Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao were ousted from the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the Turkey International badminton tournament which wrapped up on December 21.

 About 126,000 people have tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam, but fewer than 106,000 have received treatment, while the others are undetected and sometimes unaware of their status.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 21 held a meeting with President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in as part of his three-day visit to the country.

 The People’s Court of southern An Giang province on December 21 sent five local people to jail for conducting “anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code.

 The Hanoi Customs Department on Wednesday decided to temporarily suspend two employees of the customs sub-department at the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport for having inadequate communication with passengers.

 The third Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level was organised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 21.

 With tonnes of waste discarded directly into fields, lakes and ponds or dumped on roadsides for years, the northern province of Vinh Phuc has a serious pollution problem.

 The Golden Ball 2017 organisers, Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper announced the shortlist for categories in the nomination on December 20.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith left Nghe An on December 21 and concluded the official friendly visit to Vietnam from December 19-21.

 Total trade turnover has recently exceeded $400 billion, a four-fold increase in the decade since 2007 and a major milestone for Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said on December 19.

 Due to the State Bank of Vietnam’s anticipation of last week’s US rate hike, the VND stayed put last week, ahead of a probable devaluation of 1-2 per cent in 2018.

 Three top firms in Vietnam’s oil and gas industry are gearing up for their long-awaited stake sales and listings before the Lunar New Year.

 Uber is implementing ride hailing services in Danang, Khanh Hoa and Hanoi without reporting its operations to provincial authorities in clear violation of Vietnamese regulations.

 VN's labour productivity remains low compared to development demand

 A train carrying passengers on the Hanoi-Hai Phong railway route collided with a truck at 7am on December 21 in Kim Xuyen commune, Kim Thanh district in the northern province of Hai Duong.

 The University of Science of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNUH) has met criteria for university quality assessment at institutional level under the ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance’s (AUN-QA).

 Hanoi plans to put up kiosks at hospitals for people to lodge complains or their dissatisfaction about health check-ups and treatment quality via a software.

Despite previous refusals, the General Department of Taxation has once again proposed that it gain the powers of investigation and prosecution, triggering business concerns over tax pressures and transparency.

 The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has just held a meeting to evaluate its performance in 2017 and implementing tasks for 2018 for private educational institutions.

 The police have proposed prosecuting Dinh La Thang, former chairman of PVN, and his accomplices after concluding the investigation into the wrongdoing at the state-owned national oil and gas group.