The world-famous classical ballet The Nutcracker will be back at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 8, 9 and 10 to welcome the Christmas season.

Le Hoang Tai, deputy head of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade), and Pascale Delcomminette, CEO of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX), signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for collaboration between the two agencies in Hanoi on November 27.

The Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy, Ministry of Industry and Trade, will organise the Vietnam E-commerce Development conference on December 1 at Daewoo Hotel, Hanoi.

A surge in global prices has driven gold to historic heights in the domestic market, with SJC gold bars and 9999 gold rings reaching the highest price since the beginning of the year.

Director Bui Thac Chuyen and the crew of Tro Tàn Rực Rỡ (Glorious Ashes) have won various awards at the 23rd Vietnam National Film Festival which took place last in Da Lat City, the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank - HDB) received the Board of the Year Award given by the Vietnam Institute of Directors (VIOD) at the Annual Forum on Corporate Governance in Hanoi on November 22.

The central city of Da Nang has called for cooperation and investment programmes from Intel, Marvell Technology Group and Synopsys in building the city into a global semiconductor manufacturing centre.

Vietnamese firms should foster their imports of raw materials from the United Kingdom (UK) to enjoy preferential tariffs brought by the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), trade experts have suggested.

Enterprises in the shipping industry reported disappointing third-quarter business results with several companies facing losses.

Paysage Dans L’oubli (Landscape of Oblivion), a French opera written by playwright Olivier Dhénin Hữu, will premiere at the HCM City Opera House on November 26.