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.

 Asian shares hopped higher on Thursday after Wall Street strode to new records and bonds rallied on wagers the European Central Bank would extend its asset buying campaign at a policy meeting later in the session.

Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in Indonesia on Wednesday when a strong earthquake hit its Aceh province and rescuers used earth movers and bare hands to search for survivors in scores of toppled buildings.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Quang Ninh People’s Committee has decided to fund the Van Don – Mong Cai Highway and has chosen a Vietnamese contractor, instead of seeking a loan from China as initially planned.

 There were no survivors after a plane carrying 47 people crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, the airline's chairman said, as recovery operations continued late into the night at the remote crash site.

 The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre on December 7 and France’s Embassy in Vietnam organised a workshop exchanging experience on the sending of a sapper unit to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.

 There is plenty of room for Vietnam and India to deepen bilateral defence cooperation based on their comprehensive strategic partnership.

 Vietnam welcomes investors from Russia and Kursk province in particular and will provide them with all possible support, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh told Kursk Governor Alexander Mikhailov during a reception in Hanoi on December 7. 

National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty has met with senior officials of Canada’s parliament and government, voicing his hope for enhanced substantive cooperation between the Vietnamese and Canadian parliaments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government is taking drastic measures in restructuring agricultural production to adapt to climate change, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development  Nguyen Xuan  Cuong said yesterday.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Laos News Agency (KPL) continue maintaining cooperation to meet communication requirements in each country in the new situation. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – “What should I study to get a job with a starting salary of $2,000 a month?”

iPhone models have seen prices decreasing significantly in Vietnam despite the rumor that iPhones would be more expensive once US President-elect Trump takes office and tries to encourage Apple to start manufacturing products in the US.

 Only one per cent of total enterprises in Viet Nam have invested in agriculture, and 55 per cent of these are small scale, capitalised at under VND5 billion, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Relocating 26,000 households and clearing the slums along canals is one of the seven key projects of the HCM City gentrification program.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of HCM City’s elevated road No.5 linking Ha Noi Highway in Thu Duc District with the Tan Tao - Cho Dem junction in Binh Tan will begin next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign brewers often set up joint ventures with Vietnamese partners and then take over the capital contribution from the Vietnamese partners. Why do they have to take this roundabout path to enter the market?

Many Vietnamese students want to stay in the US for a while after finishing school, but they are concerned about US President-elect Donald Trump's threat to expel illegal immigrants.

 Vietnam’s medium-term outlook remains favorable, and its growth prospects may improve to 6.3 per cent from 2017-2018, according to the World Bank’s latest Taking Stock report released on December 5.

 Hanoi’s Department of Tourism has organized free-guided tours to explore craft streets and distinctive features of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people infected with Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), a serious skin condition that can be life-threatening, is increasing in Viet Nam, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 19 wind power projects have been registered in Binh Thuan Province but investors are yet to start work on them, saying the current selling price regulated for this source of green energy is below production cost.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prof. Alexander Vuving has warned that if other countries do not take strong steps right now, the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) will be controlled by China.

 A cave in the central province of Thanh Hoa has just been recognised as a Special National Archaeological Site by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its historic value.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers has re-launchedthe Saigon Café Restaurant - one of Saigon’s most renowned buffets - after threemonths of comprehensive renovation, including not only the look and feel butalso the dining concept.