VietNamNet Bridge - Local students are so busy they don’t have time to have meals at home, and instead sometimes eat while on motorbikes when they are taken to school or extra classes by their parents.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of cancer patients in Vietnam has been on the steep increase, oncology experts told a seminar on cancer prevention in HCMC last week. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Journalist-turned-fashion guru Jean Paul Cauvin has been involved in the process of making Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) in Viet Nam since day one.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has decided to revoke press cards of two journalists working for Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the Ministry of Public Security having set a deadline of December 31 to complete all legal formalities for transfer of ownership of motorbikes or three-wheeled bikes,

 V.League 1 defending champions Ha Noi T&T have inked a contract with midfielder Moses Oloya of Uganda, who had played for Kuban Krasnador club in Russia.

The area for organic farming makes up only 0.2 percent of total agricultural production, but the figure is expected to increase rapidly as more investors are considering developing organic farming projects.

 Apple Watch sales appear to have rebounded for the holidays from mid-year doldrums on a redesign, price cuts and strong promotions, but analysts say long-term demand has yet to be proven.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mui Dien is one of the famous tourist destinations of the central province of Phu Yen, and the easternmost point which catches the first sunlight in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs a minimum 1-0 result against Indonesia today to reach the finals of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup after waiting for nearly 10 years.

HCMC more cautious about choosing FDI projects, Vietnam vulnerable to U.S. restrictive trade stance, Vietnam-Singapore IPs attract US$9 billion investment, US may not impose high AD duty on Vietnamese steel products

 A road show introducing Vietnamese tourism took place on December 5 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 The Government has limited to 89 the number of additional aircraft that four domestic carriers can purchase by the year 2020.

  Domesticated elephants in Vietnam’s Central Highlands are receiving ultrasound scans by international experts to check their fitness for mating.

 Eleven Vietnamese pupils have won high prizes at the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO), the first to be held in Vietnam so far.

 The reshuffle and reform of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must be considered the most important task of 2017, underscored Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a national conference on SOEs rearrangement and reform on December 6.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, in coordination with Indonesian agencies, sent 37 Vietnamese fishermen back to Vietnam on December 6. 

 After 10 years of captivity, six Asian black bears have been rescued from a farm in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak  Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The continued decrease in freight and transport demand has pushed shipping firms against the wall. Many of them have gone bankrupt, while others have had to sell ships to pay off debt.

 A pilot control centre of security cameras in public places has been put into operation in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, on December 6.