VietNamNet Bridge - The Da Nang Center of Integrated Circuit (CENTIC) has invented a water environment monitoring station run with solar energy, the first hi-tech system of this kind designed and manufactured by Vietnamese engineers.

 Last week residents in Mai Dich Street, Hanoi, panicked as a large, speeding car smashed into a key-locked house at night. They thought the vehicle was out of control, but never guessed that the accident was deliberate.

 As local salaries rise and global trends shift, Vietnam is drafting a new foreign direct investment attraction strategy for the upcoming years, with a focus on some prioritised sectors to bring added value to the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the last 25 years, Dinh Cong Bay has offered free health check-ups and treatment in pagodas. His patients are mostly poor people suffering from chronic or incurable diseases. 

The award-winning comedy play “Lend Me a Tenor” by American playwright Ken Ludwig will be performed at 214 – 216 Pasteur, District 3, HCM City on November 24-26 and December 1-3.

As part of the European Music Festival 2017, the jazz night “13 moons: Mezcal Unit & GrayHawk Perkins” will take place at the Youth Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi on November 25.

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 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has decided to stop the project on expanding part of National Highway No 30, running through the southern provinces of Dong Thap and Tien Giang.

 Moderate coffee drinking is safe, and three to four cups a day may have some health benefits, according to a large review of previous studies, in the BMJ.

 Nghi Tam Street in Tay Ho District is facing serious traffic jams, particularly at peak hours, due to the construction of a flyover.

 Wild animals and their parts have been found hidden among agricultural products exported to China according to a recent report from Ministry of Finance to the government.

 The authorities of Ha Long City have made plans to spend nearly VND1.7trn ($74.83m) to preserve and promote the culture of fishing communities.

Vietnam’s instant noodle consumption showed signs of recovery last year with 4.92 billion packets sold, after seeing a decline in 2015, according to the World Instant Noodles Association. 

 The number of internet users in Vietnam has reached 50 million, equivalent to 54% of the population, after two decades since the country officially joined the global interconnected network. 

 Illegal logging is rampant at Cuc Phuong National Park despite "the best" efforts of forest rangers.

 A majority of Android smartphones collect location data and send it back to Google, even when location services are switched off.

 Designer Dang Ngoc Han presented a collection of áo dài (traditional long robes) inspired by the Vietnamese sea and islands in France on November 22 night.

The VN Internet Association has announced the list of the most influential people and businesses contributing to the internet’s development in Vietnam at Internet Day 2017 and the anniversary ceremony held to mark 20 years of the internet in Vietnam.

 Total lending of the banking sector for securities trading has reached VND10 trillion (US$444.4 million), according to State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) governor Le Minh Hung.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment on Monday issued a warning to customers and secondary real estate investors about illegal activity of Alibaba Real Estate JSC and Alibaba Tay Bac HCMC JSC.