Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 3948/QD-BTNMT announcing the top 10 outstanding events of the sector in 2018.

 Hanoi will organize a number of cultural and artistic activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which lasts from February 5-7.

 Eleven places of huge cultural and historical value have been recognised as national special relic sites under Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Decision 1820/QD-TTg 

 Paintings portraying the landscapes of two cities, Hanoi and Kampen, are being shown in an ongoing exhibition entitled Hanoi – Hoang Ha Tung – Kampen in Kampen, Netherlands.

 The recent French festivals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City spread messages of the close-knit friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and France.

 Travel company Saigontourist won the bid to embellish Nguyen Hue Flower Street.

 A cartoon within the Viet Su Kieu Hung (Vietnamese Epic History) project will be screened for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City on December 15. 

 The Ministry of Education and Training has requested education departments nationwide take measures to raise the ethical standard of teachers.

 Vietnam is home to 22 world heritage items recognized by UNESCO, including two natural heritage sites, five cultural heritages, and one mixed heritage.

 Hungarian pianist Janos Balazs will debut to perform a repertoire including classical and modern pieces at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM)’s Great Hall on December 4. 

 Vietnam`s industrial parks and economic zones remained the country`s magnet in attracting foreign investment.

 Hundreds of local people and foreigners came to the French food and cultural festival “Balade en France” at Hoa Lu Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on its opening night on December 1.

 World Coffee Museum has been inaugurated in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 The import of wheat contaminated with the cirsium arvense into Vietnam has continued despite warnings, posing a high risk of the spread of this harmful weed.

The former principal of HCM City Teacher Training University spoke about the proposal by the Ministry of Education and Training to replace free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions with student loans.

 Vietnamese fashion market has allured many foreign brands and some of which have decided to acquire local clothing companies to enable them enter the potential market as soon as possible.

 The 10th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival for ethnic minority groups will take place in the northern province of Vinh Phuc from November 2-4.

 Japanese director and writer Kohei Oguri, known for Muddy River and The Sting of Death, will be the chief juror of feature films at the 2018 Hanoi International Film Festival.

 Vietnam will for the first time cooperate with Japan to produce a horror movie about zombies, entitled Gameshow Tu Than (Game Show of Death), which is a remake of famous Japanese horror flick St. Zombie Girls’ High School.

 The HCMC People’s Council yesterday endorsed the city’s proposal to build a symphony-opera-ballet theater in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2, at a cost of VND1.508 trillion.