Vehicle headlamp with a metal halide lamp comprising: a discharge vessel surrounded with clearance by an outer envelope and having a ceramic wall which encloses a discharge space containing Xenon (Xe) and an ionizable filling; a first and a second current conductor entering the discharge vessel and each supporting an electrode in the discharge vessel, wherein the first and the second current conductor each extend from a ceramic sealing compound sealing the discharge vessel around the current conductors in a gastight manner to the exterior of the discharge vessel, and wherein the discharge vessel has extended end parts in each of which a respective current conductor is enclosed, which plugs each have a free end where the discharge vessel is sealed by the ceramic sealing compound; with the special feature that said vehicle headlamp has a lightreflective coating surrounding at least a portion of at least one of the end parts.
