The decision to contribute land for rubber plantations has turned out to be a heavy burden on Son La’s people. What scientists had warned about has come true: both output and latex quality are below expectations.

HCMC alone discharges 8,300 tons of waste every day, 76 percent of which is buried. Much of the waste could be recycled into clean energy.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of students to sit the entrance exam to state-owned high schools in 2018 is expected to be 24,000 higher than in 2017. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Superior People’s Court on Monday held a meeting to publicly apologise to Vu Ngoc Duong for giving him a wrong sentence of 30 months in jail.

The business performance of state-owned enterprises is often unclear because of lax management. At many large companies, problems were discovered only after the firms had incurred losses of trillions of dong.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith successfully paid the official friendly visit to Vietnam from December 19-21. 

In the wake of intensified efforts to further Vietnam’s crackdown on corruption, many former executives of the state-run Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group may face criminal charges for their violations.

 Evacuated people in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang returned their home on December 26 as typhoon Tembin weakened into a low tropical pressure.

 A conference on Vietnam’s performance across three pillars of the ASEAN Community took place in Hanoi on December 26, gathering 100 representatives from ministries and sectors involved in cooperative activities with the bloc.

 Authorities in Quang Ngai have turned down a proposal by Japanese firms to grow Japanese elephant garlic on the local island of Ly Son.

 Head of the Ministry of Finance's Corporate Finance Department Dang Quyet Tien has announced that the government will sell the remaining 36% stake in Sabeco.

 The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is holding a programme themed “Welcome the 2018 New Year” from December 24 to January 2.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on December 26 opened a first-instance trial on a terrorism plot targeting Tan Son Nhat International Airport involving 16 suspects.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has requested the army to maintain its core role in the all-people defence and security.

Chilly weather in northern Vietnam has driven many elderly people and kids into hospitals while temperature in the south also decreased because the cold weather in the north has affected the south.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hotels not only have to compete in the food & beverage sector, a major source of revenue, but also in the restaurant chain and food court market.

 The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to keep Saigon Beer brand name unchanged, said a representative of the Business Finance Department under the Ministry of Finance yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first edition of the dance-music fest on picturesque island revealed shortcomings that organisers are determined to avoid; Eizode 2 is set to get feet tapping and hearts thumping, 

Vietnam’s total information and communications technology (ICT) revenues in the year to date have exceeded VND2,136 trillion (US$94 billion), up 9.34% compared to the same period last year.

 The Tourism and Culture Week 2017 will take place on December 23 to 31 in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.