The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) on Wednesday held a workshop titled Elevating SMBs into Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Inclusive Global Value Chains in the northern province of Hai Phong.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed tightening control over choosing contractors following the public concerns over slow pace of projects carried out by Chinese firms in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Football Federation has confirmed that all 14,000 tickets for the match between Vietnam and Cambodia in Group A of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 have been sold.

Bamboo Airways and the air carrier run by the joint venture between Thien Minh Group & AirAsia both announced they would take off in 2018. However, the latter has vanished, while the former has delayed its first flights to the year end.

Community-based ecotourism (CBET) is believed to be the best way to develop tourism and protect the environment. However, the performance of some CBET villages has been discouraging.

VietNamNet Bridge - A mobile number portability (MNP) service was launched on November 16, but it is still only available to post-paid subscribers.

Eleven percent of university students say they study English only at school, while nearly 90 percent of students take extra English lessons at foreign language centers or via the internet, because lessons at school are not sufficient to pass exams.

Investment by Chinese enterprises in Vietnam under different modes, from FDI (foreign direct investment) to M&As (merger & acquisition), is on the rise amid the US-China trade war. 

 A Vietjet Air flight had to make an emergency landing following an inaccurate technical warning.

 The Vietnamese Football Federation said a security guard at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi had been fired for letting fans without tickets climb the fence into the stadium.

 In the early 2000s, Vietnam planned to carry out nuclear power projects with Russian involvement, which were expected to begin construction in the Vietnamese central province of Ninh Thuan.

Vietnam remained the smallest local currency bond market among nine economies of emerging East Asia, according to the latest edition of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asia Bond Monitor. 

The Asian media has highlighted Vietnam's defensive strength following the team's performance against Myanmar in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, which was the third consecutive match that Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has let no goal being scored.   

 With the holding of 5.23% stake in PV Oil, SK Energy is second only to Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) which is the state capital representative with 80% stake.

The drill deals with a hypothetical situation of a massive storm collapsing a three-storey shopping mall at the Ta Lung International border gate and burying lots of shoppers.

 Medical alliance HM Group has launched in the central city of Da Nang with the aim of serving 500,000 patients by 2020 and boosting information technology and human resources for hospitals and clinics.

 In Vietnam, books available for people with disabilities remain as low as one percent, but there is hope for the future.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has licensed 17 foreign enterprises specialising in franchises to operate in Vietnam so far this year, according to statistics from the ministry. 

 The Ministry of Finance recently issued Decision No.2141/QD-BTC on reducing and simplifying 176 administrative procedures under its management.

 Since its inception 72 years ago (1946-2018), the Vietnamese sport sector has done more than provide games for the nation to play by enhancing the country’s international integration efforts.