The 105km Hanoi- Hai Phong Highway opens to the public today, Dec. 5.

 The arrival of the TPP presents Vietnam’s logistics sector with the possibility of becoming a key part of regional and even global transport if cooperation comes from other sectors and also authorities to help it develop.

Vietinbank volleyballer Pham Kim Hue, who is dubbed the Beauty Queen of Vietnam Volleyball has decided to retire from competition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This special market opens for a few hours, from 3pm to 6pm, and only from October through December, when field mice are fat and often hide in holes to avoid the cold.

A national database of the real estate market in Vietnam will be developed in an effort to provide basic market indicators with greater accuracy and improve the market transparency.

Ninety percent of 2,000 plastics companies are small and medium sized, and have problems in capital and technology access. This gives foreign investors an opportunity to acquire companies to penetrate Vietnam's promising market.

Only a third of the agencies and enterprises in Vietnam have set regulations for information security; 57 percent of corporations didn't either nor have investment funding for their information security programme upgrading or constructing.

 More than 70 Vietnamese and international scientists and other experts and officials from ministries and international organisations discussed ongoing research into the impact of dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River..

Vietnam will start the construction on its first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan in 2020, six years later than scheduled, to ensure safety and efficiency, said Hoang Anh Tuan, director general of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency.

Over 70 percent of businesses in the Mekong Delta are suffering from the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

Indicators in National Financial Supervisory Commission report in good shape.

 Indonesia plans to import one million tonnes of rice from Vietnam to meet the country’s high demand, according to Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Mayerfas.

 Vietnam ’s inflation is forecast to rebound to 4.9 percent in 2016 while the Gross Domestic Product growth is forecast at 6.7 percent, according to the December report of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province granted an investment license to Taiwan-based Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Ltd, Co. on December 4 for the construction of a 1-billion-USD paper plant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All students at the Viet Nam National University-HCM City (VNU-HCM) are required to study in an intensive English programme at the school,

A flux of investment waves from Japanese businesses are coming to Vietnam’s agricultural sector, which plays an important role in the national development.

The 104th council meeting of the International Investment Bank (IIB) opened in Hanoi on December 4, along with a business forum on global opportunities for local sustainable development in Vietnam. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has told President of International Investment Bank Nikolay Kosov that Vietnam’s Government support IIB’s plan for comprehensive reforms to develop the bank in accordance with international standards.

Vietnam and Japan agreed to boost collaboration at international and regional forums at their 6th strategic dialogue in Tokyo, Japan on December 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of injecting money into listed shares, foreign investment funds are now paying more attention to private equities.