A host of Vietnamese beauty queens including Miss International Queen Huong Giang, Miss Earth Phuong Khanh and Top 5 Miss Universe finalist H’Hen Nie have attracted attention and have won praise from foreign media outlets throughout the year.

Thousands of tons of ash and slag from Mong Duong 1 Thermal power Plant in Cam Pha City of Quang Ninh province was dumped into the environment early this month.

LucTeam is back in L’Espace with the famous play La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano) by Eugène Ionesco on January 12.

Located in a pine forest, Tu Hieu pagoda in Thuy Xuan ward in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien Hue has drawn visitors to its unique architecture and tranquil atmosphere.

 At the recent 2018 Vietnam Travel and Tourism Summit in November, both domestic and foreign experts shared proposals to remove obstacles that hinder the development of Vietnamese tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Ba Ra Mountain Climbing Race will return in January after one year off in Binh Phuoc Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists believe that Vietnam has learned lessons from the 2007-2008 period when Vietnam officially joined the WTO (World Trade Organization).

 Viet Nam’s insurance industry achieved high year-on-year growth of 24 per cent in 2018, the fifth consecutive year the industry posted annual growth of more than 20 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Born and raised in the Eastern European country of Ukraine, Iaruk Pavlo never thought one day he would board a plane to a tropical Southeast Asian country to teach ice skating.

 Experts forecast that foreign investors will continue pouring into Vietnamese firms next year, given the country’s stable macro-economy, hastened administrative reforms and improved investment climate.

 Countries worldwide have their own unique ways to welcome the first moments of the New Year.

Defence cooperation is seen as one of the important pillars in the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia, said Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. 

 HCMC residents on December 28 enjoyed a Guinness-record dance of up to 108 kylins at the second Kylin-Dragon Dance Festival at Van Lang Park in HCMC’s District 5.

 Local authorities are facing mounting difficulties in managing imported scrap as many scrap importers have refused to cooperate in dealing with the numerous scrap containers piling up at ports, said a General Department of Vietnam Customs official.

 Ho Chi Minh City have been enveloped by thick smog over some recent days.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget carrier Jetstar Pacific have announced that between now and January 2, 2019, they will add nearly 120,000 seats on domestic flights serving increasing demand during the Calendar New Year holiday.

 A tropical depression is forming and heading to the East Sea on December 29 afternoon, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

 The airline’s executive said the postponement is necessary to standardize operation processes and customer services.

 The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2019 and become fully operational by the first quarter of 2022, local media reported.

 To mark the New Year, a replica market of ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous region will be open from December 29 to January 1 at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.