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.

 Ambassador to Italy and the Republic of Cyprus Cao Chinh Thien suggested the Vietnamese and Cyprus Governments soon negotiate the signing of an MoU on matters regarding Vietnamese labourers in the island country. 

 Each player on the Vietnam football team will earn a US$50,000 incentive for making the AFF Cup semi-finals, according to multiple reports.

 Beauty It's Everywhere website has listed Vietnamese representative – Duong Nguyen Kha Trang – among its top 20 Pageant Predictions at the ongoing Miss Supranational 2016 in Poland.

 The 12th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE) opened in Hanoi on November 29 helped regional researchers, managers and experts share experience in water environment management.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that the current conditions for the establishment and operation of a Viet Kieu-invested bank in Vietnam are more favorable than 25 years ago.

 The museum of the northern province of Quang Ninh has cooperated with the History Faculty of the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities to excavate two ancient tombs dating back from 1,800-2,000 years.

 As many as 1.7 trillion VND (74.8 million USD) will be spent on a vocational training plan for labourers in rural areas, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 29. 

 A seminar was organised in southwest Gwangju city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on November 29, focusing the prospect of solving disputes in the East Sea following the PCA ruling on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the waters.

 Many Vietnamese expatriates in Mexico have expressed their sorrow at the death of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz, who passed away on November 25.

 President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on November 29 paid homage to late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz at the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi.

 Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee Pham Minh Chinh has suggested authorities of Japan’s Osaka prefecture further expand cooperation with localities, and key economic zones of Vietnam in the coming time. 

President Tran Dai Quang underscored security and intelligence cooperation as one of the important pillars in Vietnam-Bulgaria ties during a reception on November 29 for Chairman of the State Intelligence Agency of Bulgaria.

Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong called on Asian countries to enhance cooperation to promote peace, security and cope with common challenges while delivering a speech at APA-9 in Cambodia on November 29.