Two Vietnamese universities have refused to attend the Ministry of Education and Training’s education quality accreditation.

 Vietnamese weightlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong won a silver medal in the women’s 50kg category at the 2017 World Para Swimming and Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City on December 5.

 Natural disasters have killed 385 people, injured 654 others in Vietnam and caused a loss of VND59.3 trillion (USD2.7 billion) for the country so far this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Goethe Institute will hold a series activities for the Christmas season at Cua Bac Church. They will begin on December 14.

 Masan Beverage Company Limited (MB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Masan Consumer Corporation, plans to make an offer to buy out Vinacafe Bien Hoa Corporation (VCF).

 National carrier Vietnam Airlines organised a ceremony to welcome the 200 millionth passenger at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, HCM City, on Tuesday.

For artist Tran Thi Thu, abstract expressionist painting is a medium in which she can find herself. It’s fitting, then, that her first solo exhibition at the Viet Nam Museum of Fine Arts bears her name, titled Thu.

 The first-ever Maekyung Korea-Viet Nam Forum will begin in Ha Noi on December 6, as part of activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Viet Nam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations.

 Experts at a wind energy workshop on Tuesday recommended sustainable solutions for development of the wind power sector in Viet Nam.

 Korean Kim Heung Soo, CEO of Daekwang Maika Co., Ltd based in HCM City and Daekwang Apparel JSC in Binh Duong Province, said he had been in Viet Nam for almost 25 years and his business is “very good.”

 Although the fine art and handicraft industry has great potential to grow, poor quality design and low competitiveness are hindering the industry, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh on Tuesday.

 Vietnamese small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are focusing more and more on international trade via e-commerce. 

 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