Voters hope that the 12th Communist Party National Congress can select the best candidates to the Communist Party’s leadership as Vietnam integrates more deeply into the world, and as the East Sea dispute and major international problems continue.

 For decades, educators have been teaching history as a compulsory subject in school but their effort of equipping their students of knowledge of the nation’s history has turned fruitless.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Perilous trails, hairpin turns, steep cliffs, and an unspoiled landscape- the things that make Ha Giang a must destination for nature lovers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only commercial banks which have successfully reduced bad debt ratios to below 3 percent of their total outstanding loans will be allowed to open new branches.

 Vietnamese spend US$3 billion a year to study abroad: report, Agribank agrees to ‘Gold Sponsor’ Hue Festival, Expert slates inadequate planning for Hanoi road congestion, Malaysian LCC Malindo Air to open flights to HCMC

Discovering that domestic elephants like to eat ripened coffee beans, a farmer in Dak Lak province, the Central Highlands of Vietnam, researched to produce his own specialty – elephant coffee, which is sold for $70-$100 a kilo.

 Hi-tech agricultural zones in each region of the country would contribute to improving the competitiveness of the agricultural sector once the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) takes effect at the end of 2017.

 The renowned watchmaker, Speake-Marin has just introduced a new limited edition product with the image of traditional patterns and iconography on the Vietnam’s Dong Son drum.

HCMC will host an International Friendship Day 2015 in the area around the Crescent Lake in Phu My Hung Town, District 7, HCMC to create an opportunity for the public to learn about Vietnam’s international integration journey.

  From sale to disposal there is an absence of robust control over electronic goods in Vietnam.

“Xam” is known in Vietnam as  folk music usually performed by blind street singers to earn their living. As it originated from the working class and poor people, “Xam” has become an intellectual part of the commoners’ cultural life.

 The 105km Hanoi- Hai Phong Highway opens to the public today, Dec. 5.

 The arrival of the TPP presents Vietnam’s logistics sector with the possibility of becoming a key part of regional and even global transport if cooperation comes from other sectors and also authorities to help it develop.

 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