Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent working trip to France, Belgium and the European Union yields pragmatic outcomes across politics, external affairs, economics and culture, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc said.

 Vietnam and France have showed their political resolve to promote and expand cooperation to realise their signed strategic partnership.

 If you want to be an Instagram star, you had better be female and get a cat. Or be Taylor Swift.

 Almost one third (30%) of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of five years, despite the fact that they make up only 9% of the global population.

Dong Nhi wins Best Asian Artist 2015, Agribank donates VND 14 bln for Hue Festival 2016, Secondhand book fair to be held in Hanoi, French pop-rock concert with La Grande Sophie, Expat threatre group stages tale Hansel and Gretel

 Truyen Kieu (the Tale of Kieu) was recognised as 'The literary work having the most national records in the world' by the World Records Union on December 2, according to the Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings). 

 A new kind of jacket designed to help motorbike riders stay warm in winter is being introduced in Hanoi while local traffic officials have warned that it may be not safe for traffic.

Ho Thi Oanh Yen, winner of the Mister and Miss PanContinental 2015 has announced that she will refuse to pay a VND30m fine for appearing without permission in beauty contests abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite having geological advantages and low costs, waterway transport in the Hong River Delta hasn't been fully exploited due to obstacles in infrastructure and burdensome procedures for businesses operating in the field,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese bodybuilders won two gold medals at the seventh WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships that ended in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 30.

 Tugging ritual and game of Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, Keo Co, has been officially recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

 Vietnam Business Forum's Education and Training Working Group calls for changes to limits on Vietnamese students at international schools given the amount spent on overseas education.

Kim Lien Hotel, covering an area of 3.5 hectares in the central district of Hanoi, is now the ‘aiming point’ of big real estate developers in Vietnam after the State announced the sale of 3.64 million stakes of the hotel on December 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The mountainous Xin Man district in Ha Giang province is famous for magnificent terraced fields, golden rice fields and pretty buckwheat flower fields like a picture.

 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.