President Truong Tan Sang asked the central province of Thanh Hoa to step up administrative reform, making it easier to attract more foreign investors at a working session with its authorities in the locality on December 8.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his wish that outgoing Russian Ambassador Andrei Kovtun, in any position he undertakes in the future, will do his part for the ties between Vietnam and Russia, at a reception in Hanoi on December 8.
The National Steering Committee for Flood Control and Prevention on December 8 sent three teams to the south central, Central Highlands, and south eastern regions to examine local preparations for typhoon Hagupit, which is forecast to reach the East Sea in early December 9.
Many giant international retail groups such as Auchan, Robinson and Walmart are likely to set up more convenience stores, supermarkets and big commercial centres in Vietnam when the country completely opens its retail market next year, said the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF).
Credit organisations posted a growth of 10.22% in the first 11 months of 2014, according to the latest statistics released by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education and the Steering Committee for External Information Service are organising the first National External Information Service Awards 2014.
A collection of Indonesian glass paintings are on display at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.
An Australian national was caught transporting 379.69 gram of heroin at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the municipal customs department reported on December 7.
The Wild Animal Rescue Centre of Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An handed over two Indochinese tigers to the Hanoi centre for wild animal rescue and forest protection on December 7.
The southern province of Binh Duong inaugurated its first international passenger bus service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 6.