(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Register (VR) said it will stop granting safety certificates to diesel cars that fail to meet European emission standard 4 or higher beginning on January 1.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung met with Ca Mau authority late yesterday on preparation to cope with typhoon Tembin.

(VOVWORLD) -Contrary to pessimistic forecasts after a drop last year, Vietnam’s rice exports had a successful year in 2017.

(VOVWORLD) - Typhoon Tembin is forecast to make landfall from Ba Ria Vung Tau to Ca Mau province on Monday evening. The tropical storm, the 16th to hit Vietnam this year, will likely pack winds of 100 km per hour.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has remained an attractive destination for foreign investors in 2017 with total FDI capital hitting a record high of 36 billion USD, up almost 45 percent against last year.

(VOVWORLD) -The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has launched a web portal as a communications channel between the authority and businesses in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s Jeju Air has announced new flights to several Southeast Asian countries to meet increasing demand of overseas vacations during winter.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese people nationwide are celebrating Christmas. On Sunday night, Hanoi dwellers flocked to churches and entertainment complexes while streets, shopping malls, and buildings have been brightly decorated.

(VOVWORLD) -More than 200 people have died, 164 others are still missing and at least 70,000 have been displaced by Tropical Storm Tembin in the Philippines.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction Yoav Galant has launched a campaign to promote the construction of 300,000 settlement units in East Jerusalem, according to Israeli media.