Son Tra Island and some other beaches in Danang City have continued to face serious erosions and landslides after the heavy rains over the past few days.

 Media agencies around Asia have been running articles highlighting the first leg match of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 final between Vietnam and Malaysia on December 11 at the latter’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium, which ended with a 2-2 draw.

 A selection of 97 Vietnamese producers of national-branded products from this year will be announced at a ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House in downtown Hanoi on December 20.

 Wakuwaku Japan channel was officially launched in Hanoi on December 12 as part of a cooperation programme between the Japanese channel and the pay-TV cable broadcaster VTVcab.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently released Decision 1677/QD-TTg to ratify the Project on early childhood education development in the 2018-2025 period. 

 Hanoi authorities have successfully planted one million trees in the past three years in a project that cost VND256bn (USD11m), said Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

 An orphan who lives in a pagoda in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been continuously physically abused by a monk.

 The golf course in Tan Son Nhat Airport will be closed for airport expansion according to the latest golf course planning by the Department of Planning and Architecture.  

 Vietnam signed over 50 cooperation agreements and treaties with countries, territories, and international sports organisations around the world during 1998 to 2016, a period that has seen the most thriving development in the sporting sector.

 Police of the central province of Thanh Hoa has issued a wanted notice for a 27-year-old man accused of “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”.

 The US – China trade war would generate more opportunities than challenges for Vietnam’s real estate market, experts said at the Vietnam Real Estate Summit (VRES) in Hanoi on December 12.

 Hanoi’s determination of curtailing state employees is among missions to curb state budget deficit which the whole country is striving for.

 There remains large potential for the future growth of Vietnam’s retail market, given by the country’s large population with rising income and improved living standards.

 Liver cancer in Vietnam is increasing rapidly and mortality is high due to shortage of hepatitis B vaccination.

All land dispute issues involving Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCMC’s District 2 will be fully addressed by next year, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, said at a meeting held early this week.

 The Ministry of Public Security-prepared draft of a law on entry and exit has a provision requiring an electronic chip to be attached to Vietnamese passports to store biometric data and identification information.

 After an eight-month investigation into Grab’s acquisition of Uber in the Vietnamese market, the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) has concluded that the deal violated the economic concentration rules of the 2014 Competition Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Quang, CEO of BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, said making phones is like making pho (a traditional dish of Vietnam). 

 The People’s Court in the south-central province of Binh Thuan opened a trial on December 12, for a total of 12 defendants, including some customs officers, who were involved in the country’s largest-ever fuel smuggling ring worth US$86 million.

 China will remain the country’s greatest potential tra fish buyer over the next two years despite its strict regulations on tra fish imports, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.