Filmmaker Mauricio Osaki from Brazil won the Grand Prix worth US$3,000 for his film “The Paths of My Father” at the 5th Autumn Cinema Meeting which ended in Da Nang City on December 5.

 Standing Deputy Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem signed a document that private preschools in the city have to complete overhaul.

 As per the Vietnam Medical Association's latest study, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are still heavy burden for the health sector. Moreover, they are by far the leading cause of death in the country.

 Boom of fast fashion trend lately in the country has offered challenges and opportunities for local textile and garment firms.

 Viettel ranks first among the 50 most valuable brands in Vietnam at US$2.569 billion, the military-run telecoms company announced on December 5.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on December 6 launched a national hotline for children protection at 111 instead of the old number 18001567 that had been used for the past 13 years.

 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is universal and unified, stated Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN.

 Traditional weddings in Hue in the 1960s and 1970s the focus of exhibition at Hue Culture Museum until February 2.

Smart Industry World 2017 saw the participation of state management bodies, researchers, experts, and the business community to discuss future orientations and methods to attract investment and develop the Vietnamese smart industry.

Wonder Park in Long An province, a wind farm in Bac Lieu, and Am Tien cave in Ninh Binh, to name a few, are the top hotspots for tourists in 2017.

 Two Vietnamese universities have refused to attend the Ministry of Education and Training’s education quality accreditation.

 Vietnamese weightlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong won a silver medal in the women’s 50kg category at the 2017 World Para Swimming and Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City on December 5.

 The Red River, running through northern Vietnam, offers the chance to discover a rural way of life that has hardly changed for centuries. For those with one more day to spare in Hanoi, a cruise along the Red River is the perfect city escape. 

 Mrs Universe Vietnam 2016 Hang Nguyen will serve as an honourable judge at Mrs World Peace 2017 scheduled to take place in Manila, the Philippines on December 10 at the invitation of the organising board of the pageant.

 Natural disasters have killed 385 people, injured 654 others in Vietnam and caused a loss of VND59.3 trillion (USD2.7 billion) for the country so far this year.

 Hanoi’s Department of Tourism estimated that by the end of 2017, the capital city will have welcomed more than 23.8 million visitors for earnings of roughly 71 trillion VND (3.1 billion USD).

 Nations have agreed that the world needs to completely stop plastic waste from entering the oceans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Goethe Institute will hold a series activities for the Christmas season at Cua Bac Church. They will begin on December 14.

 Masan Beverage Company Limited (MB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Masan Consumer Corporation, plans to make an offer to buy out Vinacafe Bien Hoa Corporation (VCF).

 National carrier Vietnam Airlines organised a ceremony to welcome the 200 millionth passenger at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, HCM City, on Tuesday.

For artist Tran Thi Thu, abstract expressionist painting is a medium in which she can find herself. It’s fitting, then, that her first solo exhibition at the Viet Nam Museum of Fine Arts bears her name, titled Thu.

 The first-ever Maekyung Korea-Viet Nam Forum will begin in Ha Noi on December 6, as part of activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Viet Nam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations.

 Experts at a wind energy workshop on Tuesday recommended sustainable solutions for development of the wind power sector in Viet Nam.

 Korean Kim Heung Soo, CEO of Daekwang Maika Co., Ltd based in HCM City and Daekwang Apparel JSC in Binh Duong Province, said he had been in Viet Nam for almost 25 years and his business is “very good.”

 Although the fine art and handicraft industry has great potential to grow, poor quality design and low competitiveness are hindering the industry, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh on Tuesday.