VietNamNet Bridge – A charity concert where orphaned children give “music, love and hope” to the community will be held at the Ha Noi Opera House on December 2.

One startup has done very well by focusing on providing employment opportunities to only women.

 VIF17 co-hosted by Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and Ministry of Information and Communications on November 27 and 28.

 Foreign remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached US$3.9 billion in 10 months leading up to November, said Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City branch Nguyen Hoang Minh.

 A fishing boat has sunk in the waters off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, leaving two dead and four others missing.

 Twenty-eight firms, including Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation and Nui Phao Joint-venture Co., Ltd., have been put under special environmental control by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

A ceremony took place in Hanoi on November 28 to welcome Polish President Andrzej Duda and his spouse, who are paying a four-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with her Singaporean counterpart Tan Chuan-Jin in Singapore on November 28.

 V.League champions Quang Nam FC are faced with the possibility of not qualifying for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2018.

 Viet Nam has embarked on the process of liberalising the power sector, in the hopes of easing electricity shortages, attracting more investment and boosting economic growth.

 Fifteen Vietnamese banks have recently been named in The Asian Bankers’ AB500 ranking and survey of Asia Pacific’s strongest banks.

 The police of HCM City’s District 12 on Tuesday launched an official investigation into a children torturing case at Mam Xanh private kindergarten.

 After a long delay, the Law on Planning was finally adopted by the National Assembly last Friday, making it more convenient for firms and investors to decide on their local business and investment plans. 

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on Tuesday officially launched the first-ever Fintech Challenge Viet Nam to spur innovation in financial services for greater financial inclusion in the country.

 Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) will begin selling diesel under Euro 5 standard, the highest quality of the product in Viet Nam, from the beginning of 2018.

 The business community wants the general departments of Taxation and Customs to carefully consider reforms on tax and customs procedures, so as to create the most favourable business conditions for enterprises.

 Provinces in the Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) region should embrace agricultural technology and modern techniques to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

 Vietnam’s stock market has something to cheer about, as the VN-Index was named among the top three fastest growing markets in the world.

 Staff of the fishery department in central Thua Thien-Hue Province on Monday afternoon released a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) back into the ocean.

 Cantho Catfish came closer to winning the Viet Nam Basketball Association trophy after beating Thang Long Warriors 77-74 in the third leg of the finals on Sunday.