While the Finance Ministry has not decided on a date for issuing sovereign bonds worth US$3 billion to refinance the country's debts, the same amount of foreign currency is allowed to be spent every year to allow Vietnamese to study abroad.

 A marine search-and-rescue drill was conducted in the waters off Hon Chong port in the southern province of Kien Giang on December 7.

 Vietnam has almost completed a project to increase and upgrade border markers along its boundary with Laos, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said on December 7.

 Saigon Heat were denied a win against Hi-Tech Bangkok City at the ASEAN Basketball League on December 5.

Nguyen Tien Minh was defeated in the semi-finals of the Yonex USA International badminton tournament on December 5 (Hanoi time) in Orlando, Florida.

 The health ministry's Drug Administration of Viet Nam has suspended the operation of a pharmacy company and has revoked its business licence following its illegal import and trade in salbutamol.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) brings a ray of hope to the Vietnam’s automobile industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Pham Huong has quickly caught up with the pace of Miss Universe 2015 pageant in the US. She is considered one of the most outstanding Asian contestants this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many exciting activities were held for contestants of the 2015 Miss World pagean in the last few days and Vietnamese representative Lan Khue always attracted attention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the 9th National Patriotic Emulation Congress that opened this morning in Hanoi, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recalled President Ho Chi Minh’s recommendations.

The ninth Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships wrapped up at the Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on December 6. 

 The Vietnam team bagged three awards at the Digital Campus WeCode held on December 6 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 14 ministries and central agencies have been awarded the First-class Labor Medal in the movement to build the new-style rural areas at the 9th National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

 Rescue work continues in search for missing sailors, Rotten meat seized at Ha Noi market, Official suspended for drink-driving, Outstanding localities, organisations in rural development honoured, HCM hospital aims to curb antibiotic abuse

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some of the world’s most breathtaking travel destinations may be hidden in the ground beneath your feet, said Business Insider Indonesia in a recent post on its business and technology website.

 Parents who gave their child a Kidizoom smartwatch or a VTech InnoTab tablet may have exposed them to identity theft after Hong Kong-based VTech said hackers stole the personal information of more than 6 million children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To keep up with the latest technology trend, MobiFone will provide Big Data services next year, said Nguyen Bao Long deputy general director of MobiFone.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Tax Department has established forces to fight transfer pricing. It will collect and study transfer-pricing tactics used by foreign-invested companies in Vietnam.

 Asian share markets turned mixed on Monday as caution grew ahead of Chinese data, though sentiment stayed supported by hopes the U.S. economy would be able to handle an expected first increase in interest rates in almost a decade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will make efforts to better protect children from on-line dangers with new laws, said an official.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Television Festival will be held for the first time in the central province of Quang Binh from December 16 to 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi night market is 3km in length, starting from Hang Dao Street and the fountain in the north of Hoan Kiem Lake to the Dong Xuan market, inside the Hanoi Old Quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will start issuing new identity cards to all local citizens from today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The inaugural Ho Tram Open finished yesterday (Dec 6) with as much drama as when the first players teed off four days ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of young adults in their thirties and forties are suffering from heart attacks, which typically occur in older age,