Although the government’s decree on gold trading management has yet to take effect, some gold bullion producers have halted their processing work.

The consumer price index (CPI) in November rose 0.39 percent against last month, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.38 percent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on Nov. 24.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced that state-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group lost VND10.162 trillion in 2010.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to amend both office and school hours in Hanoi beginning on Jan. 1, 2012.

Localities across Vietnam have reported the total 87,500 hand, foot and mouth patients, ten times from 2010’s figure, the Ministry of Health said.

The first part of a fantasy novel by 5th-grade student Nguyen Binh will be released Nov 17.

Heavy metal band Black Sabbath have announced they are reuniting, more than three decades after the release of their last studio album.