Three people aged from 18 to 20 drowned on Tuesday and another girl is in a critical condition in hospital after their boat overturned and sank on Da Ton Lake – an artificial lake in Tan Phu District, the southern province of Dong Nai.

 The Vietnam Science and Technology Journalists Club on December 25 announced 10 outstanding science and technology events in 2018, selected by science and technology journalists from 20 central and local media agencies. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The barriers that exist in state management as well as high operation costs have contributed to the high number of dissolved businesses. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former world boxing champion Shinji Takehara of Japan will take part in friendly matches against Vietnamese boxers on December 29-30.

With a determination to maintain heritage, Vietnamese architects have worked hard to preserve the iconic Long Bien Bridge for the next generation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A male passenger was caught carrying illegal weapons at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on Tuesday.

 HCM City is expected to treat nearly 4,000 people with HIV/AIDS who have health insurance cards in the first quarter of next year, following the cessation of free treatment for all such patients in the country.

 Japanese retailers such as Aeon, Takashimaya, 7-Eleven and FujiMart are expanding operations in Vietnam and changing local consumption habits. 

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has called for more efforts to push aquatic product export turnover to 10 billion USD in 2019. 

 Vietnam attracted 35.46 billion USD in total foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, equivalent to 98.8 percent of the previous year’s figure.

 People from Hanoi have Vietnam’s longest life expectancy, estimated at more than 75 years old, 1.6 years higher than the national average, according to the Hanoi Population and Family Planning branch.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Vietnamese fashion designer Do Manh Cuong will hold a “Mix & Match” fashion show in HCM City’s District 7, with participation of 100 models, on Thursday (December 27).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The growing production, import and trade of dietary supplements should be managed to avoid potential threats to users, 

The concert version of a Broadway-style musical play based on a book by noted writer To Hoai will be performed at HCM City’s Opera House at 8pm on December 29, while the completed show will debut in June 2019.

Vietnam has sent 11 beauties over the years to compete at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, including Thuy Lam and H’Hen Nie in Top 15 and Top 5 this year, respectively.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five writers were honoured recently at the National Writing Competition 2018 for Young Writers, organised by HCM City Writers’ Association in co-operation with its partners in HCM City.

 Vietnam earned about US$9 billion from exports of aquatic products in 2018, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, said Acting Director General of Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai.

 A 40-year-old brain-dead patient from the northern province of Ninh Binh donated six organs, including his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, to save five patients suffering critical illness or diseases. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors from the Ha Noi-based Viet Duc Hospital on Monday announced to successfully conduct the first transplant of two lungs from a brain-dead donor on a cancer patient.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities in HCM City have unveiled new enrollment plans for the next academic year.