Trung Nguyen Coffee, the best known Vietnamese coffee brand owned by Vietnamese Coffee King Dang Le Nguyen Vu, has unexpectedly stopped providing instant coffee products for an indefinite time.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Po Klong Garai Cham Tower, Bau Truc pottery village, Vinh Hy Bay ... are places every traveler wants to visit when they come to Ninh Thuan province, in central Vietnam.

 Eight dairy goods importers, producers and traders have petitioned the Government and the Ministry of Finance to reconsider customs-claimed tax arrears amounting to hundreds of billions of dong.

 Vietnam and Thailand were placed in Group C alongside Tajikistan and Chinese Taipei in the finals of the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship, to be held in Uzbekistan from February 10 to 21.

The Tokyo Vietnam Medical University on December 3 announced the government decision on the establishment of the university, a wholly foreign-invested university.

 After three years in Vietnam, Foodpanda, the operator of the www.foodpanda.vn website, has closed down its operations in the country.

Vietnam has just doubled penalty for illicit tobacco trade according to a decree recently issued by the prime minister.

Budget airline carrier Jeju Air has officially launched its new air route, connecting central city of  Da Nang and Incheon, Seoul, Korea, with a 189-seat Boeing B737-800 aircraft.

 Fire destroys market in Quang Ninh, Petrol price down 258 VND per litre, Heavy rains damage newly upgraded reservoir, Soldiers' remains found in resident's garden, Residents keep fishing in contaminated lake in Dong Nai

 Russia considers Vietnam an important bridge connecting it with the ASEAN and always welcomes Vietnam’s investment projects in the Russian territory, said a Russian official in charge of international affairs.

 Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Hanoi Police Nguyen Duc Chung has been elected as Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee with 94.56% approval.

Second Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina Le Thanh Xuan underscored Vietnam’s contributions to the birth of the ASEAN Community.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Pham Thi Huong left Vietnam for the USA on December to compete for the title of Miss Universe.

British singer Rita Ora will perform in the seventh H-Artistry concert in Nguyen Du Competition Hall in HCM City on December 21.

 The first Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) lacquer painting exhibition themed “Vietnamese Lacquer & Korean Ottchil” is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.

  Experts and industry insiders share their thoughts on the newly-signed FTA with the EU.

 US band Blended 328 will be on a tour across North Vietnam, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations.

 As many as 384 photos winning the eight International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam 2015 (VN-15) were honoured at an ceremony in Hanoi on December 3.

 Regional swimmers will compete in the Southeast Asia Age-Groups Swimming Championships at Da Nang Swimming Club from December 4 to 6.

 The ninth Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships kicked off at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3, drawing 869 players from 19 nations and territories in the region.

 Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.

 Catering is currently the most franchised business in Vietnam, accounting for 43.7 percent of the recorded franchise deals, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Domestic Market Department. 

 The Lang Son provincial People’s Court on December 3 gave life sentence to Lu Ye Huang, a Chinese national, on charges of illegal cross-border transport of drugs.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a memorial service on December 3 for the Secretary of the British – Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS), Len Aldis who passed away in late November.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘So do cam’ as called by Vietnamese, Spathodea campanulata, sourced from Africa, considered a ‘malicious invader’, is still being grown in Vietnam, posing a threat to the ecological environment.