The UN estimates that Vietnam’s MMR further declined to 56 per 100,000 live births in 2015. The infant mortality rate has also decreased significantly from 44.4 in 1990 to 14.9 per thousand in 2014.

 It’s a late afternoon on a recent Saturday and a store in the Phu My Hung urban area in HCM City’s District 7 is filled with customers from South Korea, looking for new clothing and shoes.

 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.

 Flower fields in Hanoi’s Tay Tuu Village have become more beautiful at night with light created by thousands of lamps.

 The 27th annual Vietnam-Laos border meeting was held on December 9 in Hanoi, aiming to seek orientations for border cooperation in 2018.

 HCM Communist Youth Union convenes national congress, Health ministry launches national action month on population, National Mekong Committee urged to promote role in regional growth

Retailers have been warned that they cannot expect to take back investment capital in convenience stores soon as the competition is fierce and the number of stores is still on the rise.

Bloomberg has recently unfolded a list of 12 restaurants across the world worthy to try at least once in life. Surprisingly, Cha Ca La Vong restaurant in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi took pride in securing a spot in the list.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has signed a decision to suspend Nguyen Quoc Khanh, former President and CEO of the PetroVietnam (PVN) from his work as a member of the Office of the National Steering Committee on Power Development.

 Vietnam owns 12 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements

 The Global HR Forum in Vietnam 2017 will be held by the Ministry of Education and Training, South Korea’s Ministry of Education, and The Korea Economic Daily on December 14-15 at the Melia Hanoi Hotel. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craft workers in the southern province of Ben Tre, the "land of coconuts", have created a variety of unique souvenirs for tourists from the fibre surrounding the fruit. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dao Thi Hang, known as the “Queen of Sauce”, is a prominent name on the domestic market with her brand of the product. But she has also become known for her revolutionary teaching methods.

 While dengue fever cases dropped, cases of measles, mump, whooping cough, rubella and chickenpox are likely to rise in Hanoi. Worse, upward trend in the number of measles continue to increase.

 Voices from the Departments of Education and Training of Hanoi, Lao Cai ... reveal that salary levels of teachers are too low to attract talents or the males. 

 Banh mi Hoi An (Hoi An-style bread rolls) has been listed among the world’s Top 10 sandwiches by Austrian travel website Traveller, together with well-known American cheeseburgers, English bacon butties, and Japanese Katsu Sando.

 The economy’s manufacturing and processing sector has broken its October growth record with a new record in November, giving the 11-month industrial production – and the whole-year growth target – a jolt.   

 Forum talks future of retail banking in Industry 4.0, HCMC sets 20 targets for 2018, CBU auto imports may exceed US$2 billion this year, Foreign currency loans increase sharply, VN to gain $3.6b from vegetable, fruit exports     

VietNamNet Bridge - One of the six large-scale FDI (foreign direct investment) projects registered in the first 10 months of the year is the smart complex in Thu Thiem Urban Area in district 2, HCM City with investment capital of $885.85 million. 

Dr Mai Liem Truc, former deputy minister of Post and Communications, talks to the newspaper Nong thon ngay nay (Countryside Today) about the need to finalise the draft Law on Cyber Security.