VietNamNet Bridge - The sharp falls in revenue, profit and the value of shares of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) firms make people think LPG is no longer an attractive business field for investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat, a fairy city, known with vast flowers gardens, winding mountain passes, green pine forests and amiable people, now has a new attraction for visitors - a unique clay tunnel.

 Confusion about street names and house numbers in newly-expanded areas are adding to the chaos of streets in Hanoi, making it difficult for local residents and others to find addresses.

A system simulating the VVER-1200 nuclear reactor was launched in Hanoi on December 9, which is part of a Technical Assistance Project between the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Vietnam steadfastly pursues the policy of ensuring full enforcement of basic rights and freedom for each citizen, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has written in an article on the occasion of World Human Rights Day (December 10).

With an annual growth rate of 7-8 percent per annum, the Vietnamese lubricant market has attracted foreign brands, especially as Vietnam has now signed many free trade agreements (FTAs). 

 Ha Noi People's Court yesterday held a session for the trial of three men accused of swindling people of their money through a Facebook scam.

 Malaysian-born actress Michelle Yeoh, who starred in the well-known martial arts film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 1’, is on a business trip to Ho Chi Minh City, reports local newspaper Zing.vn.

 French pop-rock singer Sophie Huriaux, better known by her stage name La Grande Sophie, will perform in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11 before flying to Hanoi for her performance the next day.

 Two Vietnamese writers have received the Mekong River Literature Prize together with ten authors from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China and Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of new beer brands have appeared in the domestic market recently. Many brewery groups are planning to jump into Vietnam's promising market with 3 billion liters of beer consumed every year.

Boredpanda – a leading art, design and photography community website in Europe has published beautiful photos of nature landscapes in Vietnam, taken by French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle

Vietnam could run up a US$4 billion trade deficit for the whole year after three consecutive years of a trade surplus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent an official dispatch to ministries and investors for construction of a hydropower system and a trans-Asia waterway route section on the Red River.

 Final consumption expenditure (percent of GDP) in Vietnam was estimated at 70 percent last year by the World Bank with household consumption accounting for 90 percent, making the country among Asia’s top 5 retail markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is among five countries in the world with the most plastic waste discarded into the ocean. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Since the first iPhone 2G was launched on the market in 2007, nine iPhone generations with 12 models have been marketed. Many Vietnamese fans of iPhones have begun to be a bit bored with the phone.

Vietnam will further co-operate with its neighbours and the international community to tackle drug trafficking in an attempt to make the ASEAN bloc drug-free, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

 Councilors of HCM City have assembled for a four-day meeting to vote for new leaders of the municipal People's Committee and discussion of several urgent issues as well as a review of socio-economic development.

Members of National Assembly Standing Committee started its 43rd meeting yesterday, focusing on preparations for the last session of 13th legislature expected to be opened next March.