The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday by an off-duty police officer who shouted "Don't forget Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire.

 SHB Da Nang are ready to compete with Yadanarbon of Myanmar in the second match of the Toyota Mekong Club Championship’s preliminary round on Friday at Ha Noi’s My Dinh Stadium.

 Coffee export volume forecast to reduce in 2017, Export turnover to reach $178 billion in 2016, Central city and Gifu Shinkin bank ink MoU on investment, HCM City guarantees loans worth VNĐ360 billion for SMEs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawrence Manley Colburn, the US army helicopter gunner who helped stopped the massacre of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by US troops at My Lai in 1968, has died at the age of 67, reported the Associated Press.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the central government for permission to choose investors to build six multilevel parking garages under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) mode.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the food sector have occurred recently, with most of the buyers from Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Army and Student Cross-Country Tournament closed in HCM City on Sunday.

Central highland province to host first culture festival, Tuyen Quang to grow 11,400 ha of forests in 2017, Vietnamese workers in RoK get together, Man sentenced to 10 years for causing serious accident

 VietNamNet Bridge – Going to the sea can offer more than swimming, sun bathing, cloud watching, seafood, and coconut water on crowded beaches.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dang Van Bay, a farmer in Lam Dong province who quit school in the fifth grade, has invented a machine which can undertake heavy farming tasks. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia’s view that it is necessary to tighten control over flight licensing to pave the way for development of other modes of transport has raised controversy.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC cannot find enough teachers for its nursery schools as low salaries and hard work have kept high school graduates away.

 The urban fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is exhibiting signs of recovery while the rural market is experiencing a slowdown, according to the latest report from Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam.

After eight years of implementation with many delays due to slow site clearance, the second phase of the water drainage project in Hanoi was finished in mid-November. With $35.3 million spent, the inner city is expected to be free from flooding.

 The rapid increase in demand and market price of the property sector in Vietnam has sparked concerns of a 2017 real estate bubble.

Recent floods have left 24 dead, 16 injures and losses of $37.2 million in the central and Central Highlands regions according to the Department of Disaster Prevention in the central and Central Highlands regions.

MWG Board of Management has announced the company’s business plan for 2017, with total revenue and after-tax profit to reach $2.83 billion and $98.6 million, up 85 per cent and 58.5 per cent against 2016, respectively.

 As many as 37 professional troupes are competing in the HCM City Open Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship being held during weekends at Dam Sen Park in District 11.

 The VN Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) has posted an official correction of its false report on the quality of the sauce following heavy public pressure and Governmental investigations into the case.

Through the lens of international photographers, the beauty of numerous famous tourism sites in Vietnam as well as the capturing images of the destitute life 30 years ago are revealed.

Karate Shoto Asean Japan 2016 tournament took place on December 16-18 in Hanoi, attracting 300 martial artists from Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and the host, Vietnam.

 Hanoian wrestlers will be supported by Korean company Sungshin Vina with up to VND1 billion (US$45,000) per year, following a sponsorship signing ceremony in Hanoi on December 17.

 Vietnam top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the Thailand F5 Futures scheduled to take place in Huahin this week.

Every year, in late December, a sunflower field in Nghia Son commune, Nghia Dan district, central Nghe An Province comes alive with a brilliant carpet of yellow, orange and gold.

Five-year-old piano prodigy Evan Le has thrilled Vietnamese audiences with his outstanding performance at ‘Soul Christmas Charity Concert’ held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.