VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has reported that at least 14 medical workers had been assaulted since the beginning of 2013.

 Vietnam, Customs Union put final touches on FTA; Seafood enterprises asked to improve quality; Mekong Delta targets 10 percent growth in 2015; Steel industry told to boost quality; Government bond sale raises over 9.3 billion USD

 Young golfer Anh wins silver in world championships; Cuong plays Thanh Hoa under one-year contract; Nhan wins Ha Noi-Bac Kan stage of cycling tournament; HCM City continue winning in billiards and snooker

 The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games champion Pham Thi Binh has retired after winning the gold medal at the National Sports Games last week.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged negotiation delegations of Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to soon complete remaining procedures for the signing of their FTA in early 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The owners of online shops on Facebook say they will close their shops if the Ministry of Finance (MOF) taxes their income.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed relevant agencies to improve food safety and hygiene across the board.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Budget carrier Vietjet Air today made its debut flight connecting HCM City and Taipei (Taiwan) and announced its special flight on this route, scheduled next March 20th.

VietNamNet Bridge - Of the 121 contestants of the Miss World 2014 beauty pageant, Nguyen Thi Loan was named in the top 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Nam provincial People’s Council’s members have suggesting closing two gold mines in Bong Mieu and Phuoc Son to protect the area’s natural resources.

 Japan's ruling coalition has won a new two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policy.

 The 4th Coconut Festival will take place in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre from April 7-13, reported the event’s organising board at a press conference on December 12.

Several people have been taken hostage by at least one armed man at a Lindt cafe in Sydney, Australia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training is currently discussing the criteria for choosing suitable candidates to compile new textbooks, an important part of the education reform program.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has sharply raised the tariff on petrol imports in order to cope with plummeting crude oil prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the program BridgeSE, FPT Software aims to bring 5,000 young people to Japan for training.

Construction starts on new branches of central hospitals; Rare pheasant spotted in central province; Two detained for human trafficking; Troubled cargo vessel saved by Coast Guard; Vietnam-Finland Innovation Programme enters second phase

 Noteworthy arts and culture events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from December 15-21.

 At least 129 bodies have been recovered from Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry capsized on Friday.

 The Prime Minister has approved a scheme to improve management of logging in natural forests for the 2014-2020 period, with the goal of increasing coverage to meet domestic demand for timber.

 High waves isolated a dozen households in Ro village on Saturday night sweeping away 100m of embankment made from rock and sand bags.

 Four more foreign airlines began to launch their flights to Tan Son Nhat international airport between mid-October and mid-November, according to the Saigon Ground Services Company Limited (SAGS).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent excavation at the Lo Gach archaeological site in the vicinity of Kom Pong Thmo Pagoda, the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, has revealed intact large-scale earthen ramparts believed to be the largest found

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the Petrol Materials Joint-Stock company's branch No 9 petrol station in HCM City's Ly Thuong Kiet Street, the pump dispensing E5 bio-petrol is in the centre with two employees often standing beside it.

Chief justices and senior members of judiciaries from ASEAN member countries discussed ways to step up their cooperation in addressing environmental challenges at a roundtable that opened in Hanoi on December 13.