The first Vietnam brocade culture festival and Dak Nong investment promotion conference will take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from December 28-30, heard a local press conference on November 27. 

 A modern remake of the famous ballet “The Nutcracker” will be staged at the Hanoi Opera House in the capital city on December 5-6 to welcome the holiday season.

Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh and Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn renewed the efforts to unceasingly cement and deepen the comprehensive cooperation and friendly neighbourliness between the two countries.

 The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as the Industry 4.0, has the potential to bolster Vietnam’s economic output by a further 28.5-62.1 billion USD, equivalent to the GDP growth of 7-16 percent by 2030.

To help boost the Vietnamese automobile industry, the country could do with focusing on its policy stability, market expansion, support industry development, and connectivity reinforcement, according to insiders. 

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to give a reprimand to Bui Quang Vinh, former Minister of Planning and Investment, for his responsibility for wrongdoings in Mobifone’s acquisition of 95 percent of AVG shares.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a cabinet meeting on November 27 on the drafting of Resolution No.01 on major tasks and solutions to implement the socio-economic development and State budget estimate for 2019.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will take the Vietnamese football team directly to Bacolod city in the Philippines for the first-leg semi-final match of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong and forward Nguyen Anh Duc have their names listed in Fox Sports Asia’s the best XI of the group stage of the ongoing 2018 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When winter approaches, locals in the northern province of Cao Bang often cook coóng phù cake (or phù noòng in Tày language) to offer to their ancestors, praying for the severe cold to end.

 Singapore-based Northstar Group has invested 50 million USD in Topica Edtech Group, a technology education company headquartered in Hanoi with more than 1,700 employees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Who doesn’t love a nice bánh mì? It’s often the first choice for lunch, and even the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain once described the Vietnamese bread as ‘a symphony in a sandwich’.

Textile and footwear industries remain bright spots for Vietnam’s economy, Outstanding individuals, organisations in farming honoured, Hung Yen revokes licenses from 14 delayed projects, North-South expressway project to select investors

Traditional medicine shop raided, Dance for Kindness” programme promotes gender equality, Room to Read libraries – favourite place of students, Solidarity Day with Vietnam held in Zurich

Vietnam’s fall in World Economic Forum and World Bank rankings of competitiveness and business environment is not surprising, say economists.

Cu Da vermicelli village is famous not only for being home to ancient French- styled two-story houses, but also for a long tradition of making vermicelli.

VietNamNet Bridge - A system invented by a group of students monitors air quality indoors by measuring the concentration of CO2, CO, NH3, PM 10 and PM 2.5 dust, temperature and humidity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some businesses and IT schools are cooperating on a voluntary basis or through agreements, but there is no clear policy that would allow them to work together to produce high quality staff.

 The Chut are an ethnic group with a very small population living in Huong Khe district, Ha Tinh province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple’s legendary CEO Steve Jobs predicted that the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be the intersection of biology and technology.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tien Giang Province has developed new agricultural production models that provide farmers with a reliable income to cope with climate change in its eastern districts and Go Cong Town.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A gaur was found dead on Monday at the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve in Ma Da Commune, Vinh Cuu District in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 This year, Vietnam has cultivated about 125,000 hectares of tea, including 110,000 hectares for commercial purpose which produced 8.5 tonnes of tea per hectare, according to the Vietnam Tea Association (VITAS).

 n recent days, Da Lat city has been attracting a large number of tourists. They have been flocking to the city from far and wide to come and see not only vibrant yellow wild sunflowers, but also white sunflowers.

Three Vietnamese treats including bún riêu (noodle soup with freshwater crab), snails and bánh mì in Hoi An have been listed among the top 21 dishes of the year by the Australian travel website Traveller.