Street culture festival, Drug traffickers arrested in Binh Duong, Vietnam works to improve skills of young labourers, Work on Mong Cai-Van Don expressway to begin in December, Hospitality staff need personal touch

Vietnam or Bhutan are better budget options and are cheaper now than ever. 

 The participation of foreign investors has helped domestic insurers enhance their insurance capacity through training, legal framework and operation of products.

Vietnam needs about US$480 billion for infrastructure investment by 2020, with additional projects in the pipeline including around eleven power plants with total capacity of 13,200 MW and about 1,380 km of highway.

 Manzi Art Space to host group photo exhibition “Second Opinion”, Galerie Quynh to open “an everyday day” exhibition, Pho Ben Doi art show to be held in Dalat, “We’re in this, together” exhibition scheduled for mid December in HCMC

 Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking NA delegation arrived in Busan city on December 4, beginning her four-day official visit to the RoK.

 Vietnam's Hoang Lien Son mountain range has been named among the best places to travel according to the US-based National Geographic Magazine.

The Korean media extolled coach Park Hang-Seo after he led Vietnam’s national football team to a 2-1 win against the Philippines in the first leg of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 semifinals.

 Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s. The shortages are likely to happen from 2020 to 2025.

The General Department of Market Surveillance is examining the transportation of ore and minerals in border areas in the northern province of Lao Cai after the media reported ore was being smuggled

 Cuc hoa mi or white daisies are often in full bloom in November, signalling the beginning of Hanoi’s winter. During this time, many people flock to daisy gardens to take photos with the flowers.

On the evening of December 14, the audience in HCMC can come to an East-meet-West musical space where saxophonist Timothy Sun and pianist Jacqueline Leung from Hong Kong will perform.

 Hundreds of Vietnamese enterprises are rushing to market their products, such as coffee, pepper, vegetables and craft items, on international ecommerce platforms.

VietNamNet Bridge - With high office rent in Vietnam, especially compared with other ASEAN countries, co-working spaces have become increasingly popular.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert will conduct the classical ballet The Nutcracker on December 7, 8 and 9 at the HCM City Opera House.

 The 90-million population market is projected to swallow over 4.1 billion liters of beer in 2020 and 5.6 billion liters by 2035.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) has decided to suspend the flight crew of a Vietjet Air flight that encountered landing problems at Buon Ma Thuot Airport in Dak Lak Province last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rookie Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has set a record at the AFF Cup for keeping a clean sheet for 405 consecutive minutes. His defence was finally broken on December 2 

 The pressure for domestic securities companies will increase along with the expansion of foreign-owned securities ones.

 Vietnamese photographers have won big at the 14th Orhan Holding International Photography Contest whose awarding ceremony was held in Bursa, Turkey on December 1.