VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Usagi, which weakened into a tropical depression over the weekend, hit HCM City hard on Sunday, damaging electrical cables, stranding cars on streets, and flooding basements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee in Da Nang have imposed an administrative fine of VND1.1 billion (US$47,800) on two joint-stock steel companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Athletes set three national records in fin-swimming at the National Sports Games, which are ongoing in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty candidates for the Vietnamese Golden Ball Award have been announced by the organising Sài Gòn Giải Phóng newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health on Monday requested health departments in the provinces affected by Typhoon Usagi to ensure clean water supplies and prevent disease outbreaks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When winter approaches, locals in the northern province of Cao Bang often cook coóng phù cake (or phù noòng in Tày language) to offer to their ancestors, praying for the severe cold to end.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Who doesn’t love a nice bánh mì? It’s often the first choice for lunch, and even the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain once described the Vietnamese bread as ‘a symphony in a sandwich’.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tien Giang Province has developed new agricultural production models that provide farmers with a reliable income to cope with climate change in its eastern districts and Go Cong Town.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A gaur was found dead on Monday at the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve in Ma Da Commune, Vinh Cuu District in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Three Vietnamese treats including bún riêu (noodle soup with freshwater crab), snails and bánh mì in Hoi An have been listed among the top 21 dishes of the year by the Australian travel website Traveller.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Traditional Music Festival opened at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on November 25 night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation’s eighth congress will take place on December 8 with Le Khanh Hai as the sole candidate for president of the organisation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs to develop and implement labour market policies, including a systematic approach to training its growing workforce, to fully reap the benefits of free trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Startups in the last three years have attracted a large number of students, but few of their businesses have achieved genuine success.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 60th National Marathon Tournament – Tiền Phong Newspaper 2018 is scheduled to run from March 20–25 next year in Vung Tau City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese striker Nguyen Van Toan has been ruled out of the rest of the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup due to injury.

Professor Nguyen Tac An, Vice President of the Association of Science and Technology on Viet Nam Sea, speaks to the website Tài Nguyên & Môi Trường on the need to control the dredging of the seabed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Dinh Luan, deputy director general of the Directorate of Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture, speaks to Nông thôn Ngày nay newspaper on the need for a sustainable fishing industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Classical music is difficult to listen to, many people say.  But the truth is, if it is performed creatively, it can bring joy to audiences, especially young people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Phu Nhi Village, Son Tay Town in the western outskirts of Hanoi, are greatly proud of their traditional delicacy; homemade rice cake.