Nearly 100 tonnes of rubbish have been washed up onto the beach at Da Nang City while the waste disposal company said they had too few staff to deal with the pollution.

 A large group of monkeys and douc langurs have been found in a forest in the central province of Quang Tri.   

 Da Nang’s software park has been recognised as a centralised information technology centre – the third of its kind after two in Hanoi and HCM City – following Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s decision on December 7. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has required inspections of the application of Euro 4 emissions standards at fuel enterprises, Dan Tri news website quoted a statement of the Government Office.

 Thousands of households along Xuyen Tam Stream in HCM City are facing the serious pollution every day as the stream has been turned into a dumping ground.

 The repair of a major internet submarine cable, SE-ME-WE 3 (SMW-3), has been delayed again, meaning Vietnamese internet users will see slower speeds for longer.

 Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SMW-3) submarine cable troubles are expected to be fixed between December 21-26, 2017 instead of December 10 as planned, according to a representative from the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT).

 As a veteran in the information and communications technology (ICT) business, Mr. Fan will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day business operations, ensuring that Huawei meets its commitment to delivering ICT products and solutions in Vietnam.

 Organisations, enterprises and individuals who wish to use environmental data provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment many have to pay up to 2.8 million VND (123 USD) in the future.

 A few days after hitting the market, the new genuine iPhone X is now out of stock, according to traders.

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan has just granted Vietnamobile a licence No. 568/GP-BTTTT to create a public telecommunications network and a licence No. 569/GP-BTTTT to provide 4G to its customers. 

 The Mekong provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang have worked together to efficiently use water resources, combat natural disasters and cope with their aftermath.

 The 11th annual Hanoi Half Marathon returned to the capital city on December 10 with the theme “Run for Bears – End Bear Farming”, attracting hundreds of runners from 43 countries.

 Six Tibetan bears were successfully rescued from a farm in Thuan An township of the southern province of Binh Duong by the Animals Asia on December 8.

 Head of Policy Department of the Center for People and Nature (PanNature) Nguyen Thi Hai Van pointed out a loss of protection forest is the culprit of much flash flood and erosion lately.

A 500m section of beach in Ngu Hanh Son District of the central city of Da Nang has been seriously eroded by uninterrupted rain and rising sea waves in the last two months.

 CMC Telecom on Thursday in Ha Noi officially inaugurated its Cross Viet Nam Cable System (CVCS), which is the only system in Viet Nam directly connecting the Southeast-Asia grid.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered Binh Dinh's Police Department to quickly complete its investigation into 60ha of a local forest being illegally chopped down in An Lao District’s An Hung Commune in late August.

 Multinational technology company IBM has announced that FPT Information System (FPT IS, a member of FPT Corporation) is officially considered a Platinum business partner (the highest level) of IBM.

 As many as 597 cyber attacks were launched on Vietnam’s websites in November 2017, according to the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT).