New Zealand has committed to continuing its official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam, especially in education, human resources, agriculture and rural development, and climate change response. 

 A Cambodian official has affirmed that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Cambodian people will do their best to foster the traditional friendship between the two Parties and countries. 

A delegation from Vietnam’s National Assembly led by NA Vice Chairman General Do Ba Ty made a working visit to Mexico from November 22 to December 2 to promote friendship and cooperation between the two countries and two legislative bodies.

Vietnam has respected rights of countries in the East Sea, including overflight and navigation freedom and trade without restriction, in line with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

 Vietnam and Ecuador agreed to strengthen political dialogue through high-level visits during the third political consultation between the two countries in Quito on December 1-2. 

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the most important partners in providing capital, technical assistance and policy advice to Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the bank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City announced at an annual seminar on December 1 that number of cancer patients in big cities increased drastically.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The company Viet Wax Statue is in a process to complete over 100 wax shapes of Vietnamese celebrities to prepare for an opening of an exhibition house located at Hoa Binh Theater in HCMC’s District 10 in earlier 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – We cannot be sure when it started, but a rumour about the Khe Xanh Stream has attracted visitors from all over the country to Bac Son Village in Nghe An Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around the end of November when the rice is ripe for harvest, children in the Mekong Delta take to the fields, hunting for rats. A sworn enemy of farmers for long, the rats are known as “Mr. Longtail” in some places.

VietNamNet Bridge - "Like many other regions in the world, ASEAN always has to face many challenges in which the success or failure of interaction with other countries, particularly the big or powerful ones, is the most important."

VietNamNet Bridge – On December 11, Heritage Space will host a special musical night entitled Poems by Zither. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, Nguyen Trong Dam, talks to the Vietnam Plus online newspaper about the Poverty Reduction Policies and Programme Project (PRPP).

 Intrigued by Vietnam’s planned emphasis on infrastructure development, foreign geotechnical firms are flocking to the country in increasing numbers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The classical ballet “The Nutcracker” will come back to city stage on three nights of December 9-11 at the City Opera House in District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lives of residents in Nam Truc District in the northern province of Nam Dinh have improved over the years thanks to aluminum recycling for handicrafts.

 VietNamNet Bidge – Many households in northern Quang Ninh Province’s Hoanh Bo District have been forced to live with smoke and cement dust discharged from Ha Long Cement Factory for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the first notes of the symphony he composed resounded at a concert recently, La Thang became emotional.

Shortly after the $22 billion petrochemistry & oil refinery project in Binh Dinh province was withdrawn by local authorities because of delay, another project in Can Tho has been stopped for the same reason.

Vietnam holds huge growth potential for wind energy and has policy incentives available for this sector but only three wind power projects have been put into operation nationwide, according to a recent conference in Hanoi.