A technique for freezing to preserve red blood cells with glycerol at -80 degree Celsius for 10 years and a milk with high protein which is the first product made by a Vietnamese nutritionist have been awarded the KOVA Prize.

Google search trends for 2016 in Vietnam reveal that games, sports, entertainment, and lottery results were the most searched topics among Vietnamese internet users.

 The key point in building smart cities is suitable planning, said Hoang Le Minh, director of the Viet Nam National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry (NISCI) at the 2016 IT Day held in Ha Noi on Thursday.

 Rainfall ranging from 150mm to 400mm over the past two days has flooded communes and villages in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa.

 The central city’s People’s Committee has asked two joint-stock steel companies – Dana Y and Dana Uc – to stop production of two factories in Lien Chieu and Haa Vang districts, due to the serious pollution they continued to cause.

 Natural disasters have cost the northern province of Ca Mau VNĐ1.427 trillion (US$63 million) this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

 The overall growth of Vietnam’s telecom market will start to decline following a period of rapid development, according to “The Emerging Asia-Pacific telecoms market: trends and forecasts 2016-2021” released by The Report Linker.

 The continual erosion of forested land by local people has narrowed the living space for elephants in Dong Nai Province, leading to more conflict. In addition, the province’s elephant conservation project has still proceeded at a very slow pace.

 A project aiming to promote biodiversity in Viet Nam was launched yesterday by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in the northern province of Lao Cai.

  The military-run telecommunication group Viettelsaid it will remove roaming charges for phone calls among its subscribers in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

 World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) and Vietnamese nature authorities today kicked off an emergency project to protect the biggest herd of elephants in the country from extinction.

 Cua Dai coast in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province is being seriously damaged by chronic erosion and sea encroachment, threatening residents and causing big losses for the tourism sector.

 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan has expressed wish that Japan would continue boosting effective cooperation with Vietnam in environment protection and climate change response.  

 Viet Nam earned US$29.8 billion from the export of phones and devices between January and November, a year-on-year increase of $3 billion, or 10.7 per cent, the Vietnam Customs said.

 The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a training course on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province on December 13.

 The 100 Resilient Cities programme was launched in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, which joined the programme in May this year, at a conference on December 13. 

 Hanoi People's Committee said changeable weather and discharged waste water are the main causes that killed huge amounts of fish in many lakes in the city.

 Management board of the Quang Binh's Phong Nha- Ke Bang National Park yesterday announced that Polystichum quangbinhense is a rare threatened species which grows inside its cave systems.

The military-run Viettel continues leading the list among local telecommunications companies with high revenue during the first eleven months of 2016, according to the latest remarks from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Leading integrated fintech service provider Credit China Fintech Holding Limited has spent US$12.73 million on acquiring a 51% stake in Vietnamese Amigo Technologies Joint Stock Company as part of its plans to expand overseas operations.