A huge gap exists between curricula taught at universities and job requirements of enterprises, a university lecturer said at a workshop on cooperation between companies and universities, held in HCM City on September 14.

 Up to 5,000 tonnes of rice that are the gift of the Vietnamese Party, State and people for the Cuban people were symbolically presented at a ceremony in Havana on September 14.

 The Vietnamese Government Office and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on September 14 signed a Record of Discussion for Project to Build Professional and Efficient State Operation for Improvement of Business Environment.

 The Sense Market under the 23/9 Park in HCM City is going to be shut down as the authorities plan to reorganise the park.

 As growth in Southeast Asia’s online economy gains pace, tech companies will drive office occupancy and potentially account for 15 to 25 per cent of annual gross office leasing volumes in the next decade.

 The Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is proceeding to sell a maximum of 60 million treasury stocks on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, the second sale of its kind since its debut in April 2017.

 The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) is planning to buy up to VND32trillion (USD1.28bn) of bad debts with special bonds and VND3.5trn (USD140m) with money at market value.

 Vietnam has been listed in the top ten countries receiving the highest overseas remittances worldwide, according to a report jointly conducted by UNDP and the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 Hanoi many ban traffic from several bridges when Superstorm Mangkhut arrives early next week.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave an interview to The Straits Times of Singapore on Vietnam’s policy making and stance on protectionism, ASEAN’s urgent issues and solutions to digital economic development of Vietnam.

 Viet Nam’s stock market capitalisation increased 13 per cent against the end of last year, reaching nearly VND3.97 quadrillion (US$169.5 billion) by the end of August.

 The Ministry of Transport plans to open new routes for commercial flights from nations that send tourists to Viet Nam to develop tourism into one of the country’s main economic sectors.

 The ongoing exploitation of petroleum resources in Viet Nam threatens to outpace exploration of new sites, which could lead to a drop in the country’s oil and gas output.

 Vietnamese firm Go-Viet is the latest app to join Ha Noi’s ride-hailing market, providing customers in the capital another option for instant motorcycle taxi and delivery services.

 The Vietnamese Golden Ball Award 2018 officially kicked off yesterday in HCM City.

 Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company has sought a license to export a few hundred tons of petroleum products at market prices, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed.

Vietnam holds aspirations to become a country with prosperous development, inferior to no other countries’ in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the Vietnam Business Summit in Hanoi on September 13.

 Consumption of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 nationwide increased 31.8 percent in the first half of this year to 1.78 million cubic metres, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Premier League trophy reached Hanoi on September 13 as part of its tour through 20 countries and territories worldwide.

Since the beginning of August, the interbank interest rates have stayed at high levels of 4.5-4.6 percent per annum for overnight, 1-week, 2-week and 1-month term loans, the highest rates since late 2016.