A man found dead in Abercynon village in Wales on December 2 has been identified as Vietnamese national Tinh Van Tran, according to BBC News of the UK.

A repatriation ceremony for remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at Noi Bai International Airport on December 6.

The 2014-15 coffee crop will see output fall by 20% due to drought and a large proportion of old trees with low yields, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa) Luong Van Tu.

Citi Vietnam on December 5 announced the completion of an Export Credit Agency-supported financing package for the National Power Transmission Corporation ("NPT") for the construction of power transmission projects in the south of Vietnam.

President Truong Tan Sang on December 6 visited Tan Lan commune, Can Duoc district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, where he stated that the promotion of the central role of the people is key to the success of the new-style area building programme.

As many as 10,000 volunteers from nearly 100 Vietnamese and foreign organisations joined the Vietnam Volunteer Festival 2014, which was launched in Hanoi on December 6 as part of activities to mark 15 years of the Vietnam youth volunteer campaign and the International Volunteer Day (December 5).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with voters in Hanoi on December 6 to inform them of the outcomes of the National Assembly’s eighth session and listen to their opinions.

The Lao Government has presented the Friendship Medal and a certificate of merit to Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, in recognition of the Vietnamese mission’s support for Laos’ bid to join the WTO.

The first phase of the Vie-Pan Techno Park (Vietnam-Japan technological park) was officially inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.

As many as 453 patients born with cleft lip and palates in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc have benefited from a free surgery project, with the support of the Republic of Korea’s Il Woong Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation since 1994.