National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Lee Hyuk and Ambassador of Iran Saleh Adibi in Hanoi on December 23.     

Here are the top five choices of the best places to spend the Christmas holiday in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Viet Nam’s national men’s football team have dropped five spots to 134th place in the latest FIFA rankings.

 Two Vietnamese artists Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep have broken Guinness World Record by climbing 90 stairs in 52 seconds with one sibling balancing atop the other using only their heads.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed on a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.

 A majority of company leaders and mid-level personnel in Viet Nam are not keen on their jobs.

 The recent launch of motorbike models with high-engine displacement has attracted the Vietnamese and stirred the domestic market, even though import prices are 2-3 times higher than world prices.

 Bao Viet Group, listed on the HCM Stock Exchange as BVH, has become the first finance and insurance company in Viet Nam to earn revenues of US$1 billion.

 Despite the many fluctuations of the world stock market, Viet Nam has maintained positive growth rates, as one of South East Asia’s five markets with the highest potential for development.

 Sai Gon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) has announced it will organise auctions to select consultancy firms to sell state ownership in the company.

 Dung Quat Refinery is working with foreign oil groups to seek strategic investments for its privatisation, which is expected to be carried out in 2017.

 The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four local universities to offer a certificate course.

Japan has increased checks for Sulfadiazine in Vietnamese shrimps being shipped to the country as of December 6, according to Viet Nam’s National Agro-Forestry- Fisheries Quality Assurance Department.

 Hundreds of fishing vessels were forced to stay ashore in the province’s Hoi An City for the past six days due to sedimentation of the estuary, which blocked entry.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the quarter-final match of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin yesterday.

 The National Super Cup match between V. League 1 champions Ha Noi FC and National Cup winners Quang Ninh Coal will be held on December 29 at Hang Day Stadium in Ha Noi.

 Vietnamese midfielder Luong Xuan Truong has ended his contract with South Korean Incheon United FC to join Gangwon FC, who will play in the K-League Classic next season.

 Takehiro Hattori scored the only goal in his team Yokohama FC’s 1-0 win over Viet Nam in the second round of the International U-21 Football Tournament yesterday in HCM City.

 The last art auction of 2016 will take place on Christmas Eve at Ha Noi’s Apricot hotel on Hang Trong Street.

Vietnam’s tourism has made great efforts to achieve its targets and hit many historic milestones in 2016, said Nguyen Van Tuan, Director General of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism.