Viet Nam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) has submited a request to Binh Dinh Province People’s Commitee for a licence to dump 439,000cu.m of waste mud into Quy Nhon City’s sea.

 Nearly 16ha of natural forests in Canh Thuan Commune, Van Canh District, Binh Dinh Province, were recently chopped down, according to a report of the provincial forest protection branch.

 Saigon Heat came back from their defeat last week to beat Danang Dragons 79-64 in Game 41 of the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) league on Tuesday.

 Following double-digit growth in the past five years the in-home fast-moving consumer goods nutrition market in Viet Nam reached $4.1 billion last year and is forecast to reach US$6 billion in 2020.

 The water level of rivers in Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces and in provinces from Thua Thien Hue to Ninh Thuan, as well as the northern area of the Central Highlands, has been rising.

 One month after the devastating flood in October, the damaged section of National Road 217 that passes through the central province of Thanh Hoa has not been completely repaired.

 Mong Cai City police in the northern province of Quang Ninh, in co-operation with the border guard force of the Mong Cai International Border Gate, received a child who was sold to China.

The northernmost province of Ha Giang boasts a number of untouched overwhelming landscapes such as Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark and famous destinations in Quan Ba and Yen Minh districts.

 The Vietnam Dong (VND) is among the most stable currencies in Asia this year, said the US-based Bloomberg News.

 A festival, themed national solidarity and ethnic cultural essence, will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism throughout November.

 Vietnam: IIP rises 8.7 percent in 10 months

The National Assembly of Vietnam will closely coordinate with the Vietnamese Government and the Lao counterparts to successfully carry out the Lao NA House project whose construction began in Vientiane on November 1, said a top legislator.

Female archaeologist Nguyen Thi Hau, deputy general secretary of the Viet Nam History Association, has introduced her latest book on urbanisation and heritage preservation in HCM City. 

 In its annual review, the UN says the gap between carbon cutting plans and the reductions required to keep temperature rises below 2 degrees Celsius is "alarmingly high".

 VietNamNet Bridge – The town is agog with gossip and discussions about the KhaiSilk imbroglio, which has shocked the nation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Kien Giang provincial authorities’ proposal to allow the dollar to be used in Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has stirred controversy.

 A man who was arrested after police found dismembered bodies in his flat has confessed to killing nine people over two months, Japanese media say.

 The race to become strategic partner to Binh Son Refinery and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (BSR), the operator of Vietnam’s first oil refinery Dung Quat, has become hotter as heavyweights are gradually expressing interest.

 The HCMC Government has proposed the Ministry of Construction increase the property tax on owners of the second home and land lot that change hands within a year, an apparent move which is aimed at warding off real estate speculation.

 Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City People’s Committee Chairman, Nguyen Thanh Phong, has asked the police investigation office to investigate and prosecute illegal sand mining cases in the Can Gio sea area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in central Quang Binh Province are facing a dilemma as their paddy fields have been affected by salty water following the typhoon Doksuri last September.

 The HCMC government has decided to halt all build-transfer (BT) projects that are still under negotiation pending new policies aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of such projects by maximizing the value of State land.

 The Vietnamese representative Ha Thu on October 30 won two more gold medals at Miss Earth 2017, in the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 10th Viet Nam Hockey Festival is scheduled to start at the Viet Nam Hockey Centre in Ben Luc Town, Long An Province on November 4-5.