Indian teenage star Avika Gor met with Vietnamese press and fans in Ho Chi Minh City on December 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) has completed the process of value assessment to that it can carry out privatization in the first quarter of next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Oversea Vietnamese Mac Hong Quan has signed a contract with Quang Ninh Coal just weeks ahead of the new V-League year.

VietNamNet Bridge – A late surge from Thailand gave them a fourth Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup triumph on Saturday night, after a thrilling second leg of the final in Kuala Lumpur.

The Finance Ministry has issued a decision that lowers the current cap on domestic economy class airfares to VND4,250 per passenger per kilometre from the current VND5,000 ($23 cents) from January 1, 2015.

 A ground breaking ceremony was held on Saturday for Vietnam-Japan University at Viet Nam National University – Ha Noi in Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, to the west of Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Actor Dustin Nguyen, an American of Vietnamese origin, stars in a key role – Lee Kung - in "The Man with Iron Fists – Sting of the Scorpion" produced by Universal Studios, which will be released in January 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large commercial centers and buildings in the two largest cities in Vietnam are decorated brilliantly to welcome Christmas and attract shoppers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s telecommunications industry in 2014 saw significant changes, with the most important being the change of senior leaders of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Indicators of economic-socio development in 2014 are estimated to reach and exceed the yearly plan, including GDP growth of about 5.93% and CPI of 3%, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A fisherman in Chau Thanh district of Ben Tre province has caught a very big soft-shell turtle weighing 23.5 kg, which is 81 cm long and 50 cm wide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The health of the local banking system is falling, which is evident in its capital adequacy ratio (CAR) drop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has taken the first step toward valuing its stores of natural resources – called its natural capital - a Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment representative said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thien Duong Cave, or Paradise Cave, is one of the most beautiful, magnificent caves in the world. Opened to tourists five years after its discovery in 2005, the cave is in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Laos, Cambodia congratulate Vietnam on army’s 70th anniversary; Vietnam-India defence cooperation hailed; Amy’s 70-year anniversary celebrated in France, Japan, Indonesia; PM Dung meets OVs in Thailand

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has called on all Greater Mekong Subregion member countries to raise the sense of responsibility for managing and using the Mekong River water resources in a sustainable manner while preserving good values of the river.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed four orientations for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) cooperation, stressing the need to ensure the balance of economy, human and environment factors in the partnership.

Vietnam and Cuba sought to bring the defence cooperation to the next level of development during talks between their defence ministers in Hanoi on December 21.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24.

Yews (Glyptostrobus pensilis), called “thuy tung” in Vietnamese, grow in water and need water. However, the yews in the central province of Dak Lak are dying because of too much water caused by nearby dams.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to many economists, China is importing many kinds of goods from Vietnam, and its reduction of growth rate needs to be studied and evaluated fully.

VietNamNet Bridge – Growth in new business start-ups is expected to boom in the near future based on amendments to the new Law on Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under the glow of a winter fire in her wooden house, Ly Thi Tung holds high a brown-paper book of Mong folk songs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City is taking all possible measures to deal with deteriorating inundation as a result of climate change and sea level rise.

 SSC advises against making hasty invesments amidst market turmoil; Japan jumping into Hanoi real estate market; Mekong Delta rice output to reach 25.2 million tonnes; Vietnam business should be careful in Russia trade amid rouble crisis - economist