Vietnamese club side Becamex Binh Duong have been draw in Group G of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.

 A fire dancing festival is reenacted in Huoi Sau village, Pa Tan commune, Nam Po district, Dien Bien province on November 21, as part of the target programme for cultural development 2018.

 Vietnam has won the “Asia’s best golf destination 2018” at the World Golf Awards, announced the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 22.

 Vietnam once again resolutely opposes Taiwan (China)’s live-fire drills around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and demands that it refrain from such actions in the future. 

 Oil and gas cooperation between the Philippines and China in the East Sea can only be conducted in waters that both sides hold sovereignty and sovereignty rights over, in line with the 1982 UNCLOS. 

Vietnam resolutely opposes China’s installation of a new structure in Bong Bay (Bombay) Reef in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and demands China to immediately end the operation and not conduct similar actions.

 As many as 13 national special heritages were introduced to the public for the first time in an exhibition held on November 22 in the Hanoi Museum on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).

 Vietnam had three representatives named in the tournament’s Best XI after the third group round matches of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup on November 20-21.

 Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations accounted for slightly over 54% of all reservations for overseas travel in the coming month.

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VietNamNet Bridge - The government has taken serious steps to help the national economy catch up with the 4.0 industry revolution. However, the digitalization of Vietnam’s enterprises is going slowly.

Ha Thi Thuy, former deputy head of the Institute of Agricultural Genetics, who successfully developed 52 varieties of plants, was named as one of the 50 Vietnamese most influential women in 2016-2017 as recognized by Forbes.

Busy with her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, Do Thi Thu Thao still spends time to impart knowledge and inspire passion for math in Vietnamese students. For Thao, education is borderless.

VietNamNet Bridge - While people consider domestic waste as toxic substances that must be eliminated, Prof. Dr. Tran Kim Qui considers it a valuable material to produce high quality organic fertilizer.

Tran Ngoc Hung, chairman of the Viet Nam Construction Association, speaks to Viet Nam News Agency about key reasons for the delays in the renovation of old living quarters in Hanoi.

 Hanoi authorities have proposed that 20,000 taxis operated by 60 local taxi firms should share the same livery colours from 2026.

 Many stores in Hanoi have offered discounts in the run-up to the Black Friday weekend.

A foreign tourist was seriously injured when a fire broke out at a hotel in the Hanoi's Old Quarter early Thursday morning.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a casino project on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province, which will let locals with a monthly income of over VND10m (USD428) to gamble.

 A man in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting state and government leaders on Facebook.