Plans by Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) board to consider selling its struggling Internet business sent the company's shares up nearly 6 percent on Wednesday, as investors cheered a potential new way to separate Yahoo's traditional services

 “Golden week” to stimulus tourism in Thua Thien-Hue, First supporting industrial park in HCM City, Finance Ministry, BIDV sign 105 million USD loan, Yearly shrimp export could drop by 1 billion USD

  Conference held on Vietnam Information Security Day 2015 hears local enterprises have failed to apply minimum measures to protect their information.

 Climate negotiators in Paris are drawing close to resolving one of the sticking points for a breakthrough emissions pact by favoring a five-year review period on promised greenhouse gas cuts,

 Tran Ngoc Lan Khue has been selected to perform on December 18 at the opening ceremony of the final round of the Miss World 2015 beauty pageant, the jury selection committee has unveiled.

 A man and a woman suspected of taking part in a shooting attack that killed 14 people and wounded 17 at a Southern California social services agency on Wednesday died in a shootout with police hours later,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong has approved a project to support Vietnamese children adopted by foreigners in searching for their origins and visiting their native places.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam defeated No 3 seed Temur Ismailov in the second round of the Cambodia F2 Futures in Phnom Penh yesterday, Dec 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess ace Le Quang Liem finished his 2015 season 32nd in the world rankings.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom signed an announcement on the official conclusion of negotiations on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in Brussels on December 2. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker on December 2 in the framework of his working visit to Belgium and the European Union.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker issued a Press Statement on the occasion of the Vietnamese PM’s visit to the European Union.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai have officially announced the start of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.

 Tran Thi Nga, 75, lives in Van Mieu Ward, Nam Dinh City in the northern province of Nam Dinh. She has a 20-kilogram cat.

 The two large-sized coins dating back to the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) were discovered in the central province of Quang Binh earlier this month.

 The central city of Hoi An will provide free ticket for tourists visiting the ancient town tomorrow, Friday, on the occasion of the Heritage Day and the 16th anniversary of Hoi An's recognition as a world heritage city by UNESCO.

 The moc ban (wood blocks) and chau ban (official administrative papers) Kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) used to record history are on display for the first time at an exhibition opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

The irrecoverable debts of 12 Vietnamese commercial banks by September 30, 2015 had reached VND23.522 trillion, which accounts for 65 percent of bad debts, representing a 15 percent increase from the 50 percent reported in mid-2015.

 Nguyen Huu Tin, deputy chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, called for raising VND15.9 trillion ($709.8 million) from private investors for anti-flooding works.

 Police from central province of Quang Tri yesterday seized reptiles such as turtles, and pangolins, and civets from a car on National Highway 1A in Vinh Linh District.

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on allowing the Hanoi Business and Technology University, a private school, to open a medical training major, has raised controversy.

E5 bio-fuel sold nationwide, Vietnam, UNESCO to bolster cooperation, Hanoi hosts Information Security Day, PM approves resettlement, road plans, Jetstar Pacific offers cheap flights for online shopping day

 Seawater has been progressively encroaching on land in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, causing severe landslides in coastal areas.

  The 9th session of the Joint Vietnam-US Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JCM-9) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on December 2 to review joint projects.

 A relatively intact bronze drum believed to belong to the Dong Son culture, originating in Vietnam over 2,000 years ago, has recently been discovered in Timor Leste.