The joint co-ordination committee of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area will hold its 11th meeting in the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Phuoc from December 15-19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An Australian-funded programme called Aus4Reform was officially launched Wednesday to boost the productivity and competitiveness of Vietnam’s economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ten years after it came into effect, Vietnam’s mandatory helmet law still struggles to address quality issues and raise motorbike riders’ awareness of the need for safe helmets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music lovers can enjoy a concert featuring French conductor Nathalie Marin and soloist Vu Viet Chuong on December 15 at the Ha Noi Opera House.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe it is not by chance that Samsung, Ant Financial Services and Facebook  joined the Vietnamese fintech market this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The graduates of the London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF) will showcase fashion collections inspired by the Industrial Revolution 4.0 on December 15-17 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inventors of truc chi, an artistic medium in which the artist’s designs are printed onto a special form of paper, are organising camps for artists and students in Hue.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Wednesday agreed in principle on the Government’s regulations on galleries and exhibitions as well as the establishment of Ninh Cuong Township

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to reshuffle Vinacomin in 2017-2020, aiming to make the firm a strong economic group with high technology and a highly professional governance model.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem ranked ninth after 11 rounds of the blitz chess event during the International Mind Sports Association Elite Games.

 Vietnam ranked third overall at the 16th Asian Finswimming Championship which closed in China on December 12.

The Government of Vietnam always accords top priority to the protection and care of children with disabilities, and looks to create the best conditions in education for them to integrate well into society, a senior official said December 13.

 Shipping volume through the coastal route Quang Ninh-Quang Binh-Binh Thuan-Kien Giang in the first ten months of the year increased 154 percent to 21 million tonnes of cargo compared to the same period last year.

 The proposal by the Innovative Technology Development (ITD) Corporation to build tollbooths around the Ho Chi Minh City centre has met with criticism from experts working in various fields.

 Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich hosted separate receptions for war veteran delegations from Laos and Cambodia, who are in Hanoi to attend the 6th National Congress of the Vietnam War Veterans’ Association (VWVA).

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Phan Kieu Thu was elected the 7th Secretary General of the Colombo Plan on December 12.

 Further improving the business environment and facilitating the private sector’s development were part of the focus at the Vietnam Business Forum. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City requires strong commitment at the leadership level to develop a bus rapid transit system, a workshop heard yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Best Tennis Players Tournament will be organised in Nghe An Province from December 17 to 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forward Nguyen Anh Duc has been selected as one of the Asia XI of November 2017 by Football Tribe, a website specialising in continental football.