VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Usagi, which weakened into a tropical depression over the weekend, hit HCM City hard on Sunday, damaging electrical cables, stranding cars on streets, and flooding basements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee in Da Nang have imposed an administrative fine of VND1.1 billion (US$47,800) on two joint-stock steel companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides brick-and-mortar drugstores, Vietnam also has online stores and smart stores which distribute drugs to clients.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Athletes set three national records in fin-swimming at the National Sports Games, which are ongoing in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty candidates for the Vietnamese Golden Ball Award have been announced by the organising Sài Gòn Giải Phóng newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health on Monday requested health departments in the provinces affected by Typhoon Usagi to ensure clean water supplies and prevent disease outbreaks.

 Vietnamese students won four gold medals at the first International Science Competition 2018 (ISC 2018) recently held in Malaysia, announced Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training.

 Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.

 Twenty-six defendants were brought to trial in Ho Chi Minh City on November 27 for their accused involvement in the loss of over 3.6 trillion VND (153.47 million USD) at the DongA Joint Stock Commercial Bank (DAB).

 The first Vietnam brocade culture festival and Dak Nong investment promotion conference will take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from December 28-30, heard a local press conference on November 27. 

 A modern remake of the famous ballet “The Nutcracker” will be staged at the Hanoi Opera House in the capital city on December 5-6 to welcome the holiday season.

Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh and Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn renewed the efforts to unceasingly cement and deepen the comprehensive cooperation and friendly neighbourliness between the two countries.

 The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as the Industry 4.0, has the potential to bolster Vietnam’s economic output by a further 28.5-62.1 billion USD, equivalent to the GDP growth of 7-16 percent by 2030.

To help boost the Vietnamese automobile industry, the country could do with focusing on its policy stability, market expansion, support industry development, and connectivity reinforcement, according to insiders. 

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to give a reprimand to Bui Quang Vinh, former Minister of Planning and Investment, for his responsibility for wrongdoings in Mobifone’s acquisition of 95 percent of AVG shares.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a cabinet meeting on November 27 on the drafting of Resolution No.01 on major tasks and solutions to implement the socio-economic development and State budget estimate for 2019.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will take the Vietnamese football team directly to Bacolod city in the Philippines for the first-leg semi-final match of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong and forward Nguyen Anh Duc have their names listed in Fox Sports Asia’s the best XI of the group stage of the ongoing 2018 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When winter approaches, locals in the northern province of Cao Bang often cook coóng phù cake (or phù noòng in Tày language) to offer to their ancestors, praying for the severe cold to end.

 Singapore-based Northstar Group has invested 50 million USD in Topica Edtech Group, a technology education company headquartered in Hanoi with more than 1,700 employees.