Four senior figures behind efforts to limit climate change have warned that the planet "is at a crossroads" as key talks opened a day early in Poland.

National volunteer festival 2018 launched, Solutions sought to preserve Tay Nguyen gong culture, First Russia-Vietnam Youth Forum kicks off in St. Petersburg, VNRC launches fitness challenge to help needy people

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese policymakers want Vietnam to be one of the first countries to deploy 5G by 2020.

In early November, the Kon Tum provincial police discovered a large amount of wildlife carried on a bus that went through the province. The wildlife seized included crocodiles and turtles of different species. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many problems face Vietnam’s education sector, but they do not represent the entire system, analysts say.

 Viet Nam’s real estate market must solve many difficulties to increase the number of foreigners buying property in Viet Nam, experts said.

 The property market awaits technical standards for the development of small apartments, which may become a trend to deal with the housing crisis caused by the country’s rapid urbanisation.

BIDV affirmed all of its operations were stable, safe and effective while the legal and legitimate rights of customers and shareholders were being ensured following the arrest of former chairman Tran Bac Ha.

 Property firms look to stocks for capital, Seafood export earnings surge 6.8 percent in 11 months, Credit growth to slow to 14 percent in next five years, Manufacturing growth poses challenges for labour market

 Former Vietnamese footballer Le Cong Vinh is the youngest candidate running for a place on the  executive committee of the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) for the 2018-22 term.

 Viet Nam are half way to the final of the AFF Suzuki Cup.

 Over the last five years, there were 19,300 donors that were brain dead or had no heartbeat, the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation (NCCOT) reported.

 Tran Minh Nguyet, 22, a backpacker from HCM City who experienced her first trip to Hanoi early last month, said her smartphone was the one thing she could not live without during her three-day trip to the capital city.

 The HCM City Department of Transport has sought permission to rent 100 more cameras to monitor traffic safety, saying there are no cameras on a number of streets and intersections, which poses difficulties for authorities to tackle traffic problems.

 The Vietnam Tourism Hanoi JSC debuted its double-decker bus tour on November 30, offering free-of-charge services for passengers until December 2.

 A new study has provided the first detailed information about the Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) – a little-known lagomorph not discovered until 1995.

 Stunning pieces of art created by Lao Cai high school students using artificial intelligence (AI) software is one of the highlights of a project implemented by the Korean Institute for Arts and Culture Development in Lao Cai province.

 MicroDragon, a made-in-Vietnam earth observation satellite, will be launched into space in Japan on January 17, 2019, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Saint Petersburg plans big for Vietnam Year in Russia, HCM City wants to bolster ties with China’s Hunan province, Party official reiterates importance of cooperation with US, Vietnamese intellectuals in Germany urged to further help homeland  

 The 2018 Information Security Index of Vietnam was 45.6 percent, a figure at average level, reported by Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) in Hanoi on November 30.

 Hundreds of local people and foreigners came to the French food and cultural festival “Balade en France” at Hoa Lu Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on its opening night on December 1.

 The People’s Court of Buon Ho town in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on November 30 sentenced Huynh Thuc Vy, 33, to 2 years and 9 months in prison for insulting the national flag.

 A high-level delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea from December 4-7.

 The Sa Pa winter festival 2018 is underway in Sa Pa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai with a wide range of splendid activities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two possible scenarios in Vietnam exist: exporting more products and becoming suppliers to Walmart and IKEA, or becoming a place for Chinese goods to transit before going to the US.