The out-going Ambassador of South Africa to Vietnam Kgomotso Ruth Magau has been honoured with the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) at the end of her term in Vietnam. 

 Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Phung Quoc Hien called on Vietnam’s NA and Canada’s parliament to increase their exchange of delegations and law-making experience.

 Shares rose on both local markets on December 1 following a deal between OPEC and non-OPEC exporters on extended oil output cuts and expectations for good fourth-quarter earnings reports.

 Citizens of additional six countries can now apply for and receive Vietnamese e-visas.

 Minister of Public Security To Lam presented the Friendship Order, a noble distinction of the Vietnamese State, to two leaders of the Federal Security Service of Russia at a ceremony in Moscow on December 1. 

 The trial of Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, the suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) national Kim Chol, will continue in January next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A “terrible waste” of resources is taking place as a grand plan to shift Government offices, schools and hospitals to suburban enclaves in the capital city fails to materialise, almost three years on.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a typical morning in HCM City, Nguyen Hai Tung, 27, appears on the twenty fifth floor of a building in District 7. He is preparing for a good day’s work, but not as a white collar worker.

 Vietnam recorded average forestry production value growth of 6 percent per year, nearly doubling the target of the national forestry development strategy following 10 years of implementation.

Vietnam can and should extend social protection to those in the informal economy through a mix of contributory and non-contributory schemes in order to achieve universal coverage, experts said at a conference on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - An unprofessional way of doing business and bad management skills have led to problems for street food chains after short periods of operation.

 PM directs stockpiled seafood settlement in marine incident-hit provinces, No-contract, informal workers don’t enjoy social welfare policies, Gia Lai proposes using forest land for irrigation system

“We woke up from a noon nap to find part of the village’s main road gone!” Vo Dai Lua, a resident of Thua Thien- Hue Province’s La Khe Trẹm Village, spoke with a mixture of amazement and fear.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Folk music researcher Bui Trong Hien recently completed a report on the revitalisation of hat cua dinh (singing at the village’s communal house). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Damrey, the twelfth typhoon that hit Vietnam this year, struck Ha Thuan Village more than a month ago, but the roads to it in Duy Vinh Commune are still deep in mud.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In contrast to the number of English, Chinese and Korean teachers in Vietnam, Natalia Zolkina stands out as being one of the few Russian-language lecturers in HCM City.

About 580 people with mental illnesses are living in the care of a centre for mental health in Hanoi.

Endless effort and passion has enabled Lai Xuan Huy to succeed at a deadly form of martial arts. He even quit university to learn more about the ancient art from Okinawa, the home of nunchaku, two sticks joined by a short chain. 

Old, makeshift dormitories for ethnic students in the northern mountains were sometimes made by putting timber panels together. Now, these shacks are being replaced with stable buildings, 

 Inside Cay Sau coffee shop on Thich Quang Duc Street in Phu Nhuan District, HCMC, visitors can see a small countryside market every Sunday morning.