For over 400 years old, Van Cu vermicelli has been regularly brought to various markets, eateries, and restaurants throughout the central city.

Hanoi’s total retail sales of goods and consumer services revenue reached 77.5 trillion VND ( over 3 billion USD) in October, up 2.7% month-on-month and 9.4% year-on-year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Vietnam has added three more Michelin-starred restaurants, bringing the total to seven.

To make cuisine become the strength of tourism sector in the capital city, Hanoi’s Department of Tourism will promote Michelin-winning culinary establishments and many other activities.

For the first time, 103 restaurants in Vietnam have been honoured by Michelin Guide, and four of them were awarded a prestigious Michelin Star at a ceremony on June 6 night.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Cao Bang province organized a food contest to honor the province’s gastronomy.

Major firms in the food and beverage (F&B) industry are taking different steps to recover and expand their operations after two years of struggling against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The smoking rate among men in many provinces and cities last year fell compared to 2017 as a result of agencies’ efforts to implement tobacco harm-prevention programmes, Dr Phan Thi Hai, deputy head of the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund, said at a conference held in HCM City last week.

A committee under the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on January 4 approved the extension of the Emergency Decree nationwide until the end of February.

The CNN Travel has just published a list of 20 best new restaurants in Asia-Pacific to try in 2020, with the John Anthony Cantonese Grill & Dim Sum at the five-star JW Marriott Hanoi (Vietnam) one of them.

Japanese investors are pouring money into hundreds of restaurants in Vietnam as local incomes continue to rise around the country.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed increasing fees for wastewater discharged by carwashes, hotels and restaurants.

Nearly 2,500 French-style dinner dishes will be prepared at restaurants and French embassies in 150 countries around the world during the Good France 2019 event, according French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani.

Thailand’s largest retail conglomerate Central Group on January 31 confirmed that it will invest 200 million USD in Singapore-based ride-hailing application Grab.

Although the cold chain logistics sector in Vietnam is considered small and fragmented, the market has shown signs of improvement due to the increasing demand for high quality products.

The Malaysian Government will not compromise with the smoking ban in all restaurants, food outlets and hawker stalls, Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told the press on November 14.

With around a month to go for the Mid-Autumn festival, moon cake producers have unveiled many traditional and new varieties.

The vegetarian food segment has been attracting a great deal of attention from businesses in recent years and gradually satisfied the tastes of customers.

The increasing numbers of visitor to northeastern Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long city in recent years creates excellent opportunities for investment deals, especially in boutique shophouses – a real estate model combining mini hotels and shophouses.

The College of Business Administration for Managers (CBAM) and SBH, a non-governmental education corporation from Germany, began enrolling students for a dual training programme specializing in restaurant and hotel services in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10.