Mismanagement has led to an increase in dangerous incidents involving radio-active materials in Viet Nam, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac.

 Truong Thi Kim Tuyen won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final’s Ivory Coast leg on Saturday.

 Tran Anh Tu was selected chairman of the Viet Nam Professional Football (VPF) company’s board of directors at an annual meeting, which concluded in Hà Nội yesterday.

 FLC Thanh Hoa, the runners-up of the national V.League, will represent Viet Nam at the Asian Football Confederation Champions League 2018.

 Urban planning in HCM City must be supervised and improved to avoid wasting land, experts said at a meeting late last week.

 Three out of four packages for advertising on HCM City buses have gone unsold, with prospective advertisers blaming it on the high rates.

VietNamNet Bridge - A total of VND35.3 trillion of corporate income tax has been exempted for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs), according to the MInistry of Finance.

Foreign conglomerates have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Vietnamese fintech firms, as more bank-fintech cooperation agreements have been signed recently.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that if Vietnam imposes a carbon tax on coal-fired plants, ‘clean power’ will be able to compete with thermal power.

VietNamnet Bridge - Vietnam is the 57th among 163 surveyed nations in the recent Nature Publishing ranking in scientific research. 

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in the first 11 months this year has exceeded forecasts by hitting US$33 billion, up over 82% compared to the same period last year.

 The Temple of Literature has suddenly announced the closure of its parking lot, surprising many visitors.

 A tourism company in the central highlands has given an elephant to Dak Lak Province's Centre for Elephant Conservation.

 Monkey Junior, the English learning app which won first prize at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016, has just received Google start-up financial support funding of USD100,000.

 Fishermen are increasingly entering foreign waters, while local firms are importing unprocessed seafood for export as local resources are diminishing.

 The average electricity retail price will officially rise today to VNĐ1,720 (7.6 US cent) per kWh, increasing 6.08 per cent from the current tariff of VNĐ1,622 (7.1 cent) per kWh.

 The world’s leading food service retailer McDonald’s has officially opened its first restaurant at 2 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi, marking its first foray into the northern market three years after opening its first restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Residents at several apartment buildings in Hanoi have complained about being bit by rove beetles which invade their rooms every night.

 Smartphone ownership has continued to grow in both urban and rural areas in Vietnam, according to the 2017 Nielsen Vietnam Smartphone Insights report.

 Vietnamese athlete Vo Thanh Tung brought home the first bronze in the men’s 100m freestyle-S5 with a time of 1’19.56” at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 opened in Mexico City on December 2.