Hanoi authorities have successfully planted one million trees in the past three years in a project that cost VND256bn (USD11m), said Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

 An orphan who lives in a pagoda in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been continuously physically abused by a monk.

 Tourists who are aged between 7 and 16 will enjoy a 20% entrance fee discount when visiting Ha Long Bay from next year.

 The golf course in Tan Son Nhat Airport will be closed for airport expansion according to the latest golf course planning by the Department of Planning and Architecture.  

 Vietnam signed over 50 cooperation agreements and treaties with countries, territories, and international sports organisations around the world during 1998 to 2016, a period that has seen the most thriving development in the sporting sector.

 Police of the central province of Thanh Hoa has issued a wanted notice for a 27-year-old man accused of “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”.

 The US – China trade war would generate more opportunities than challenges for Vietnam’s real estate market, experts said at the Vietnam Real Estate Summit (VRES) in Hanoi on December 12.

 Hanoi’s determination of curtailing state employees is among missions to curb state budget deficit which the whole country is striving for.

 There remains large potential for the future growth of Vietnam’s retail market, given by the country’s large population with rising income and improved living standards.

 Liver cancer in Vietnam is increasing rapidly and mortality is high due to shortage of hepatitis B vaccination.

All land dispute issues involving Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCMC’s District 2 will be fully addressed by next year, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, said at a meeting held early this week.

 The Ministry of Public Security-prepared draft of a law on entry and exit has a provision requiring an electronic chip to be attached to Vietnamese passports to store biometric data and identification information.

 After an eight-month investigation into Grab’s acquisition of Uber in the Vietnamese market, the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) has concluded that the deal violated the economic concentration rules of the 2014 Competition Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Quang, CEO of BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, said making phones is like making pho (a traditional dish of Vietnam). 

 The People’s Court in the south-central province of Binh Thuan opened a trial on December 12, for a total of 12 defendants, including some customs officers, who were involved in the country’s largest-ever fuel smuggling ring worth US$86 million.

 China will remain the country’s greatest potential tra fish buyer over the next two years despite its strict regulations on tra fish imports, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, retailers from the east to the west, including Walmart, Fairprice and LotteMart, travel around the world and come to Vietnam to seek suppliers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The shortage of teachers of English in Vietnam has become so serious that some language centres are employing native English speakers without qualifications.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some corporations in Vietnam have committed to reuse and recycle 100 percent of their waste to improve environmental quality.

The An Thoi archipelago, Kien Giang province, is one of the few islands that have retained its pristine beauty with a crystal clear blue sea, fine white sands and Vietnam’s most stunning coral reefs.

 Euromonitor International, the world’s leading independent provider of strategic market research, has announced the list of top 100 city destination of 2018, with three being in Vietnam.

 The German Christmas Market will be held for the second time at Cua Bac Church in Hanoi, offering handicraft gifts and musical performances to local people from December 13-15.

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has retained its forecast for Vietnam’s economic growth at 6.9 percent in 2018 and 6.8 percent in 2019 in its new report.