The Ministry of Defense has appointed Colonel Nguyen Thanh Nam as Deputy General Director of the Viettel Group.

 Investors are being urged to hold back on moves into Agribank after its initial public offering was postponed until 2020, adding to the list of equitisation delays of state-owned enterprises.

 Vietnam’s revised Securities Law promises to ease restrictions on foreign ownership, although details of the draft bill remain challenged by market participants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 17,000 out of 20,000 online tickets for the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup’s second leg semi-final match between Vietnam and the Philippines have been sold, 

 With an upsurge in both revenue and profit last year that was contrary to the gloomy picture in the year before, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are looking at brighter prospects.

 Foreign investors often find it difficult to pour money into Vietnam’s state-owned enterprises due to the short timeline, a lack of clear available information and a low availability of shares. 

 Gross violations of intellectual property rights (IPR) are commonplace and the market is chock-full of counterfeit and fake versions of leading brands, who choose to keep violations out of the limelight and out of fear of negative publicity. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Companies have been slow in reforming their operations because of the shortage of qualified personnel experienced in advanced technologies. 

 The billion-dollar postal and delivery service industry is turning into a field of intense competition with not only domestic veterans but foreign newcomers as well.

 Hundreds of Vietnamese fans gathered at the office of the Vietnamese Football Federation (VFF) to complain about the sale of tickets for the AFF Cup home leg semi-final against the Philippines.

 Bad Boys Blue will perform in Vietnam in the You're A Woman show in 2019.

 Some experts have expressed their opposition over the demolition of Thuong Tho Palace in HCM City built during the French colonial period to make way for an expanded municipal government building.

The Global Beauties website has predicted that H'hen Nie, the Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2018, will achieve the second runner-up spot at the ongoing global beauty pageant.

Missosology, the world’s number 1 beauty pageant magazine, has listed Minh Tu, the Vietnamese representative at the pageant, among its Second Hot Picks for Miss Supranational 2018.

 ViMariel S.A – a subsidiary of Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) – began construction of the first industrial park in Mariel Special Economic Development Zone (ZEDM) in Cuba on November 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic safety experts want to increase fine on motorbike drivers who illegally use expressways.

 On the evening of December 14, the audience in HCMC can come to an East-meet-West musical space where saxophonist Timothy Sun and pianist Jacqueline Leung from Hong Kong will perform in the cosy space of the Soul Live Project Complex.

In 2010, BK-Holdings at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) signed a deal to transfer the technology used to make tricolor compaq fluorescent powder to Rang Dong Company,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese photography has developed dynamically raising both opportunities and challenges for photographers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals in Da Nang have been overloaded because patients from neighbouring provinces have flocked into the city for medical examinations and treatment, reported online newspaper vov.vn.