Ly Hoang Nam came from behind to defeat Jeong Young-Hoon of the Republic of Korea in the second round of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin on December 22.

 CNN Travel recently posted an article on their website in which they promoted travel to Vietnam and what they referred to as five ideal tropical paradises. Here are the photos and locations they touted.

Global Entertainment Operations Vietnam (GEO) and Playboy Enterprises, Inc. have announced the opening of Playboy Establishment, an epoch-making luxury entertainment establishment in the centre of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi. 

With more than 3,260km of coastal lines, Vietnam owns numerous luxury seaside resorts with clear and clean beach, beautiful scenery, fresh air and delicious seafood dishes.

 An archeological excavation at the relic site Pu Luon Xe in hamlet 7, Tan Linh commune, Luc Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai led to the discovery of a kiln making building materials said to belong to the Tran Dynasty.

K-pop band sensation – T-ara – is set to liven up the Quan Khu 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City this coming January 17.

Streets, commercial centres, churches and entertainment places in the capital city are beautifully decorated with lights, Christmas trees, reindeers and decorations to welcome upcoming Christmas.

 Getting rid of a loss-making shipyard member unit is now the top priority of Vinalines, despite the huge potential losses.

 India-based Tata Coffee has released plans to set up a greenfield freeze-dried instant coffee plant in Vietnam with the total investment capital of $50 million. The plans were stated in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Hanoi based tech start-up, Gamota, has won the first ever Facebook hackathon in Vietnam for its beta version of a business management application. 

 Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the company faced a regulatory crackdown.

 Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and Cambodia’s northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey have inked an agreement on bilateral cooperation for the 2016-2020 period.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has told Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Ory Csaba that the Vietnamese capital city is willing to extensively cooperate with Hungary in all spheres.

 Vietnam is one of the most favourite destinations of Russians for the New Year holiday, according to Maya Lomidze, Director of Association of Tour Operations of Russia (ATOR).

 The Institute for Nanotechnology-Vietnam National University HCM City said on December 20 that it has made a system to automatically monitor salinity in rivers in the Mekong Delta and set off an alarm if the level is too high.

 A digital economy is an inevitable step for development as the traditional economy is being saturated, said Nguyen Thanh Hung, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications at the 2016 Internet Day event in Hanoi.

 Vietnam has won the men’s team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

 Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park granted investment licences to nine projects worth a total of 200 million USD in 2016, bringing the number of licensed projects up to 78 worth 3 billion USD combined.

 The property and retail conglomerate Vingroup JSC (Vingroup) has denied information that it plans to sell its supermarket chain VinMart to the US convenience store giant 7-Eleven, local media reported.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) is likely to divest from FPT Telecom early next year, a Ministry of Finance official said.