The average electricity retail price will officially rise today to VND1,720 (7.6 US cent) per kWh, increasing 6.08 per cent from the current tariff of VND1,622 (7.1 cent) per kWh.

 Viet Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$2.8 billion in the first 11 months of 2017, mainly contributed by the foreign-invested sector, according to a General Department of Customs report.

 Vietnamese exporters can now get all the information they require about the European market at www.viet-export-win.com, which was launched in HCM City on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the EU-MUTRAP Project.

 Shares fell slightly on the HCM Stock Exchange as large-cap stocks were hit by profit-taking after the index touched a fresh 10-year high of 960 points.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has instructed some 60 Vietnamese citizens stuck in the Indonesian island of Bali to leave dangerous areas near Mount Agung, due to volcanic eruption, stated the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

 The Da Nang-based Council of Judges of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court on November 30 upheld a 10-year imprisonment sentence for Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, aka facebooker “Me Nam”.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with Australia’s Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in Canberra on November 30.

Vietnam will constructively work together with other relevant countries to consider the EU’s proposal to join the East Asia Summit (EAS), said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.  

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has issued a direction asking for prompt investigations into recent cases of child abuse and murder exposed by local media means.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide VND1 trillion ($44 million) for localities affected by typhoon Damrey that hit south central provinces early this month. 

 Vietnam always cherishes relations with Ukraine and wants the ties to develop in various channels like state, parliament, government and people-to-people exchanges, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan.

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong welcomed Polish President Adrej Duda on his visit to the city on November 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesspeople are getting rich quickly and have jumped into higher positions on the lists of the wealthiest people in the world. 

 Investors gear up to cash in on Vietnam’s lucrative casino industry as the country’s legal framework for casinos and betting becomes more thorough since its inception earlier this year. 

Under the national standards QCVN 51:2013/BTNMT, the reference oxygen content is 7 percent, but MONRE is allowing Formosa to apply the reference oxygen content of 15 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge - After the May 2017 worldwide cyberattack by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, Vietnamese businesses fear being blackmailed by ransomware again.

The new education law allows in universities to have the right to determine tuition, as well as their missions and development paths.

 The growth of the retail sector in Vietnam is impressive, with market size set to reach 180 billion USD in the next three years. 

New elements added to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership has turned it into a multilateral agreement that not only concerns trade and market issues but also creates the motivation for comprehensive reform.

 The 37th meeting of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Board of Governors kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on November 30, gathering governors from 53 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) members.