VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3 voiced Vietnam’s strong protest against Taiwan’s recent live-fire drills in the waters surrounding the Ba Binh island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.

Over VND34 billion (over US$1.4 million) were raised for the “For national seas and islands – For the fatherland frontline” fund at an art exchange programme co-organised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City and the municipal television HTV on December 2.

VOV.VN - Mui Ne in Binh Thuan province, on Vietnam’s south central coast, has been officially recognized as a national tourism area.

The Khanh Hoa provincial authorities are seeking permission to develop a casino project on Hon Tre Island in Nha Trang City.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to grant permission to Vinpearl JSC to launch a tourism dive boat service in Nha Trang Bay on a pilot basis for a period of two years.

VOV.VN - Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago off the central province of Khanh Hoa boasts a number of Buddhist temples.

VOV.VN - Storm Linfa, the sixth to form in the East Sea this year, on the morning of October 11 made landfall in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai and weakened into a tropical depression, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A golf tournament sponsored by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper will take place at BRG Kings Island Golf Resort in Hanoi’s Son Tay town on October 31, attracting 160 local and foreign golfers, according to organisers.

VOV.VN - Singapore has been the largest foreign direct investor in Vietnam over the first nine months of the year with a figure of US$4.7 billion, accounting for 44.9% of total newly registered capital, according to figures recently released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - A tropical storm has formed in the East Sea and is forecast to pick up forward speed before making landfall in Vietnam in a couple of days, according to the national weather authority (NCHF).