Recent floods have left 24 dead, 16 injures and losses of $37.2 million in the central and Central Highlands regions according to the Department of Disaster Prevention in the central and Central Highlands regions.

MWG Board of Management has announced the company’s business plan for 2017, with total revenue and after-tax profit to reach $2.83 billion and $98.6 million, up 85 per cent and 58.5 per cent against 2016, respectively.

 As many as 37 professional troupes are competing in the HCM City Open Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship being held during weekends at Dam Sen Park in District 11.

 The VN Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) has posted an official correction of its false report on the quality of the sauce following heavy public pressure and Governmental investigations into the case.

Karate Shoto Asean Japan 2016 tournament took place on December 16-18 in Hanoi, attracting 300 martial artists from Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and the host, Vietnam.

 Hanoian wrestlers will be supported by Korean company Sungshin Vina with up to VND1 billion (US$45,000) per year, following a sponsorship signing ceremony in Hanoi on December 17.

 Vietnam top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the Thailand F5 Futures scheduled to take place in Huahin this week.

Every year, in late December, a sunflower field in Nghia Son commune, Nghia Dan district, central Nghe An Province comes alive with a brilliant carpet of yellow, orange and gold.

Five-year-old piano prodigy Evan Le has thrilled Vietnamese audiences with his outstanding performance at ‘Soul Christmas Charity Concert’ held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

As Christmas is nearing, children in the capital city are eager to go shopping with their parents to buy decorations, new clothes and take nice pictures featuring the cozy atmosphere of the special day.

December in Hanoi is famous for its fog and the onset of chilly weather signalling it’s time to unpack the warm winter clothes.

Vietnam must improve the local supply of raw materials for the wood processing industry to ensure sustainable development and meet export targets.

Investment experts reiterate the need for incentive application to attract foreign investment projects, despite the warning of a global race to the bottom on corporate tax to lure investors.

 Vietnamese catfish exports to the EU continue to plummet amid long-standing concerns with respect to the quality of the controversial farm-raised pangasius species, commercially sold as basa, tra or swai products.

 Overseas remittance into Vietnam is expected to drop this year, due to the effect of the US election result and the new US government’s anticipated policies aiming to focus on domestic trade.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung attended an ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat on the situation of Rakhine state, Myanmar, on December 19.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 19 held a meeting with 55 representatives from religious organisations nationwide to listen to religious followers’ opinions and proposals, aiming to better implement the law on belief and religions. 

 Vietnamese students have brought home a silver and four consolidation prizes at the 10th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in Bhubaneswar city in India’s Odisha State.

 The forestry sector will protect, develop and sustainably use existing forest areas and land fund for forest development with a view to raising the country’s forest coverage to 47.25 percent in 2017.

A technique for freezing to preserve red blood cells with glycerol at -80 degree Celsius for 10 years and a milk with high protein which is the first product made by a Vietnamese nutritionist have been awarded the KOVA Prize.