Officers from southern Dong Nai Province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in co-operation with Bien Hoa Chemical Plant, have successfully collected all hydrochloric acid from a sunken ship

 A new report on the potential of heavy industry to combat climate change offers a rare slice of optimism.

Bronze casting in Chè Đông Village in the central province of Thanh Hóa has officially received a certification recognising it as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it the seventh local heritage to receive the title

 VietNamNet Bridge – The movie The Third Wife by director Nguyễn Phương Anh (Ash Mayfair) has won the Best Film title at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival in India.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Monday afternoon announced the death of two Dutch nationals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national taekwondo team bagged seven medals at the 11th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships that concluded on Sunday in Chinese Taipei.

 The country is currently the 47th-largest economy in the world measured by nominal GDP.

 The Ministry of Transport estimated that the total capital for developing the transport infrastructure in the country for 2018-2023 is estimated at roughly (US$48 billion).

 Climbing to the top of Yen Tu mountain on an autumn day delivers tranquility and wonderfully cool weather.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s billiard star Duong Anh Vu beat Spanish player Daniel Sanchez 40-35 in the first qualifying round of Three-Cushion World Cup 2018, held on Saturday in South Korea. 

If a third Samsung facility is built, Vietnam will be involved more deeply in Samsung’s huge supply chain, according to Nguyen Van Toan, deputy chair of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIEs).

 Four people have died in a shooting at a Chicago hospital, including two female members of staff and a police officer, and the gunman himself.

 Nissan and Mitsubishi shares have slumped in early Tokyo trade, after the arrest of chairman Carlos Ghosn.

Joining the CPTPP will help create 17,000-27,000 jobs each year for Vietnamese workers from 2020, Director of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs Dao Quang Vinh has said.

 After the welcome ceremony, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc laid a wreath at Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi, visited the Presidential Palace.

 Forty two percent of surveyed companies reported that they countered difficulties in applying for business licences in Vietnam, said General Secretary of the VCCI Nguyen Quang Vinh.

 Ten Asian small-clawed otters (Aonex cinerea) have been rescued from illegal traders by the Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) in the northern province of Nam Dinh.

 Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich led a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army on November 19 began activities within the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange. 

 As wildlife-related crimes are able to generate profits almost equal to those from the trafficking of drugs, firearms, and human beings, they are quickly becoming increasingly more of a threat to Vietnam.

 The 14th National Assembly adopted five laws on November 19 during its sixth session.

 Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse chaired an official welcome ceremony for Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in Hanoi on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being a teacher standing in front of a blackboard was Huynh Thi Xam’s childhood dream but she thought it was impossible due to her disabilities.

 An exhibition on Vietnam’s cultural heritage will take place at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi between November 23 and 25.

 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his two-day official visit to Vietnam on November 19 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

From Street to Stage, a special programme of xam (blind buskers singing) performances has recently taken place in Hanoi to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day which falls on November 23.