VOV.VN - A get-together with Cambodian alumni was held in HCM City on December 12 by the Ministry of Education and Training to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic relations. 

Authorities in Da Lat, a popular tourist destination in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, are gathering feedback from residents on plans for the new face of the city’s center.

Night after night, thousands of cubic metres of sand and gravel have been illegally mined from a portion of the Cau River, causing erosion and affecting the dyke system for 200ha of agricultural land, online newspaper phapluatplus.vn reported.

Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SMW-3) submarine cable troubles are expected to be fixed between December 21-26, 2017 instead of December 10 as planned, according to a representative from the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT).

Relevant organisations and agencies should join hands to create a safe internet environment for children, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan.

 The number of e-visa issues for foreigners entering Vietnam has seen dramatic growth month on month, said Major General Le Xuan Vien, head of the Immigration Management Department in a press conference on December 12.

Vietnamese and Danish experts and architects gathered at a seminar themed “Danish Week-Sustainable City Solutions” in Hanoi on December 12, to share experience in urban planning policies and solutions to the development of green and sustainable cities.

Hanoi should finalise regulations on construction management to eliminate overlapping responsibilities between agencies, and also to clarify inspection duties to better deter construction violations, experts have said.

Vietnam’s development and cultural issues and the world’s experiences were discussed at a seminar jointly held by the Party Central Committee’s Theory Council and the Vietnam National Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi on December 12. 

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide nearly US$800,000 for the continuation of a project to raise the capacity of the Vietnam Red Cross and its chapters to manage disaster risks, conduct first aid, and care for people’s health in emergency situation.

VOV.VN - The HCMUS-NyanCat team of Ho Chi Minh City University of Science have successfully won the championship of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) of Asia held in Yangon, Myanmar on December 10.

Organisations, enterprises and individuals who wish to use environmental data provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment many have to pay up to 2.8 million VND (123 USD) in the future.

VOV.VN - The young Vietnamese team bagged three gold, 11 silver, and 24 bronze medals at the Challenge for Future Mathematicians held in Malaysia from December 8-11.

The aid package of nearly US$1 million committed by the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in early November will be used to assist poor and near-poor Vietnamese families affected by typhoon Damrey to rebuild their houses. 

Ho Chi Minh City wants to increase government workers’ salaries so that they match at least the minimum wage in the industrial sector.

Hanoi’s Culture and Sports Department has sent a letter urging the municipal People’s Committee to preserve an archaeological site dating back to 1,000 BC in the city’s western outskirts.

Hoping to turn an idea into reality, six people with the same drive and passion devoted their time to finding the optimal solution to daily rubbish problem.

A conference was opened in Hanoi on December 11 to make a mid-term review on the implementation of the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy in the northern region.

The Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts and the Hanoi-based Goethe Institute on December 11 launched a training programme on preserving and restoring documents and items made of paper with the assistance of German conservator Monika Schneidereit-Gast.

Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 11 for a delegation from the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL).

Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on December 11 to confer posthumously the noble State title of “Heroic Vietnamese Mother” to 18 women whose husband and children laid down their lives in the struggle for national liberation and protection.

VOV.VN - The 11th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for the 2017-2022 tenure opened in the National Convention Centre, Hanoi on December 11, attracting 1,000 young people from across the country.

VOV.VN - More than 1,200 photographers and volunteers have participated in the eighth edition of ‘Help-portrait’ program held recently in 15 provinces and cities and Tho Chu Island with the purpose of bringing joy to child cancer patients and disadvantaged people.

As many as 18 million residents in the Mekong Delta are suffering serious consequences as the Mekong River is drying up due to over exploitation of hydropower plants in upstream countries, delegates heard at a recent conference in the Delta province of An Giang.

The test run of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, the first of its kind in Hanoi, has been delayed until September 2, 2018, after it missed a scheduled test in October.

 A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Phuc Yen College of Industry and the Flamingo Group with the aim of enhancing the quality of human resources in the tourism industry.

A national conference on co-management in protecting fishery resources between the State and community took place in the central province of Binh Thuan on December 9. 

The arrest of Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam (PVN) drew public attention, with widespread support for the anti-corruption efforts of the Party and its General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The main contractor of Hanoi's first elevated railway line running from Cat Linh to Ha Dong, to the north of Hanoi, has suggested pushing back the project's deadlines to late 2018, according to the Transport Ministry.

Vietnam must step up efforts to ensure 90% of HIV-infected people will receive sustained antiretroviral (ARV) therapy by 2020, in line with the international UN target, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting of  National Committee for AIDS, Prostitution and Drug Prevention on December 8.