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).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) still has not made a decision on the time to issue $3  billion worth of government bonds in in the international market. A source said the plan may be delayed until 2016.

Trung Nguyen Coffee, the best known Vietnamese coffee brand owned by Vietnamese Coffee King Dang Le Nguyen Vu, has unexpectedly stopped providing instant coffee products for an indefinite time.

 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.

 US band Blended 328 will be on a tour across North Vietnam, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations.

 As many as 384 photos winning the eight International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam 2015 (VN-15) were honoured at an ceremony in Hanoi on December 3.

 Regional swimmers will compete in the Southeast Asia Age-Groups Swimming Championships at Da Nang Swimming Club from December 4 to 6.

 The ninth Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships kicked off at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3, drawing 869 players from 19 nations and territories in the region.

 Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.

 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.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘So do cam’ as called by Vietnamese, Spathodea campanulata, sourced from Africa, considered a ‘malicious invader’, is still being grown in Vietnam, posing a threat to the ecological environment.

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.