VietNamNet Bridge - Doctors and experts of Asia Animals have arrived in Vietnam to treat diseases and wounds of tamed elephants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From a distance, Elephant Mountain looks like two giant elephants kissing the ground. They are lying between mountains and forests that extend endlessly.

Medical equipment corporation equitisation plan endorsed, Vietnam’s rice export surpasses yearly target, Cement sales drop overseas, increase at home, Companies plan big dividend payments by year-end

 VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the foreign debt owed by State-owned corporations is concentrated in key business sectors, where they must seek giant funds for projects.

 Do Hoang Anh Tuan, deputy minister of finance, said reduction in the world crude price to US$36 per barrel in future transactions would not affect budget revenue this year.

Australia continues investment in VN human resources, President meets outgoing Qatar Ambassador, Mexican lower house wishes to boost ties with Vietnam, Deputy PM hails Japan as leading, long-term partner

 Distinguished Professor of Music at Washington State University Gerald Berthiaume will be the special guest of honour for two upcoming concerts at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.

Temporary bridge poses risk to ethnic people, Hanoi wants road stretch opened before Tet, Director of District People's Procuracy prosecuted, Hanoi to build new green complex, Two drug traffickers arrested in Son La

Co-working spaces with a special focus on startups are opening in response to the explosion in the number of startups.

Ines Ligron, a well-known trainer of contestants at international beauty pageants, said that 2015 is "the year of Vietnam" as Lan Khue and Pham Huong are among the brightest faces at two major beauty competitions – Miss World and Miss Universe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Primatologists have identified the 25 most endangered primates globally, of which three are endemic to Viet Nam, according to a press release from the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) - Viet Nam Programme.  

President Truong Tan Sang asked for more efforts from both Vietnam and France to raise two-way trade above the current $3 billion while receiving President of the French National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee Elisabeth Guigou.

 Meticulous preparations have been made for the 25th Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, which is hosted by Vietnam in 2017, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said at a forum held in Hanoi on December 16.

 The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on December 16 opened a trial for violators of regulations on lending in credit organisations’ activity and fraudulence at the branch 7 of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Banks in the last three years have rushed to provide retail banking services, encouraged by the increased spending of middle-class income earners. Fifty-three percent of the 95 million population are of working age.

 Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Indian Yoga Association (IYA) opened its first Viet Nam office at VYOGA on 59 Nguyen Thai Binh Street in HCM City's Tan Binh District yesterday, Dec 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Futsal Cup is scheduled to kick off at Rach Mieu Gymnasium in HCM City on December 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Khanh Binh brought home a gold medal from the first Asian Weiqi (Go) Open Championship 2015-Fulda Cup in Malaysia, which ran last week.

 Vietnamese karate martial artists have recently bagged a total of five gold medals at Malaysian Open karatedo tournament in combat event.

 Missosology on December 14 chose Vietnamese representative Pham Huong in the first place of its top 15 sixth Official Hot Picks for Miss Universe 2015.

Despite not appearing in top 13 of Miss World’s talent contest, Vietnamese representative Lan Khue was still selected to perform at ‘Dances of the world’audition shows in the upcoming final night.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held an award ceremony on December 15 to honour winners of the festival of photos, reportage and documentary films on peoples in the ASEAN Community.

 ArchDaily has cited the 2.5 House (a/k/a Khuon Studio) in the Tan Binh District of Ho Chi Minh City as one of the architectural masterpieces of the world.

  Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Panyarak Poolthup has been awarded the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations for his dedication to Vietnam-Thailand relations.