The Vietnam Aviation Academy has proposed to the Ministry of Transport to use a Cambodian passenger jet abandoned at Noi Bai International Airport for a decade for its training activities.

 As many as 597 cyber attacks were launched on Vietnam’s websites in November 2017, according to the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT).

 Shares tumbled for a third straight day on the HCM Stock Exchange on Thursday but rose on Ha Noi’s bourse as money inflow channelled into small- and mid-cap stocks.

Although FDI has played an important role in boosting Vietnam’s economic growth, recent changes in policies and regulations have exposed many foreign investors to considerable risks and obstacles in executing their investments.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to handle suspected financial violations by the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) prior to the company’s intended initial public offering.

 In Thai Binh, cabbage flowers bloom spectacularly.

 Lam Dong Province, home to the resort city of Da Lat, has issued a list of rules for tourists that includes a dress code and shopping guidelines.

 Concerted efforts are needed to enhance cooperation between the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and the US in a number of areas, including education, energy security, food security, agriculture and health.

 Forest rangers in Quang Binh on Wednesday detained a man who was carrying two stripe-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis), listed by International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species.

 Vietnamese cueists, Ma Xuan Cuong and Ngo Dinh Nai, have entered the main round of the Three-Cushion World Cup in Hurghada, Egypt.

 Six South Korean archers of the Doosan team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics are training members of the Vietnamese national archery team in Hanoi.

 Saigon Heat will start their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) this weekend, targeting a better place than their previous play-offs.

The movie Sài Gòn, anh yêu em (Sài Gòn, I love you), directed by Ly Minh Thang, won the jury prize at the ASEAN – China Film Festival on December 4.

 A cold front approached the northern region late last night, dropping the temperature and causing scattered rain across the region.

 Hanoi’s narcotics police have caught two men for illegally transporting a large amount of heroin from the mountainous Northwest for retail dealers in the capital city.

 Bai Choi singing, a folk music genre practised in Vietnam’s central region, has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council (ninth tenure) set a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 8.3-8.5 percent for 2018 during its sixth session that took place from December 4-7. 

 Vietnam is witnessing a wave of digitalisation in the retail banking industry, driven by industry 4.0 technologies.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on December 6 opened proceedings in the case of ex-deputy director of the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Pham Minh Nguyet, and five others accused of violations in economic management.

 The 10th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will return to Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 19-25, 2018 with over 35 million copies of books planned for display.