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Nation’s tennis aces to battle in Nghe An

 The National Best Tennis Players Tournament will run from December 17-22 in the central province of Nghe An, the event’s organisers announced yesterday.

Legislators support appointment of chiefs of special administrative units

Lawmakers voiced support for appointing a single chief to run each special administrative-economic unit, instead of setting up People’s Councils and People’s Committees, while discussing a draft law on such units on November 22.

South Korea speeds up for 2018 Winter Olympics

"South Korea has fulfilled up to 99% of the workload for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Peyongchang city from February 9-25, 2018," said Jihye Lee, PR manager of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 

Banks seek foreign partners, consider lifting foreign-ownership cap

Vietnamese commercial banks are planning to sell a stake in their company to foreign investors to attract capital and hasten their restructuring before listing shares on the bourse. 

Cold spell strengthens in northern region

 The cold spell in the northern region strengthened and brought down the temperature to below 8 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas on November 22.

Vietnam Ladies’ amateur golf champs 2017 slated for December

 Some 80 golfers will compete at the Ladies’ National Amateur Golfer Championship  2017, which begins at FLC Quy Nhon Golf Links in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on December 7.

VN-Index hits near decade-high

 The benchmark VN-Index hit an almost decade-high on November 22 after large cash flows poured into blue-chip stocks on investor optimism over a sustainable uptrend.

Freight railway service between Hanoi and China’s Jiangxi launched

 A freight train service between Hanoi and Nanchang city in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi was launched on November 22.

Seminar on East Sea held at European Parliament

 The Gabriel Péri Foundation of France held an international seminar on the East Sea at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on November 21.

NA adopts resolution on North-South Expressway section investment

 With 83.1 percent of approval, the National Assembly approved a resolution on investment policy for the construction of some road sections in the eastern route of the North-South Expressway in 2017-2020.

VN top legislator to visit Singapore, Australia

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay official visits to Singapore and Australia from November 26 to December 2, according to a statement of the NA Committee for External Relations released on November 22.

PM: Vietnam always treasures special ties with Laos

 The Vietnamese Party and State always attach importance to the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam, Russia foster defence ties

Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich has highly valued the deputy ministerial-level defence strategic dialogue between Vietnam and Russia.

Deputy PM Binh meets top RoK legislator

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh had a meeting with the Republic of Korea (RoK) National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun in Seoul on November 22 to seek specific measures to forge the two countries’ future partnership, especially in legislation.

PM Phuc calls for Vietnam-Sweden cooperation expansion

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested Vietnam and Sweden expand cooperation in various realms during his reception for Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström in Hanoi on November 22. 

Vietnam, Belgium agree to step up multi-faceted cooperation

 Vietnam’s Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a political consultation with Secretary General of the Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs of Belgium Dirk Achten in Hanoi on November 22. 

NA deputies debate draft Law on State secret protection

 Deputies of the 14th National Assembly debated the draft Law on the Protection of State Secrets during their November 22 sitting.

Vietnam prepares personal information database

 The Ministry of Public Security is working on a national database that will store and supply “basic” and accurate information about citizens via their personal ID numbers.

Red River Delta faces drought

Though the peak time of the dry season has yet to arrive, the water level on the Red, Thai Binh and Day Rivers has been decreasing, posing a risk of water shortage for hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland.

Vietnam's GDP growth cannot keep pace with an increase in public debt

Vietnam is still under big pressure to call for capital for domestic debt swap, with 50 percent of domestic debts expected to reach maturity in the next three years, according to the World Bank.