Lobster farmers in some central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen are complaining about being cheated by Chinese businessmen who are buying their products at cheap prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Multi-billion USD refinery projects are being implemented very slowly while the operating Dung Quat oil refinery project has constantly asked the Vietnamese government for support and incentives.

 Instant coffee producers operating in Vietnam are expected to produce roughly 675,000 metric tons of instant coffee in 2015, according to estimates provided by the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association.

Vietnam’s exports are expected to grow by 10.1 per cent from 2021 to 2030, largely unchanged from the growth anticipated for 2015 to 2020, according to HSBC’s Trade Forecast Report released on December 9.

 More than 400 artworks of painting, graphics, performance art and video art, representing Viet Nam's fine arts field between 2011 and 2015, are on display in downtown Ha Noi.

A Chinese national Xue Wen, suspected to be part of a criminal ring, was arrested in Hanoi and sent to HCM City, awaiting for his conviction yesterday.

The Vietnamese disability sports contingent staged a successful end to the eighth ASEAN Para Games, finishing in fourth place overall with a total of 48 gold, 58 silver and 50 bronze medals.

With more universities and offices requiring English qualifications from graduates, students are turning to hiring other people to sit their English exams.

 Indonesian Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said defence cooperation is a pillar and an inseparable part of Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership and wished to bring the cooperation to the next level in the future.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, 68% of foreign workers say they can save more money, according to the latest survey conducted by HSBC.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned the construction of a dozen dams on the Mekong River’s mainstream is threatening the river’s ecology and the wellbeing of a lot of residents in the river basin.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel companies in HCMC are in dire need of tour guides who can speak Japanese and Korean fluently to serve visitors from the two northeastern Asian countries.

The government, when planning the nation’s budget for 2016, has estimated that crude oil will make up 10 percent of the budget revenue for the year, which means that Vietnam still plans to increase the crude oil output.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese representative Lan Khue has been named among Top 25 Miss World ‘People’s Choice’ Award, held in China.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese contestant Pham Huong will wear an ao dai (Vietnamese national long gown) designed by Thuan Viet at the National Costume competition of the Miss Universe 2015 on December 16.

 Fashion TV recently announced programming changes and expansion plans through 2017 for its 24 hour standalone feed into Vietnam, reaching a population in excess of 92 million.

Vietnam's Ly Hoang Nam defeated Gao Xin of China 7-5, 6-2 in the first round match of the Cambodia F3 Futures tennis tournament in Phnom Penh yesterday.

 No 10 seed Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam's premiere shuttler, was ousted from the K&D Graphics/Yonex Grand Prix yesterday in California.

 Former world youth taekwondo champion Hoang Ha Giang died on December 7 at the age of 24 in HCM City.

Capital city police confirmed a suspect arrested on Monday had murdered two members of a family in Thach That District.