The Vietnam Report’s research team has discovered a relation between the ages and the successes of the CEOs of VNR500 enterprises: the years of buffalo and pig seem to generate high numbers of successful businessmen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – VinaCapital, the Vietnam-focused asset management firm, has found a joint partner to develop a $4 billion integrated resort and casino in Quang Nam Province, bringing hope for resuscitation of this long-delayed project

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has assured students that there will not be major changes in the university enrollment procedures for next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The emerging of a third platform will change the main themes of the IT and telecoms market in Viet Nam in 2014, according to a report listing the top 10 predictions for next year's ICT.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean conductor Park Ji Young will conduct the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's first performance of 2014, the New Year Gala Concert on January 9 at the City Opera House.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi ranks second on a worldwide list of 2013’s cheapest cities for tourism, following the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, published by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website.

 At least 10 people were killed and 10 others injured early Monday when an explosion hit a trolley bus in Russia's Volgograd, the second fatal blast within two days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a drawn out struggle to find a film distributor, the award-winning Vietnamese movie Nhung Nguoi Viet Huyen Thoai (The Legend Makers) will come to cinemas beginning January 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The excessive number of industrial parks and export processing zones have caused serious environmental pollution in the country, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City last Friday.

 Vietnamese artworks put up for int'l auction; Nguyen dynasty’s woodblocks introduced to public; Major cities hold New Year galas; 100 publications win 2013 Vietnam Book Awards

 The ancient city of Hoi An will host the 1.6th million foreign tourist visiting central Quang Nam Province during a New Year's Eve party on December 31.

Direk Kingnok is a famous Thai painter. In 2010 he went to Vietnam and drew a series of water-color paintings depicting the daily life of Vietnamese people in the north, the south and the central regions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having got licenses in seven foreign markets, military-run telecom group Viettel is seeking investment opportunities in Tanzania and Myanmar in a bid to raise overseas incomes.

 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said that they have made a major breakthrough in deciphering the mechanism by which some bacteria are able to survive antibacterial treatment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the biggest brands in the world have been present or heading towards Vietnam, which is believed to dislodge Vietnamese brands out of the market.

 Hong Kong investors buy Vinacafe shares; Security industrial zone launched; Fertiliser firm earns $26m in 2013 profits; PVN signs contract for new power station; 2013 rice exports earn US$2.95 billion

 Ha Noi hospital carries out kidney transplant; Head of child centre faces embezzlement charge; Noodles, bamboo shoots found to contain oxalic acid; Get tough on smuggling as Tet nears: Deputy PM

 V-League's Ninh Binh has signed a contract with Patiyo Tambwe to strengthen its forward line for the coming football league.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 78,000 hectares of cashew have been cut down by farmers in the past five years to make room for cultivating other crops like rubber and pepper, which is ascribed to price instability, low yield and poor supporting policies

 Expanded Noi Bai-Terminal T1 inaugurated; Three die in boat accident; Construction inspectors punish violations; Hanoi workers receive free travel for Tet; Drug trafficker arrested in Son La

 Heavy lift vessel Rolldock Sea, carrying 636 Hanoi kilo submarine, left the Port of Singapore in the early hours of December 29 to begin its journey to Cam Ranh, according to Marine Traffic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This is the first time in Vietnam that twins were created from the sperms taken from their dead father, Mr. Do Sy N, a Hanoi man who died in a train accident in 2010.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the flower festival this year, more than 300,000 pots of flowers are exhibited on the main roads.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese female weightlifter Nguyen Thi Kim Luc Van became the first to win an Asian gold medal for the country after her Kazakhstan rival lost the gold medal for using dope.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 28-year-old striker Le Cong Vinh has decided to stay with the Song Lam Nghe An FC instead of going to Japan after a meeting with SLNA’s officials last week.