The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will open the Christmas season this week with the ballet The Nutcracker at the Opera House, featuring a conductor from Norway and dancers from Japan.

 More than 200 audits will be conducted in 2018, focusing on State budget use, according to a plan from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV).

 A new anti-corruption resolution targets greater control over the assets and income of officials, public employees and civil servants, and requires relevant agencies to perform their tasks in a transparent manner.

Six years ago, Vietnamese xoan singing joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding during its 2011 meeting in Bali,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty artworks conveying the unique personalities and styles of 40 contemporary Vietnamese artists are on display at the exhibition Listen, Watch and Tell.

Head of the State Record Management and Archives Department under the Ministry of Home Affairs Dang Thanh Tung on December 5 received the honour Chevalier des Arts et des Letters from the French Minister of Culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A variety of ornamental trees and birds from around the country are on display in an exhibition that opens today in Phuc Tho District on the outskirts of Hanoi. 

The People’s Court in HCM City on Tuesday began first hearing in the property embezzlement and bribery case involving officials of the Ben Thanh branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Embassy in Russia is appealing for help for Vietnamese victims of the fire that occurred last Saturday at the Mir shopping centre 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Building smart cities is the main and priority orientation in the Vietnamese Government’s development strategy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities have been asked to complete re-inforcing a broken dyke on one river in Binh Dinh Province and inspect risky points around the clock to prevent further outbursts.

Vietnam has 30.5 civil servants for every 1,000 people, a high proportion compared with other regional countries such as Indonesia (17.64), the Philippines (13.02) and Singapore (25.69).

 Vietnamese athletes on December 5 earned two more silver medals at the ongoing World Para Powerlifting Championships and World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City.

 A national cooperation programme on sustainable employment for 2017-2021 between Vietnam and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was signed in Hanoi on December 5.

 Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Phan Van Giang received Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, in Hanoi on December 5.

 Shares suffered strong correction on December 5 on the two stock exchanges after a three-week rally came under heavy profit-taking pressure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s No 1 referee, Vo Minh Tri, announced his retirement after the 2017 V.League 1 ended.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Are you longing for the atmosphere of the Mekong Delta of your youth, hungry for a bowl of southern pork-noodle soup, made the Sa Dec way?

E-commerce delivery services are booming in Vietnam, especially in the last mile delivery segment – from distribution centers to consumers. The players in the market are both large businesses and startups.

Hospitals have spent tens of billions of dong to buy expensive medical equipment, but  have not made adequate investment in human resources to use the machines in an effective way.