VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Giang, a 12-year-old student in Hanoi, was impressed by a photo of the Sphingidae Moth Caterpillar terrifying predators with its snake-like shape.

The annual KOVA Prize 2017 honoured contributions of two groups, eight outstanding individuals and seven students for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied science and technology, and social welfare, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Midfielder Dinh Thanh Trung of Quang Nam FC was voted as the best player of the V.League 2017 season in a gala ceremony held in Hanoi on Saturday.

The increasing number of Vietnamese suppliers who provide parts and components to Samsung would not only help Samsung Viet Nam (SEV) reduce its production costs, but also develop the country’s auxiliary industry.

 Following the implementation of a provisional tax on imported fertilisers, more things need to be done to help balance benefits of both local producers’ and farmers’ benefits, industry insiders have agreed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long Warriors came from behind to beat Cantho Catfish 95-80 to win the second Viet Nam Basketball Association league on Sunday in Hanoi.

 November’s uptrend in Viet Nam’s stock market could extend on the back of strong capital inflows from both domestic and foreign investors, analysts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Son Nam won the National Futsal Cup title after defeating Hai Phuong Nam 2-1 in the finals yesterday at the Da Nang’s Tien Son Sports Palace.

 In a recent article, the paper quoted a group of travelers who explored the world’s largest cave as saying that it is “a sanctuary, a lost world below the surface - a unique ecosystem.”

 Torrential rains are forecast for central provinces from Quang Binh southward to Phu Yen and the northern part of the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands on December 4 and 5, posing threat of widespread flooding. 

 The central province of Phu Yen has launched the first public solar power project in the provincial capital city of Tuy Hoa after six months of construction.  

 There were no injuries or deaths reported in a fire at the shopping centre Mir on the Avenue of Victory, Orenburg city, Russia, also known as “the mall of Vietnamese”, last weekend.

 Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City and the province of Gyeongsangbuk of the Republic of Korea established cooperative ties in the Vietnamese city on December 3. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Vo Thanh Tung brought home a bronze medal from the World Para Swimming Championship in Mexico on Saturday.

  Mismanagement has led to an increase in dangerous incidents involving radio-active materials in Viet Nam, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac.

 Truong Thi Kim Tuyen won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final’s Ivory Coast leg on Saturday.

 Tran Anh Tu was selected chairman of the Viet Nam Professional Football (VPF) company’s board of directors at an annual meeting, which concluded in Hà Nội yesterday.

 FLC Thanh Hoa, the runners-up of the national V.League, will represent Viet Nam at the Asian Football Confederation Champions League 2018.

 Readers, especially children, can now go on a journey through one of the wildest and most biodiverse parts of the world - a range of rugged mountains bordering Laos and Viet Nam, the Truong Son Mountain Range.

 Urban planning in HCM City must be supervised and improved to avoid wasting land, experts said at a meeting late last week.

Fifty-two Vietnamese people have won Australia Awards Scholarships and will soon leave the country to undertake postgraduate studies at the Australian university of their choice. 

 Three out of four packages for advertising on HCM City buses have gone unsold, with prospective advertisers blaming it on the high rates.

 Turning tourism into one of Vietnam’s spearhead economic sectors in addition to the digital economy and agriculture is seen as a viable strategy for national development.

 Thu Thiem’s land prices forecast to rise 30-35%, Polish group acquires Vietnamese pharma company, Vietnam Expo 2017 to open in HCM City, Uber, Grab to face tax inspection next year

VietNamNet Bridge - A total of VND35.3 trillion of corporate income tax has been exempted for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs), according to the MInistry of Finance.