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Da Nang beach covered with waste following torrential rains

 My Khe Beach in Danang City’s Ngu Hanh Son District has been covered with waste following torrential rains over recent days.

Sun bear in Tay Ninh rescued after 15 years in captivity

 A female sun bear was rescued yesterday after 15 years in captivity in a border district of Tay Ninh Province in southeast Vietnam.

Erosion and landslide ravage Son Tra Island

 Son Tra Island and some other beaches in Danang City have continued to face serious erosions and landslides after the heavy rains over the past few days.

Google seeks to open representative office in Vietnam

 Google is researching the procedures for opening a representative office in Vietnam to ensure that its compliance with local regulations is in line with its international commitments, Senior Vice President Ken Walker has said.

Ha Tinh proposes urgent elephant protection plan

 The central province of Ha Tinh has submitted an urgent plan to protect the elephant for the 2019-2025 period to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on December 9.

The prospect for 5G in Vietnam

 Adopting significant technological advances, the 5G network, which aims to improve connection speed, reduce latency and raise the number of devices connected at the same time, is expected to be a powerful boost for digital economy.

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High-schooler makes solar energy car

 A high schooler in the northern province of Nam Dinh has successfully made a car using solar energy.

Local IT engineers on par with global ones: Orchestra Networks

 Vietnamese information technology engineers are as qualified as those in the global market but receive lower salaries, increasing Vietnam’s attractiveness to foreign software enterprises.

Fine-tuning of scientific research policies required

 Tweaks are needed to existing policies to encourage the application of scientific research in production and business.

Taxing times for the internet icons

 Social media giants and major tech enterprises are coming under fire from multiple sides as governments are managing to collect their dues, and business partners and users are decrying the unregulated and oftentimes harmful content. 

Cloud computing vision outlined at Internet Day

 Stores at Internet Day showed a solid foundation in infrastructure, connectivity, cloud computing eco-system, and advanced technology solutions, which provide the key tailwind for Vietnam to enter the 4.0 era.

Head of client solutions to replace Christy Le as Facebook Vietnam CEO

 Khoi Le, head of Facebook Client Solutions, will replace Le Diep Kieu Trang (Christy Le) as CEO of Facebook Vietnam after her resignation from early 2019.

HCMC to make selling technology easier

 The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has been trying to commercialise research outcomes by linking demand and supply, investing to bring technologies to the market and helping register intellectual property rights.

VinTech to invest $4.5 million in decoding Vietnamese genome

 The VinTech technology development company’s big data research institute announced on December 6 that it will start a 4.5-million-USD project on building Vietnamese genome data next year.

Vietnam Internet Day 2018 focuses on digital ecosystem amid booming users

Vietnam Internet Day 2018, with theme of "Internet and Vietnam’s digital ecosystem", aimed at creating a knowledge connection, support and linkage among enterprises, users and state agencies in the Internet industry.

Coastal erosion threatens southernmost province

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is facing coastal erosion which has worsened over recent years.

Facebook Vietnam director announces resignation

Le Diep Kieu Trang, country director for Facebook Vietnam, on December 5 announced on her Facebook page that she would quit late this year as she wants to spend more time with her family and launch new personal initiatives.

Company proposes to renovate To Lich River

 Phuong Bac Infrastructure Company proposed November 8 to transform the heavily-polluted To Lich River in Hanoi. 

Vietnam hosts roundtable on climate, security in Netherlands

 A roundtable on climate change and security was held in The Hague of the Netherlands on December 4 to exchange information and assess models, measures and experience in ensuring environmental security and climate change response.