Natural disasters have cost the northern province of Ca Mau VNĐ1.427 trillion (US$63 million) this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

 Striker Le Cong Vinh and midfielder Luong Xuan Truong have taken a lead for best player of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup in polls taken by goal.com.

VietNamNet Bridge - Kamaz has announced it will continue assembling trucks in Vietnam, a move which may help dislodge Chinese trucks from the Vietnamese market.

 A 28-year-old Vietnamese adventure seeker, Hoang Le Giang, has successfully surpassed all other qualified candidates in his quest to win a 300-kilometer sled trip to the North Pole next April.

 Masan Group Corporation (MSN) has received the shareholders’ approval to issue a non-convertible international bond volume worth US$300 million to foreign investors.

 Vietnam’s only private airline Vietjet will list its shares on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) in late February 2017, before moving to list in Hong Kong or Singapore, according to newswire Vietnambiz.

 A bomb weighing about 450kg was removed from a field in Kim Dong district in the northern province of Hung Yen, the provincial Military Command said on December 16. 

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Van Binh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, visited Angola from December 16-17. 

 Ireland will work to push the Vietnam-European Union free trade agreement, the Irish Ambassador to Vietnam, Caist Moran, told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting on December 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located at 50 Ly Quoc Su Street in the Old Quarter, Ly Quoc Su Pagoda is one of the oldest ones of its kind in Hanoi.

 Experts call for change to accommodate rising FDI flows, Viglacera sets up construction material joint venture in Cuba, No accurate data on fuel consumption available, SMEs to have easier access to credit guarantees

 The year 2016 has seen significant achievements and efforts from the entire education sector, helping boost its growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Water in the Hoai River rose up to flood two streets – Bach Dang and Nguyen Thai Hoc – in the ancient city of Hoi An and villages on the Hoai River banks yesterday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The famous Con Dao Island’s ecosystem and its biodiversity is seriously threatened by overexploitation and low environmental awareness of visitors and locals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than a month before the beginning of Lunar New Year, blossoming peach trees are being displayed for sale at Quang Ba flower market and along Nghi Tam dike, bringing early spring to Hanoi. 

 The local nursery of Tran Tien Dung in the Nhat Tan Flower Village of Hanoi has more than 400 white apricot trees for sale at prices ranging from US$44 (VND1 million) to US$1,320 (VND30 million).

As MOIT insists on developing steel projects, saying there will be a shortage of steel in the future, NA deputies say the ministry has to take responsibility for figures released in the steel industry development strategy. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The time it takes Nguyen Phuong Hoai, a resident of Ha Noi’s Nam Tu Liem District, to get to her hometown in Ninh Binh Province has been reduced by half in the last four years

 Those who visit Hanoi during this time of the year should savor cha ruoi, a specialty made from sand worm widely available in the sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Binh Thuan administration has sought to allay concerns over the proposed dumping of 1.5 cubic metres of “materials” into the ocean, saying these are “natural sea sediment”, not industrial waste.