VietNamNet Bridge - The flooding in HCM City is becoming more serious despite money spent on solutions to prevent floods. The filling of canals with rubbish and the illegal building on waterway banks have both slowed canal drainage. 

 The State budget deficit in the first eleven months of this year stood at VND172.9 trillion ($7.6 billion), according to the latest figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

These days, Hanoi’s streets and flower fields in well-known flower villages are filled with tiny pure-white daisies. In Hanoi, daisy season heralds the arrival of winter.

Three Deputy CEOs and two members of the Board of Management at Truong Thanh Furniture, including the company’s founder and his son, were dismissed from their duties under a resolution from the Board on November 28.

 Christmas is two weeks to come, but Ho Chi Minh City streets have been animated by the bustle of its atmosphere.

 Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan visited France from November 26-29, aiming to strengthen cooperation between Vietnam and France in information technology and communications.

Exports of key agricultural products are estimated at US$13.7 billion in 11 months ending December.

VietNamNet Bridge - Fashion products are the most easily sold online items in Vietnam, followed by high-tech products and mobile phones.

 Red tide has been blamed for the death of over 10 tonnes of fish in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa according to a report by local authorities released Tuesday.

Managers of IT enterprises believe that the potential of the Internet of Things in Vietnam is huge but it is nonetheless essential to have more supportive policies from the government, the 11th Asia IoT Business Platform 2016 held in Hanoi heard. 

 The government has given in principle approval for Vietstar Airlines to provide passenger and cargo transport services.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) announced its final price for 9 per cent of shares in the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) at VND144,000 per share (US$6.32).

 E5 bio-fuel will replace A92 petrol by June 2017 as many localities in the country are using the bio-fuel product, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.

 Three containers holding illegally trafficked elephant tusks hidden inside timber logs weighing a total of one tonne were discovered this morning at Cat Lai Port.

 V.League 1 team Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC have signed on American midfielder Mobi Fehr. The 22-year-old will play for his new club for one year.

 Viet Nam will have one representative at the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Champions League in the next two years.

 As many as 449 people attending a ceremony last Sunday (Nov 28) signed a pledge to donate their organs after death to the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation.

 Around 15 per cent of Viet Nam’s population – approximately 13.5 million ­people – suffer from 10 of the more common mental disorders, reveal statistics released yesterday.

 Transport connectivity will help boost the development of Cambodian and Vietnamese economies, said Tauch Chan Kosal, Cambodian Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

 Upholding the rule of law is fundamental to maintaining peace and security in the East Sea, said experts at a maritime workshop in Hanoi on November 29.