Nguyen Tien Minh enters semi-finals of US badminton event, Vietnam remain in 147th position in FIFA ranking, Wind wreaks havoc on play at Ho Tram Open

Two Vietnamese teams, Becamex Binh Duong and Hanoi T&T, are eligible to compete in the 35th edition of Asia’s premier club football tournament - the 2016 AFC Champions League.

Vietinbank volleyballer Pham Kim Hue, who is dubbed the Beauty Queen of Vietnam Volleyball has decided to retire from competition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This special market opens for a few hours, from 3pm to 6pm, and only from October through December, when field mice are fat and often hide in holes to avoid the cold.

Malaysian Welson Sim and Vietnamese Lam Quang Nhat, both 18, broke two records each in the opening day of the Southeast Asia Age-Groups Swimming Championships yesterday.

A national database of the real estate market in Vietnam will be developed in an effort to provide basic market indicators with greater accuracy and improve the market transparency.

Ninety percent of 2,000 plastics companies are small and medium sized, and have problems in capital and technology access. This gives foreign investors an opportunity to acquire companies to penetrate Vietnam's promising market.

Only a third of the agencies and enterprises in Vietnam have set regulations for information security; 57 percent of corporations didn't either nor have investment funding for their information security programme upgrading or constructing.

 Under a draft decree which was now raised for public comments on the ministry's e-portal, the ministry proposed incentives and support to be given to foreign investors who invested in the farming sector.

 More than 70 Vietnamese and international scientists and other experts and officials from ministries and international organisations discussed ongoing research into the impact of dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River..

 Around 40km from Da Lat City the small town of Dran in the Don Duong District of the Central Highlands Lam Dong Province is always quiet and peaceful.

 Vietnam’s raw cashew imports surge, Sonadezi IPO set for December, Pepper export data mixed after banner year in 2014, Nov loan rate slides to 9.3%, CBRE: Luxury apartment supply surges, Emaar joins US$1.34bln Vietnam project

 Thousands of hectares of fruit trees planted along the coastal areas are expected to suffer from the impacts of climate change by 2030.

Vietnam will start the construction on its first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan in 2020, six years later than scheduled, to ensure safety and efficiency, said Hoang Anh Tuan, director general of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency.

 The Government of Viet Nam is committed to administrative reforms and will continue to provide support for the business sector, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

Over 70 percent of businesses in the Mekong Delta are suffering from the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

Indicators in National Financial Supervisory Commission report in good shape.

 A stem cell industry in Vietnam is needed to meet the demand for stem cell applications in treatment and aesthetic procedures in the country, according to an expert.

 Some 262 swimmers from eight Southeast Asian countries are joining in the 39th Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championship, which opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang on December 4.

 Vietnamese swimmers on December 4 made a splash at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore, bringing home three gold medals while setting two new Games records.

 Indonesia plans to import one million tonnes of rice from Vietnam to meet the country’s high demand, according to Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Mayerfas.

 Vietnam ’s inflation is forecast to rebound to 4.9 percent in 2016 while the Gross Domestic Product growth is forecast at 6.7 percent, according to the December report of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province granted an investment license to Taiwan-based Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Ltd, Co. on December 4 for the construction of a 1-billion-USD paper plant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All students at the Viet Nam National University-HCM City (VNU-HCM) are required to study in an intensive English programme at the school,

A flux of investment waves from Japanese businesses are coming to Vietnam’s agricultural sector, which plays an important role in the national development.