Vietnamese basketball club Saigon Heat continued their perfect start to the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) season on Wednesday, beating CLS Knights in Indonesia 76-64 in their third game.

 The Greater Mekong Subregion biodiversity conservation corridors and project management plans will be put into operation from 2019, said Vice Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Environment Nguyen The Dong.

Vietnam Airlines will arrange one more direct flight from HCM City to Bacolod in the Philippines to serve football fans.

 Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Cambodian Government on an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8.

 The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) announced on November 29 that it will carry out 190 audits next year, many of which are on major investment projects of public concern.

 The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on November 29 brought a foreign sailor, who was in an occupational accident and suffered a fatal injury, to Nha Trang port of the central province of Khanh Hoa for treatment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 people across Vietnam have been trapped by a loan shark based in HCM City with total loans worth more than VND510 billion (US$22 million). 

The Police Investigation Agency has detained and searched the homes of four people for their suspected involvement in legal violations via banking operations at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). 

 As many as 25,000 online tickets for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018’s second leg semi-final match between Vietnam and the Philippines have been sold out, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said.

 Total State budget collection from the beginning of the year until November 15 was estimated at 1.16 quadrillion VND (49.78 billion USD), up 16.1 percent as compared to the same period last year.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged authorities in Vietnam’s coastal localities to speed up the installation of satellite-positioning Movimar devices to monitor fishing boats.

 Special tours of the best places of interest in Ho Chi Minh City are being offered as part of a promotion programme of the southern economic hub of Vietnam from now through 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in South Africa with several lion bones, lion meat and tools which police believe were used to process the bones.

 Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh and Earl Howe - Minister of State for Defence of the UK co-chaired the first Vietnam-UK Defence Policy Dialogue in London on November 28.

 Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 29.

 The retail banking segment has contributed significantly to banks’ revenue this year.

 A flight of budget carrier Vietjet Air from Ho Chi Minh City encountered a problem while landing at Buon Ma Thuot Airport, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on late November 29.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team has climbed two spots to find itself on the list of world’s top 100 for this month, according to the latest International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) rankings released on November 29.

 Vietnamese movie Nguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) on November 29 received the Best Artistic Contribution in International Competition awards at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).

 Considered a clean alternative to coal-fired power, gas power plants in Vietnam are challenged by the price of electricity.

 About 130km southwest of Vinh in Nghe An, Pu Mat National Park is known not only for its splendid landscapes but also for the mysteries of the Dan Lai ethnic group with the habit of sleeping upright.

Credit growth to slow to 14% in next five years, F88 raises funding from European investor, S Korean insurer to acquire stake of VietinBank Insurance, ViettelPay information security certified          

Hanoi to provide vitamin A to nearly 448,000 children, Conservation organisations urge more penalties for wildlife crime, Day boarding keeps ethnic minority students in class, Car with six dead monkeys stopped

VietNamNet Bridge - While analysts say the motorbike market is becoming saturated, they believe the electric motorbike market segment has great potential.

 Tourism and heritages are always seen in a two-way relationship: heritages provide invaluable resources for tourism development, while tourism facilitates the promotion of heritage values and vice versa.