​According to the Hanoi Statistics Offices` report, Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in November increases by 0.47 percent over October and a year-on-year rise of 5.45 percent.

On November 30, at the talks with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that Australia continues to see Vietnam as one of its key partners in Asia-Pacific.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union (EU) has agreed to provide US$3.9 million of ODA for sustainable green growth projects.

Over the past two decades, official development assistance (ODA) has been a key source of funding for infrastructure projects, which has helped Vietnam make great socio-economic strides.

The southern province of Binh Duong on December 17 granted investment licenses to 30 projects, with 29 of them directly invested by foreign investors.