A dialogue was held on December 10 in Washington DC, the US, with around 300 representatives from four Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries discussing the trade deal's opportunities and challenges.

Global trade agreements including the Trans-Pacific Partnership of which Vietnam is a party, will require improved management of production and services from local companies, including more effective use of supply chains, Ho Thanh Phong, rector of Ho Chi Minh International University, has said.

International anti-corruption experts on December 9 shared their experience with Vietnamese partners while gathering at a dialogue in Hanoi to discuss the enforcement of the anti-corruption law.

Despite recent positive shifts in national traffic safety, the death toll from accidents this year still stood at about 9,000 people, and was "too high for the country to afford", said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 8.

Six Vietnamese non-governmental organisations set up a network for migrant workers called M.net, which aims to help migrant workers receive better social welfare services and voice their opinions on political issues.

No 10 seed Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam's premiere shuttler, was ousted from the K&D Graphics/Yonex Grand Prix on December 8 in California.

Vietnam's Ly Hoang Nam defeated Gao Xin of China 7-5, 6-2 in the first round match of the Cambodia F3 Futures tennis tournament in Phnom Penh on December 8.

When the world's longest ocean race, the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race, visits Danang City's port in February, Nguyen Tran Minh An from Cam Le District will make a heroic return home as the city's first resident to compete in the globally renowned challenge.

The electricity tariffs in Vietnam could be lower if the country develops renewable energies and promotes liberalisation alongside.

Vietnam – the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s economic co-operation has gained great achievements in the last 20 years, and it is expected to become even more significant in the next 20 years, delegates heard at a seminar held on December 8 in Ho Chi Minh City.