The department of Culture & Sport in HCM City and Phu Tho Tourism & Service Corp -Dam Sen Culture Park jointly organized the HCM City Open Unicorn, Lion, Dragon dance championship 2016 starting December 10 to 31.

 Christmas is two weeks away, and Hanoi's streets are beginning to display some festive cheer.

 PV Power Corporation, an affiliate of PetroVietnam, on December 8 issued a press release to announce that the firm’s Deputy General Director Le Chung Dung had failed return to work after a period away.

 The HCMC Department of Industry and Trade yesterday announced that the implementation of its pork origin tracking project will be postponed until December 16 instead of 10 as per schedule because of technical problems.

 The local-based Vntrip.vn said on December 6 that it found shortcomings and lack of transparency in competition between domestic and foreign enterprises, especially in online hotel booking.

The Imex Pan Pacific Company Limited, a Vietnamese diversified conglomerate, has been seeking to invest in a dual-use terminal with a capacity of around 10 million passengers per year at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 HCM City’s new tourism development plan has been criticised as a waste of money since it involves letting off fireworks every weekend.

 Nearly 80 oil canvas paintings by poet Le Thi Kim and her son artist Nguyen Trong Hieu are on sale at the HCM Fine Arts Association to raise funds for underprivilleged children. 

 The Vietnam Championship Dog Show 2016 will take place between December 16 and 18 at Phu Tho Gymnasium, District 11, HCM City.

Fansipan Peak is one of a few places in Lao Cai province for photographers to take beautiful pictures.

 The Hip-Hop Dance Festival titled ‘Hanoi – All in One’, organised by Hanoi b-boy crew S.I.N.E (Saying is not enough), will be kicked off in the capital city on December 13 - 15.

 A total of 108,530 Vietnamese people went abroad to work in the past 11 months of this year, exceeding the target set for the period by 8.5 percent, according to the Vietnam Labour Export Association.

Vietnam and Malaysia should work out specific, practical measures to achieve their trade target of 15 billion USD by 2020, President Tran Dai Quang has said. 

 The Vietnamese Government is ready to provide the best possible conditions for Laos’s National Economic Research Institute (NERI) to effectively cooperate with its Vietnamese partners, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

 Vietnam and Spain should step up cooperation in various sectors, in particular trade, investment, renewable energy, infrastructure, tourism and agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed the Government Offices of Vietnam and Laos to make more contributions to cementing the traditional friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

 Member economies from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) highly valued Vietnam’s theme and priorities for the APEC Year in 2017 at the 24th APEC Summit in Peru, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 8.

 Vietnamese Minister Chu Ngoc Anh has thanked the Lao Government for its assistance and provision of favourable conditions for cooperation between the two countries’ ministries of science and technology.

 The central coastal province of Ninh Thuan and the Russian locality of Kursk signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on December 8 to strengthen cooperation.

 Senior officials from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered at an informal meeting in Hanoi on December 9 to discuss priorities for the APEC Year in 2017.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the 11th Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament slated for December 11-13. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Management agencies are considering setting quotas to restrict the number of new aircraft that airlines can buy and the number of flights each day as airports are becoming overloaded.

 More than VNĐ15 trillion tax arrears irrecoverable, Parkson Hanoi to close one more shopping center, Incoming remittances to HCMC predicted to drop this year, Steel industry no longer governed by master plan, says VSA

 Miss Universe Thailand 2007, Farung Yuthithum, will take part in a fashion show at Riverside Palace in HCM City tonight.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ASEAN countries to take measures to facilitate cross-border trade and investment, while warning against the re-emergence of protectionism on December 8.