VietNamNet introduces the second period of the roundtable talks "What is the price of swapping the environment for growth?" with the attendance of Dr. Le Dang Doanh and expert Le Quang Binh.

Regarding environmental protection, Vietnam ranked 98th out of 137 economies and 123rd for air quality. Vietnam is not an industrialized country yet but its pollution is already serious, senior economist, Dr. Le Dang Doanh, has said.

Heavy metal rockers Metallica soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, edging out new records from R&B singer Bruno Mars and country singer Miranda Lambert. 

 Vietnam Airlines plans to issue 191.1 million shares to shareholders at a price of VND10,000 ($0.45) in the first quarter of 2017.

 This month, Heneiken Vietnam Brewery may be given the go-ahead to increase the capacity of its beer production factory in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau to 610 million litres per year from the existing 50 million litres.

 State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will auction 130.6 million Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) shares, equalling a 9 per cent stake, on December 12, instead of the previously announced December 2.

 Vietnamese students won 5 medals in the Apprentice (7-9 age group) category at Wecode 2016, which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 27.

 As many as 20,000 domestic violence cases have been reported each year in the last five years with increasingly serious violence, according to Ministry of Health statistics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Contrary to optimistic forecasts given earlier this year, rice exports have plunged recently. The total export volume would be less than 5 million tons in 2016, a record low since 2009.

 Warm seas around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch of coral in the past nine months, the worst die-off ever recorded on the World Heritage site,

AT&T Inc, the largest U.S. TV provider, unveiled on Monday the pricing and launch date for DirecTV Now, which will stream television programming through the internet to win customers who shun traditional cable and satellite TV subscriptions.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam returned home with two gold medals from the 15th Asian Karate Federation Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships 2016, which closed in Indonesia on November 27. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese student team has won 32 medals - 20 gold medals, 11 silver ones and one bronze - in the seventh World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) held in Seoul, South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese players have been named in a group stage ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup squad chosen by a well-known British sports journalist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Colourful lanterns created by South Korean artisans will be for the first time during a festival held in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s PVF team won the U15 International Football Challenge Cup after beating Johor Darul Ta’zim FC of Malaysia 7-1 in the final on Sunday in Singapore. 

 Fried banana is a Vietnamese street snack that is hard to forget.

 Vietnam has climbed 11 places to 167th position in terms of paying taxes in the World Bank’s (WB) 2016 Doing Business report.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan led a delegation from the Vietnamese Party and State to lay a wreath in tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana right upon her arrival in Cuba on November 28.

 The share price of the Hanoi Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (Habeco) should be calculated carefully and based on a number of factors, several securities firms in Vietnam have said.