National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will serve Cao Phong orange, a speciality fruit of northern Hoa Binh province, as a dessert in business class from December 8 – 22.

IMS Health has placed Vietnam into the group of 17 most pharmerging markets which are expected to consume one-third of total global consumption in the future instead of one-fourth as currently seen.

The Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2018, looked both wonderful and impressive as she wore a sequin cocktail dress to the Welcome Dinner Party of the beauty pageant.

Foreign buyers accounted for 50% of all successful residential deals, meaning that they are not merely entering Vietnam to set up operations but they are committed to keeping their money here.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has introduced an Ao dai collection as part of the Vietnam-the Republic of Korea friendly cultural exchange that took place in Busan on December 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s automobile industry needs support from government to reduce production costs and become a player in the regional automobile market, experts say.

 Many of the local people want to use electricity originating from renewable energy sources as it is offered at reasonable prices and can replace other materials, including coal, which is facing an acute shortage, officials said. 

A wide range of circus acts dazzled wanderers in pedestrian streets around Sword Lake on December 2, 2018, as part of the National Circus Competition 2018.

 Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that US$584.1 million had been disbursed for the first metro line project in HCMC, so the debt to Japanese construction and consultancy contractors was not too high.

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

 Vietnam has set a target to gain per capita income of around USD10,000 by 2035, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

 Vietnam will eventually have the highest labor cost in the region related to hiring expat workers if these workers are forced to apply for social insurance, officials said.

 Vietnam may drop from the top spot as the world’s largest pepper producer, as many other producers such as Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia are increasing their productivity and output in pepper production. 

 State-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has proposed investing nearly VND4 trillion to build two piers at Lien Chieu Port in the central coast city of Danang.

 The image recognition of Hanoi among the global audience of the US’s Cable News Network (CNN) has improved, especially on social networks, according to CNN Senior Vice President for Asia-Pacific Sunita Rajan.

 Police of the northern province of Lao Cai have handed over 10 Chinese nationals accused of online swindling to police of Hekou county, China’s Yunnan province.

Director of the Pukyong National University Kim Young-seop granted an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Politics to Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 The success of the business community would bring prosperity for Vietnam in the next decades.

 HCMC should adopt short-term and long-term solutions concurrently to control flooding, but none of the solutions presented to date are seen as optimal, experts said at a review conference on anti-flooding projects.

 The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has proposed revoking a ban on the sale of liquor products on online platforms as such a ban could pave the way for products of unclear origin to enter the local market.