The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Hanoi stood at 20,666 as of October 31, ranking second nationwide and making up 10% of the country’s total cases.

 The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has been trying to commercialise research outcomes by linking demand and supply, investing to bring technologies to the market and helping register intellectual property rights.

 Hanoi's Soc Son District authorities have planned to turn a 100-hectare site which mostly consists of agricultural land into a USD500m horse race course to boost the local economy.

 The Asian Youth Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championship Việt Nam Open will take place in Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh Province from December 15-20.

 Viet Nam’s national hockey team will compete at the Nantou International Men’s Hockey Tournament in Chinese Taipei from December 9-14.

 Viet Nam national futsal team and Thái Sơn Nam Club goalkeeper Hồ Văn Ý has recently been nominated for the world’s top ten best futsal goalkeepers for 2018.

 Vietnamese and international cuisines and cultural activities will be on display this Sunday, December 9 at a food festival held by the Service Department for Diplomatic Corps under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The first ever centre for examining fine art and photographs was opened on December 6 by the culture ministry’s Department for Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition.

 The Record and CD Festival Day Fair opens on Nov 7 at the Phương Nam Book City-Vạn Hạnh Mall in HCM City.    

 Some of Ha Noi’s top schools are finding it difficult to fill their classrooms, according to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

 Vietnam’s U20 basketball team will compete in a friendly youth tournament in Cambodia on December 27-31.

 Solar power is attracting great attention from the Vietnamese Government and businesses, but certain challenges are facing the utilisation of this type of renewable energy.

 The 2018 King of Pickup (KOP), the biggest championships of its kind in Vietnam, will take place on Tuan Chau island, Ha Long city on December 15 and 16.

 Property developer Vingroup has gained the State Securities Commission (SSC)’s approval to sell 20 million non-convertible bonds.

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 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Hanoi on December 7 evening, concluding her official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) at the invitation of Speaker of the RoK’s parliament Moon Hee-sang.

Investigators from the Ministry of Public Security on December 8, issued a decision to prosecute and detain Nguyen Thanh Tai, former vice chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seventy-five percent of Vietnam’s farm produce is exported to China, but the figure could fall as China grows more of its own food.

Pham Van Thien, the leader of a volunteer team from Da Nang Technology College and other institutions has created art spaces for more than 100 cafes and bars in the central city since his first year studying at the college.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Much has been said about women being underrepresented in science and engineering, and measures have been suggested to drive the female presence in the sector, including the importance of role models.