VietNamNet Bridge – The names of the five richest people on the stock market of Vietnam in 2015 have been identified.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some markets in Co Nhue ward in Bac Tu Liem district of Hanoi are supplied with water spinach that has been planted in a cemetery, where the vegetables are surrounded by belongings of the dead.

VietNamNet Bridge - Le Long Ho, a student at the HCM City University of Natural Sciences, has invented an umbrella which can help protect people’s skin from ultraviolet rays (UV).

 Eight dairy goods importers, producers and traders have petitioned the Government and the Ministry of Finance to reconsider customs-claimed tax arrears amounting to hundreds of billions of dong.

 After three years in Vietnam, Foodpanda, the operator of the www.foodpanda.vn website, has closed down its operations in the country.

Vietnam has just doubled penalty for illicit tobacco trade according to a decree recently issued by the prime minister.

 Russia considers Vietnam an important bridge connecting it with the ASEAN and always welcomes Vietnam’s investment projects in the Russian territory, said a Russian official in charge of international affairs.

Second Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina Le Thanh Xuan underscored Vietnam’s contributions to the birth of the ASEAN Community.

British singer Rita Ora will perform in the seventh H-Artistry concert in Nguyen Du Competition Hall in HCM City on December 21.

 Catering is currently the most franchised business in Vietnam, accounting for 43.7 percent of the recorded franchise deals, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Domestic Market Department. 

 The Lang Son provincial People’s Court on December 3 gave life sentence to Lu Ye Huang, a Chinese national, on charges of illegal cross-border transport of drugs.

With the International Monetary Fund including China's yuan in its elite reserve currency basket, impacts from the step on Viet Nam's economy will depend on its preparation, according to experts.

State-run PetroVietnam remains at the top of the 500 Vietnamese biggest enterprises list in terms of revenue (VNR500) this year, while Vinamilk has been named the country's largest private enterprise.

 The Information Security Index of Vietnam 2015 - a Korean designed index to grade a nation's cyber security capacity- increased from an average of 39 per cent last year to 46.4 percent among Vietnamese agencies early this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The training courses provided by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to general school teachers on teaching integrated lessons have failed.

 Representatives of foreign business associations have expressed concern over Vietnam’s visa policy, claiming their member enterprises are having problems with short-stay visa and strict entry regulations.

 Vietnam’s deeper integration into ASEAN is bringing the country golden opportunities in the real estate sector.

 The outlook for the Vietnamese banking system is stable, driven by the country's good economic growth and stabilising asset quality and good liquidity, according to a Moody's report released early this week.

 Vietnam has chosen to become a founding member of a new global set of trade rules by joining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, Japanese Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Akira Amari said.

 Vietnam’s economy will escape from recession and start a new recovery cycle, according to the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF).