VietNamNet Bridge – The annual food festival titled Taste of the World featuring Vietnamese and international dishes will be held at September 23 Park in HCM City from December 3 to 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The population of Vietnam started ageing in 2011 and it took the country 17-20 years to have an ageing population, much shorter than in developed countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – GOASEAN, the world's first ASEAN travel channel–tune, has named Ha Long Bay in the Northeast of Vietnam among top 9 most selfie-friendly, instagrammable locations with glorious sunset views in all of Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Tuan, director general of the Viet Nam Atomic Energy Agency, talked with the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the treatment of nuclear waste in Viet Nam.

The HCM City People's Court yesterday handed down death penalties to two former business executives for embezzlement of VND117 billion (US$5.2 million) and abuse of power while serving at State firms a few years ago.

 Airbus Group has written to the Vietnamese Government expressing its interest in establishing a new aircraft components factory in Vietnam.

 Dan Chu Cinema, one of the oldest in Hanoi, has just been shut down after years of poor business.

 Lang Co in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, which has been recognised as one of the world's most beautiful bays by the World's Best Bay Club, is being damaged and polluted by illegal shrimp farms.

 SCIC Investment (SIC), a subsidiary of the State Capital Investment Corporation, has announced its intention to purchase additional stock of Vinamilk (VNM) and FPT Corporation (FPT) for the purpose of investment.

 The list of the largest tax contributors in Vietnam last year and a report on the country’s tax environment were released in Hanoi on November 27 by Vietnam Report, which rates businesses and products and services.

 The Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships will be held from December 3 to 6 at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium.

Vietnam ranks 29th among the world's 70 largest countries by English skills, or an increase of four levels, Education First (EF) Viet Nam announced yesterday based on figures of EF Global's English proficiency index 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - It's ironic that many Vietnamese women, especially those living in remote, mountainous or rural areas, think that beatings by their husbands are a way of expressing their sentiments and the power of men. 

 A comedy-adventure film adapted from the online game League of Legends, known as LoL, will be released in cinemas this weekend to begin the Christmas season in HCM City.

Will Phu Thai Holdings give up a plan to assemble Volkswagen cars in Vietnam? The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said it cannot satisfy the requirements to be able to enjoy low car part import tariffs.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Truong Minh Tuan, emphasised the need for ensuring information safety and security for social network's users at a meeting with social network service providers and news websites.

 Ministers of Telecommunications and Information Technology from ASEAN countries agreed to give top priority to co-operation and development in a five-year road map to 2020, Minister of Viet Nam's Information and Communications.

 The US was Vietnam’s biggest export market in the first 11 months of 2015 with a turnover of 30.6 billion USD, up 17.6 percent year-on-year, said the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 The national strategy on developing renewable energy sources until 2030 and a vision to 2050 has just been approved by the Prime Minister.

 The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) assumed the position of President and Secretary General of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) for the 2015 – 2017 tenure at the CAJ’s 18th General Assembly in Hanoi on November 27.