities.

 In spite of expressing ambitions to acquire a larger share in Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk), as of now, Fraser & Neave Ltd. (F&N) has yet to register to the bidding expected to start on December 2.

 The nation should aim at secure, sustained financing of the State Budget for the next five years by reducing deficits, increasing spending efficiency and tackling tax fraud, a new Politburo Resolution says.

 Viet Nam pocketed one silver and two bronze medals at the first Wushu Taolu World Cup, which ended on Sunday in Fuzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province.

 Vietnamese karate martial artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan has been appointed as a member of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Athletes Commission, according to Vu Son Ha, head of the karate section of the National Sports Administration.

 President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation arrived in Rome on November 21 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit to Italy from November 21-24, at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella.

VietNamNet Bridge - Building more golf courses to develop tourism is believed to be one of the ways for poor provinces to develop local economies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite repeated warnings and sanctions, the Lam Thao Fertilizers and Chemicals JSC is still discharging substandard waste water into the Red River, causing pollution and harming people’s lives along the river.

Favorable natural conditions and the government’s determination to allow Mekong Delta to develop environmentally friendly energy have both contributed to investment opportunities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Of the five most popular investment channels, the real estate sector brings the most satisfactory profits as investors not only can expect profits from price increases, but also from property leasing.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) initiative to include citizenship education as a high-school final exam subject would help ease school violence.