Vietnamese American Elizabez Phuong has inaugurated Hue Phat restaurant in HCMC’s District 11 for vegetarians.

DQ Grill & Chill, a fastfood brand from the US, has launched its second store at 182 Pasteur Street in HCMC’s District 1, after the first made its debut at 19-25 Nguyen Hue Boulevard in the same district in late 2015.

Rach Chiec 2 bridge on Ring Road No. 2 is scheduled to be fully up and running before the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), which kicks off on February 8.

Saigontourist Holding Company is again assigned by the HCMC government to organize Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2016.

India accounted for almost half the volume of completely built-up (CBU) passenger cars Vietnam imported last year despite lower tariffs on vehicles from ASEAN countries.

Vietnam will launch an bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) to prevent polio viruses type 1 and 3, and add an injectable polio vaccine (IPV) for prevention of polio virus type 2 from May, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam shipped abroad phones and phone components worth US$30.18 billion last year, up 27.9% from a year earlier, according to the General Department of Customs.

The Government has told relevant agencies to consider stopping new coal-fired power plant projects as domestic coal reserves are falling and the country will have to import coal, possibly from 2020, to keep its thermal power plants running.

The five-star Rex Hotel Saigon, which is situated in Nguyen Hue pedestrian square in central HCMC, has rolled out programs for guests to ring in the Lunar New Year, or Tet, which begins on February 8.

Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province has operated inefficiently due to underdeveloped infrastructure, logistics shortcomings and competition from ports in HCMC and Binh Duong Province.