Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom signed an announcement on the official conclusion of negotiations on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in Brussels on December 2. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker on December 2 in the framework of his working visit to Belgium and the European Union.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker issued a Press Statement on the occasion of the Vietnamese PM’s visit to the European Union.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai have officially announced the start of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.

 Tran Thi Nga, 75, lives in Van Mieu Ward, Nam Dinh City in the northern province of Nam Dinh. She has a 20-kilogram cat.

 The two large-sized coins dating back to the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) were discovered in the central province of Quang Binh earlier this month.

 The central city of Hoi An will provide free ticket for tourists visiting the ancient town tomorrow, Friday, on the occasion of the Heritage Day and the 16th anniversary of Hoi An's recognition as a world heritage city by UNESCO.

 The moc ban (wood blocks) and chau ban (official administrative papers) Kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) used to record history are on display for the first time at an exhibition opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

The irrecoverable debts of 12 Vietnamese commercial banks by September 30, 2015 had reached VND23.522 trillion, which accounts for 65 percent of bad debts, representing a 15 percent increase from the 50 percent reported in mid-2015.

 Nguyen Huu Tin, deputy chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, called for raising VND15.9 trillion ($709.8 million) from private investors for anti-flooding works.

 Police from central province of Quang Tri yesterday seized reptiles such as turtles, and pangolins, and civets from a car on National Highway 1A in Vinh Linh District.

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 Seawater has been progressively encroaching on land in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, causing severe landslides in coastal areas.

  The 9th session of the Joint Vietnam-US Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JCM-9) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on December 2 to review joint projects.

 A relatively intact bronze drum believed to belong to the Dong Son culture, originating in Vietnam over 2,000 years ago, has recently been discovered in Timor Leste.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will need $21 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from now to 2030. This amount of money is beyond domestic resources.

 More than 200 performers, aged 27 and less, will compete in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Young Circus Talent Contest held at the Vietnam Circus and Vaudeville School in Hanoi this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - When technologies change, policies must change, as in the case of GrabTaxi, many Vietnamese policy makers have said. 

 The Ho Tram Open event for professional golfers, slated for December 3-6 in the southern province of Ba Ria- Vung Tau, will offer $1.5 million worth of prizes, making it Vietnam’s richest golf showpiece.