VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh has been named in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 team of the tournament by the website fourfourwo.com (Singapore version). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – V.League 1 defending champions Ha Noi T&T have signed a one-year contract with former midfielder of Spain’s Malaga, Alvaro Silva.

 A virulent strain of airborne bird flu extended its shadow across northeast Asia as Japan launched a new chicken cull on a southern island, days after gassing hundreds of thousands of birds some 2,400 kilometers to the north.

A series of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.

If the US Fed raised the prime interest rate, the overseas remittance (kieu hoi) flow to Vietnam would slow down, the dong would depreciate, and the dong interest rate would increase. The decision will also change international capital flow.

Ngo Van Suu, former head of the Party Central Committee for Disciplinary Inspection Commission, speaks to the newspaper Khoa hoc & Doi song about Prime Minister Phuc’s order to prohibit the giving of expensive gifts

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book collection on the HCM City’s revolutionary literature has been released, after five years of work by staff from prestigious research centres and associations.

 German authorities on Tuesday released a Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people due to a lack of evidence

Not only is it the oldest pagoda, Sung Hung Pagoda also has unique architecture and is one of the most popular spiritual tourist attractions in Phu Quoc. The pagoda welcomes a large number of tourists to visit and worship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous actress Nguyen Minh Trang left Viet Nam in 1998 to live in Singapore with her husband. She recently returned to Viet Nam to take part in a soap opera entitled Chieu Ngang Qua Pho Cu

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Tourism Association yesterday kicked off the 2017 domestic tourism promotion programme with discounts of up to 70 per cent on package tours. 

HCMC, Quang Ninh benefit from tourism boom, SHB merger with VVF approved in principle, China dominates Vietnam wood chip trade, VN-Japan company opens big warehouse in Binh Duong

 Local experts have delved into the low labor productivity of State employees at many forums and seminars, but the specific number of incompetent staff at government agencies remains unfathomable, said the Ministry of Home Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh extended his Christmas wishes to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in HCM City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – City dwellers and experts are concerned about the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) route connecting Kim Ma and Yen Nghia, which is being launched later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - National Assembly committees all want to tax second and subsequent houses  purchased to restrict speculation, but it is still unclear when the tax would be applied.

 Unlike the abovementioned cakes, khoai cake contains many ingredients and goes through totally different processing procedures.

Ministry warns of disease outbreak in floods aftermath, HCM City releases centurial literary project, Tons of clams wash up on beach in Ha Tinh Province, WB specialist believes in first BRT route’s effects in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - The State is encouraging institutional and individual investors to establish new ecological industrial zones (IZ) or develop existing IZs into ecological zones.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following the market entry of Netflix, Danet, Fim Plus and Amazon Prime, Vietnamese online copyright films have a new competitor -- ClipTV from Vega. 

BIDV is the No 1 bank in terms of total assets and VietinBank is No 1 in stockholder equity, networks and high pay for workers.

Some universities have expressed concern about the new 3-5 year training model for university education, saying that only the best students would be able to finish the curricula within three years. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the beginning of December some banks cut deposit interest rates by 0.1-0.2 percentage points.

 Viet Nam will grant e-visas to foreigners from 2017-2018, aiming to attract more tourists and foreign visitors as well as boosting the domestic tourism industry, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism.

 Viet Nam is set to launch two radar satellites in 2019 and 2022 into orbit to assist forecast of and preparation for climate change