IMS Health has placed Vietnam into the group of 17 most pharmerging markets which are expected to consume one-third of total global consumption in the future instead of one-fourth as currently seen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 19th BTV Cup international football tournament will be held on December 20-30 in Binh Duong Province.

The Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2018, looked both wonderful and impressive as she wore a sequin cocktail dress to the Welcome Dinner Party of the beauty pageant.

Foreign buyers accounted for 50% of all successful residential deals, meaning that they are not merely entering Vietnam to set up operations but they are committed to keeping their money here.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has introduced an Ao dai collection as part of the Vietnam-the Republic of Korea friendly cultural exchange that took place in Busan on December 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang plans to get residents to sort their own waste before throwing it out in Thanh Khe and Son Tra districts from March next year.

Coach Park Hang-seo said he’s feeling the pressure, but was confident his Vietnam side would have a good game against the Philippines in the second leg of the AFF Cup semi-final tonight in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is reviewing the legal framework for the ratification of the ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s automobile industry needs support from government to reduce production costs and become a player in the regional automobile market, experts say.

 Many of the local people want to use electricity originating from renewable energy sources as it is offered at reasonable prices and can replace other materials, including coal, which is facing an acute shortage, officials said. 

About 4,300 State white-collar employees of Hanoi will be laid off next year, according to a decision by the Ha Noi’s People’s Council. Following the move, the city will have a total of 153,875 white-collar workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special Christmas Concert will be held from 6pm to 10 pm on December 19 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.

A wide range of circus acts dazzled wanderers in pedestrian streets around Sword Lake on December 2, 2018, as part of the National Circus Competition 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s Tran Tuan Minh won gold in the men’s standard chess event after nine rounds at the National Sports Games yesterday in the capital.

 Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that US$584.1 million had been disbursed for the first metro line project in HCMC, so the debt to Japanese construction and consultancy contractors was not too high.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is facing coastal erosion which has worsened over recent years.

 Vietnam has set a target to gain per capita income of around USD10,000 by 2035, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

 Vietnam will eventually have the highest labor cost in the region related to hiring expat workers if these workers are forced to apply for social insurance, officials said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat narrowly lost to Macau Black Bears 95-97 in the Asian Basketball League at Nanhai Gymnasium, China.

 Vietnam may drop from the top spot as the world’s largest pepper producer, as many other producers such as Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia are increasing their productivity and output in pepper production.