German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss the opening of the G20 summit in Argentina after her plane was forced to land shortly after leaving Berlin.

The Vietnamese Government affirmed that agricultural development was the best solution to the "Zero Hunger" and "poverty reduction" challenges, contributing to the goal of sustainable hunger eradication, food security

VietNamNet Bridge – Au Stream in Vinh An Commune is the only area where caltrops grow in the central province of Thanh Hoa. In recent years, the stream has become an attractive destination to visitors,

The National Assembly (NA) is expected to discuss a draft law protecting the legal status and rights of transgenader people, both those who have undertaken sex reassignment surgery and who have not, by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Payments with QR Code technology on smartphones has become popular in Vietnam, thanks to its convenience and safety.

Vietnamese basketball club Saigon Heat continued their perfect start to the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) season on Wednesday, beating CLS Knights in Indonesia 76-64 in their third game.

 The Greater Mekong Subregion biodiversity conservation corridors and project management plans will be put into operation from 2019, said Vice Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Environment Nguyen The Dong.

Vietnam Airlines will arrange one more direct flight from HCM City to Bacolod in the Philippines to serve football fans.

 Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Cambodian Government on an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8.

 The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) announced on November 29 that it will carry out 190 audits next year, many of which are on major investment projects of public concern.

 The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on November 29 brought a foreign sailor, who was in an occupational accident and suffered a fatal injury, to Nha Trang port of the central province of Khanh Hoa for treatment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 people across Vietnam have been trapped by a loan shark based in HCM City with total loans worth more than VND510 billion (US$22 million). 

The Police Investigation Agency has detained and searched the homes of four people for their suspected involvement in legal violations via banking operations at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). 

 As many as 25,000 online tickets for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018’s second leg semi-final match between Vietnam and the Philippines have been sold out, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said.

 Total State budget collection from the beginning of the year until November 15 was estimated at 1.16 quadrillion VND (49.78 billion USD), up 16.1 percent as compared to the same period last year.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged authorities in Vietnam’s coastal localities to speed up the installation of satellite-positioning Movimar devices to monitor fishing boats.

 Special tours of the best places of interest in Ho Chi Minh City are being offered as part of a promotion programme of the southern economic hub of Vietnam from now through 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in South Africa with several lion bones, lion meat and tools which police believe were used to process the bones.

 Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh and Earl Howe - Minister of State for Defence of the UK co-chaired the first Vietnam-UK Defence Policy Dialogue in London on November 28.

 Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 29.