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.

 Vietnam’s stock exchange development is forecast to overtake the Philippines in 2017, stated an article carried by the US financial news agency Bloomberg.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has expressed wish to further strengthen ties with Australia within bilateral cooperation framework as well as at regional and global forums. 

 Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and LOT Polish Airlines signed a co-operation agreement on Wednesday to bring more benefits and travel options to their passengers.

 The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting reported that cold air would start affecting the northern provinces from Thursday afternoon.

 The body of Vietnamese pilot Nguyen Thanh Trung, who was killed in a mid-air collision in the United Kingdom, will be returned to Viet Nam on December 5-6 for the funeral.

 Vietnam is working towards achieving higher levels of food security. In recent years, the country has adopted various measures to boost agricultural product exports, filling gaps in the global food market.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was honoured with the AFC Developing Member Associations of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29.

 Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan excellently won three gold medals at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the United States of America yesterday.

If the target of downsizing the public workforce by at least 10 percent in 2021is obtainable, regular budget spending will slide by 5 percent, equivalent to US$1.98 billion making it easy to build Long Thanh Airport.

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped 27 places to 495th in the world top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals men’s singles rankings.

While mobile payments are becoming more widely used in many countries, the service  remains unpopular in Vietnam, despite the high number of mobile phone subscribers.

 A new law is set to ban bank owners in Vietnam from taking up senior positions at non-financial firms, a move aimed at overhauling the banking sector, which has been mired in cross-holding controversy.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong last week asked competent agencies to promptly bring serious cases to court, especially the case of Trinh Xuan Thanh in January next year, according to Dan Tri news website.

In order to set foot in the pharmaceutical retail market, Mobile World has chosen Phuc An Khang as the first M&A target, DigiWorld (DGW) is determined to deliver functional foods with the first products of Kingsmen.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2017 is the first year Vietnam gained a 2-digit growth rate in wooden furniture exports thanks to heavy investment in technology and design.

 The HCMC government on Sunday unveiled a program to pilot the smart urban model, starting in districts 1 and 12 first.

 Police in Vietnam have busted a ring which specialises in stealing motorbikes for sale in China and Cambodia.

 Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday attended the see-off ceremony for five Vietnamese fishermen and their boat PY-96173-TS which was seized by local authorities in September.