A Vietnamese delegation has taken part in the 17th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM 17) in Manila, the Philippines, from December 4 to 8.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will leave Hanoi on December 8 to visit India at the invitation of Senate President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Speaker of the Lower House Sumitra Mahajan. 

 A Vietnamese 'Ao da'i space will open on December 11 in Hanoi in order to provide visitors with a venue to promote the traditional Vietnamese long dress.

 Vietnamese police has arrested a man on December 7 who is accused of being involved in the physical abuse of a small child in Cambodia.

 In the 39th draw on Wednesday, the Vietlott Digital Lottery Jackpot Company found a winner for the grand prize, valued at VND 69.58 billion.

"Tape Art Collective Berlin", a group of young German artists based in Berlin, will visit Vietnam and introduce, exchange their art performances in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from December 11 to 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese school students have won top prizes at the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and the Australia Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO).

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principle to deploy a pilot service for carrying tourists on double-decker open-top buses in seven cities and provinces to develop tourism. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Models Dang Thi Le Hang, 23, and Hoang Thu Thao, 22, will represent Viet Nam in the Miss Universe contest and Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 2016, respectively.

 Vietnamese to become hockey coaches; Da Nang in semis of Binh Duong football tournament; Viet Nam into semis of regional deaf football tournament

With the third largest population in SE Asia and 70 percent of people of working age, Vietnam has high potential for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers.

Actor Brad Pitt's request to seal court documents in his high-profile custody and divorce proceedings involving actress Angelina Jolie was rejected by a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday. 

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Tet will arrive in the next two months so foreseeing the increasing demand for employment, many rural labourers are flocking into cities, including Ha Noi to work as seasonal labourers. 

 Nokia will be launching new products in Vietnam without announcing exact kinds of feature and smartphone products.

 The conglomerate VinGroup will sell its entire ownership in the logistics service firm Phat Loc Express and Trading JSC (Phat Loc Express), VinGroup said in a statement.

 The International U21 Football Tournament is scheduled to kick off on December 18 in HCM City’s Thong Nhat Stadium.

 Belgian techno DJ to perform in HCM City, British bass producer to perform in HCM City, British artist showcases work in HCM City, Fine Arts Assn organises sculpture exhibition to usher in New Year, Walking tour to hit Hà Nội highlights

 While he might be young, Vietnamese-American piano child prodigy Evan Le, aged five, has already been stunning audiences everywhere he goes with his amazing otherworldly talent.

 The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange has announced it will present its 13th annual Christmas Concert on December 16 in the courtyard of its facilities at 27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

 Foreign investors have keens eyes on hydropower projects, which account for a large proportion of Vietnam’s power output to meet the rising demand.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team was knocked out of the Southeast Asian Football Championship after the 2-2 second-leg draw at My Dinh Stadium on December 7. 

 The numbers of delayed and cancelled flights of domestic carriers were 36,844 and 1,605, accounting for 16.1 percent and 0.7 percent of the total flights, up 0.6 point and 0.2 point, respectively from the same period last year.

 Moody’s has forecast that the Vietnamese banking system will remain stable in the next 12-18 months, reflecting its expectation that the country’s macroeconomic stability will support the banks’ weak credit profiles.

  A workshop on the East Sea issue held in Geneva, Switzerland on December 6 issued a statement welcoming the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the waters.