VietNamNet Bridge – Those who love indulging themselves at a nature retreat will like Cau Isle, a secluded spot in the central province of Binh Thuan, between May and September.

VietNamNet Bridge - To obtain the targeted turnover of $45 billion by 2025, the tourism industry needs to reform its way of doing business through digitalization, experts say. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation has hired fitness coach Willander Fonseca on a trial basis to work with Vietnamese players to prepare for the Asian Cup 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ASEAN Football Federation Championship organisers have named four Vietnamese players in the Best XI of the tournament.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The FLC Biscom Golf Tournament 2018 will be held at FLC Ha Long Golf Club, northern Quang Ninh Province from tomorrow until December 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese tennis talent Nguyen Van Phuong has qualified to compete in the Australian Open Junior Championships, scheduled to be held from January 19-26 next year.

 Seventeen traditional taxi operators have forged a new partnership to use the same technology platform in order to win back customers from foreign ride-hailing services providers, including Grab. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s population sector faces numerous challenges, including different rates of fertility in different regions, severe gender imbalance, internal migration and population aging.

The HCMC government has canceled its previous decision to recall some 5,000 square meters of land at 8-12 Le Duan Boulevard in District 1, a prime location in the central business district.

 The International Air Transport Association also estimated that between now and 2020, passenger transportation in Vietnam is expected to rise by 16 percent, and from 2020 to 2030, by 8 percent.

 Vietnam’s tourism sector continued to witness impressive growth in 2018 as the number of foreign arrivals hit a new record of more than 15 million and the total revenue from tourist services is expected to reach more than VND600 trillion. 

 Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 23-24.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team has maintained its 100th spot in the latest FIFA rankings released on December 20.

 A series of large events are scheduled for Vietnamese expatriates visiting their homeland later this month and in January, according to Luong Thanh Nghi, deputy head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

 Thanks to its topography with large parts of the province consisting of mountainous areas, Ninh Binh is a wonderful place to breed goats and is famous for dishes made with goat meat. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Xiaomi and Nokia are step by step replacing Samsung, LG and Sony products in the market for hand-carried smartphones.

Former Director General of the Dong A Bank Tran Phuong Binh was sentenced to life in prison on December 20 in the trial of 26 defendants who were involved in the loss of $153.47 million at the bank.

 The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC) is intending to take legal action against SkyMusic JS Company for copyright violation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Emulation movements aim to encourage teachers and students to improve, but the so-called achievement disease will kill national education, experts say. 

 Dog owners have become much more aware of their responsibilities in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan District since authorities began catching stray dogs in September, the district’s people’s committee has said.

Government ministries and branches all have vowed to tighten control over scrap steel imports following warnings by scientists that Vietnam may become a dumping ground for the world. But scrap imports are still on the rise.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A rehearsal on responding to a nuclear radiation incident was held on Thursday at Dung Quat PTSC Port in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Binh Son District.

 With only a few days left until Christmas, various activities are being held nationwide to celebrate the festive season. 

Vietnamese consumers buy on average 24 kilograms of dairy products each year, much lower than that in the region. Domestic materials can only satisfy 35 percent of demand, indicating that the figures show the fresh milk market still has potential.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reforms of the administrative system must be done with “professionalism and resolution” to effectively eliminate "vested interest" and corrupt elements,