ASEAN region saw the highest decentralisation of information technology (IT) in the world in the last three years, according to VMware's The State of the Cloud 2016 research.

 Human resource development is the key to enhancing the country's economic development, social stability and international integration, Nguyen Thanh Hung, deputy minister of Information and Communications, said on November 3.

  Foreign ownership rates in Vietnamese companies remain low though Decree 60 stipulates no limits in most sectors, the second Viet Nam International Investor conference heard in HCM City on November 4.

 Many of the lakes in Hanoi have been cleaned up, but the water is still contaminated with organic pollutants, the municipal Department of Construction has said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ratified the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change. The agreement went into force globally yesterday.

 Whether it is for power generation or irrigation, all upstream developments on the Mekong River put Vietnam at risk as the last downstream country, experts said yesterday.

 The ninth VN Hockey Festival 2016, an international six-a-side hockey tournament, will be held on November 5-6 at the VN Hockey Centre in Ben Luc Town in the southern province of Long An.

 A Vietnam U-19 team beat India 4-0 at the Asian Football Confederation U-19 Women’s Championship qualifier in Hanoi yesterday.

 The Ba Na Hills Golf Club will host the first ever FootGolf tournament, which combines the concepts of both golf and football, at the Da Nang city golf course on November 13th.

 The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup trophy will arrive in HCM City on November 10.

 Vietnamese-Australian composer Le Tuyen and his American colleague Salil Sachdev have released a new album in Australia that features traditional Vietnamese music. 

 German jazz singer, composer and sound artist Michael Schiefel will perform at a free concert at HCM City’s Lotus University on November 8.

 Vietnamese writer Nguyen Du’s epic poem Tale of Kieu will be presented by the artists of Vietnam National Drama Theatre in the capital city starting November 5.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will launch a new website to promote Vietnam tourism abroad during World Travel Market which will be held in London this coming Tuesday.

 The second Vietnam Designers Fashion Week for Fall-Winter 2016 will open at the HCM City Television HTV Studio in District 1 on November 25.  

 The city’s transport department has submitted a proposal to the municipal People’s Committee on piloting a car parking plan according to odd and even days.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a plan to control the injection of prohibited substances and stop the abuse of chemicals, antibiotics and veterinary drugs in prawn cultivation.

 Social media users are not being careful enough as Internet fraud gets increasingly sophisticated, the Hanoi Public Security Department warned yesterday.

 Shortly into the new academic year, a sixth grader in Soc Trang City’s Le Vinh Hoa Secondary School was recently demoted to first grade.

 Three electronic-bus routes will soon be put into use in the HCM City centre, Phu My Hung urban area and along Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal.

 The Institute for Cyber Security Research and Training (CSO) has launched a training system for cybersecurity simulations, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

 The benefits provided by HCM City to seniors, like free bus tickets and priority in healthcare services, have yet to percolate down to them, many complained at a meeting with authorities from various departments yesterday.

 Application of a uniform standard not tailored to meet specific needs of communities is limiting the success of the nation’s rural development programme, National Assembly deputies said yesterday.

 A stable macro-economy, quality of growth and speedy economic restructuring are constant goals of the Party and the Government, a senior Party official said yesterday.

 Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the Men’s Futures F9 tennis tournament on November 4 in the southern province of Binh Duong.