Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the women’s 200m medley at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which wrapped up in Canada yesterday.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam of Binh Duong Province, easily took  the men’s singles title at the National Best Tennis Players Tournament that wrapped up in Nghe An Province on Saturday.

 Top Vietnamese female badminton player Vu Thi Trang won two titles at the Yonex Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge on Saturday.

 Saigon Heat lost to Hong Kong’s Eastern Long Lions 74–84 in their second match at the ASEAN Baksetball League (ABL) on Saturday at the HCM City’s Canadian International School Arena.

 Viet Nam topped the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships, which closed in Thailand on December 11.

 A talk on Vietnamese and Thai literature will be held at HCM City’s Social Sciences and Humanities University on December 15.

 Three sculptures and 20 paintings by renowned Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian artists will go under the hammer at an auction in HCM City this Saturday.

 Fish bred in cages in a lagoon near the ocean in Thua Thien-Hue Province died en masse for still unknown reasons beginning Thursday last week.

 The public security ministry’s police investigation agency has decided to prosecute two former top officials of the HCM City-based Đông Á Bank (DongA Bank), it officially announced today.

 A reconstruction plan for old apartment buildings in Hanoi should be completed by the end of this month, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

 Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, director of the Central Pulmonology Hospital, is one of the 19 members of the first task force on global tuberculosis research founded by the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

An installation art exhibition introducing the public to Hanoi’s finest traditional handicrafts has opened at the Ly Thai To Flower Park at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.

Com lam (steamed sticky rice in bamboo tubes), a specialty in Tay Bac (the northwestern region), is a "must try" dish for visitors to the region which is home to various ethnic minority groups.

In our country, the word "comrade" is commonly used, especially in Party organizations, the armed forces, and political - social organizations. 

‘Western Street’ in Nha Trang City, central Khanh Hoa province is always busy and crowded during the night time, becoming a rendezvous for numerous foreign travelers, particularly Russians.

Vietnam has made strides in improving its productivity and narrowing the gap with developed and developing countries, according to experts speaking at a conference on increasing productivity and product quality in the industrial sector.

 The Government has approved a plan to build three special economic zones (SEZs) to spearhead the country’s growth and exploit local advantages to impel growth there.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on December 11 (local time) to attend the 11th Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament.

The parties of China and Vietnam should enhance high-level delegation exchanges, reinforce political trust, promote strategic connectivity, and effectively control disputes, for healthy and stable ties between the two parties and countries.

 The visit to India by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is expected to deepen the bilateral relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc told the media after the visit concluded on December 11.