Vietnamese e-commerce startups are capable of competing with international companies, which are increasingly coming to Viet Nam to set up business, delegates heard at a forum yesterday in HCM City.

MobiFone recently received complaints from customers, who reported being spammed with missed calls from a foreign number and subsequently being charged high international call fees.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will hold a roadshow to introduce the sale of its shares in Vietnam Dairy Products JSC on Monday.

 The illegal market for bears and bear parts is still strong in Viet Nam despite the introduction of legislation to ban their sale in 2006.

 Vietnamese film director Dang Nhat Minh recently received an award from France, where cinema was born, at the 36th Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) 2016.

 One thousand colorful wheels will decorate Dao Duy Tu Street of Hanoi’s Old Quarter on November 23, part of a festival celebrating Vietnamese heritage that begins today.

Eleven artists are showing a collection of more than 100 watercolour paintings at the exhibition Homogeneit) at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts.   

 Environment Ministry inspectors fined Ho Ho Hydropower plant in central provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh for violations in water resource management, a ministry official confirmed yesterday at a press conference.

 National Assembly deputies yesterday agreed on a pilot project to issue e-visas to foreigners but wanted it to be more selective and not rushed into implementation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is a must to abandon the use of state money for guest reception.

 The government has approved an increase of 7.3 per cent against the regional minimum wage, starting January 1, 2017.

 Riverbank erosion at several sites in central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Tri following repeated floods in October and November is threatening public works and the lives of nearby residents.

 Despite receiving high scores on the universitiy entrance exam this year, Nguyen Dinh Tuan decided to choose a more practical career by studying automobile engineering at a vocational college

Vietnam’s Ho Thi Kim Ngan won a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Junior Championship, which is ongoing in Canada. 

 A Japan-Vietnam festival, themed “Joining hands together”, kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on November 18, attracting 85 Vietnamese and Japanese exhibitors with nearly 140 stalls.

  Vietnam’s national futsal team will travel to China for an international friendly tournament later next month.

 Foreign capital in agriculture: Low rate, small scale

 A 300 million USD project consisting of a seaport complex and an industrial park at the Dam Nha Mac area in Quang Yen town, the northern province of Quang Ninh, was granted a licence on November 18. 

 Tetra Pak, a leading global food processing and packaging solutions company, has announced plans to invest 110 million USD in setting up a manufacturing facility in Vietnam.

 President Tran Dai Quang highlighted the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US while addressing a workshop with the US – APEC Business Coalition in Lima, Peru, on November 18.