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Floods cause mass fish deaths in Hue

 Local fishery authorities in central Thua Thien - Hue Province believe that fresh water from the recent floods was the main cause of en mass fish deaths.

Social News 30/11

Social insurance debts amount to VND14.7 trillion, Population law must protect elderly: experts, Patrol road built along Vietnam-Cambodia border, HCM City to build more dorms for workers

Cold weather forecast in the north from Thursday

 The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting reported that cold air would start affecting the northern provinces from Thursday afternoon.

Robot automation will 'take 800 million jobs by 2030' - report

 Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy has found.

UK to send back body of Vietnamese pilot

 The body of Vietnamese pilot Nguyen Thanh Trung, who was killed in a mid-air collision in the United Kingdom, will be returned to Viet Nam on December 5-6 for the funeral.

Memories of Dien Bien Phu Victory in the Air

 Visitors could get a look back at the glorious days of Hanoi in the "Dien Bien Phu battlefield in the air" at the exhibition "Recalling memories" in Hoa Lo prison relic site.

Agricultural products seek to gain footholds in foreign markets

 Vietnam is working towards achieving higher levels of food security. In recent years, the country has adopted various measures to boost agricultural product exports, filling gaps in the global food market.

Travel market busy during year end

 The year-end tourist season and New Year are approaching; it’s also a busy time to entice holiday-makers to buy tour packages, especially outbound tours. 

Vietnamese football honoured at AFC Annual Awards

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was honoured with the AFC Developing Member Associations of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29.

Ancient Oc Eo artefacts on exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City

 An exhibition displaying over 300 ancient Oc Eo artefacts opened at the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh on November 29.

Broadway comedy play to hit stage in HCM City

 The Tony Award-wining comedy Lend Me Tenor by Ken Ludwig will be performed by the Dragonfly Theatre at Soul Live Project in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1-3.

Thach Kim Tuan grabs three gold medals at World Weightlifting Championships 2017

 Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan excellently won three gold medals at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the United States of America yesterday.

Crew member found alive 20 hours after ship sinks

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crew member of a squid-catching ship that sank was rescued after more than 20 hours, according to the Binh Dinh Province Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control

10 percent public workforce cut brings enough funds for Long Thanh Airport

If the target of downsizing the public workforce by at least 10 percent in 2021is obtainable, regular budget spending will slide by 5 percent, equivalent to US$1.98 billion making it easy to build Long Thanh Airport.

Vinh wins world snatch gold medal in US

Trinh Van Vinh brought home another gold medal for Vietnam from the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships on Thursday afternoon (Hanoi time) in California, the United States.

Ly Hoang Nam back in world’s top 500 tennis players

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped 27 places to 495th in the world top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals men’s singles rankings.

Mobile payments boom, but not in Vietnam

While mobile payments are becoming more widely used in many countries, the service  remains unpopular in Vietnam, despite the high number of mobile phone subscribers.

Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping

 Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK.

India hotel guest arrested for stealing 120 TVs over four months

 A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 120 television sets from budget hotels across southern India over a four-month period.

Only local people allowed to offer homestay service in Hoi An

 Authorities of Hoi An Town have issued a new regulation permitting permanent residents without foreign spouses to provide homestay service for tourists.