VietNamNet Bridge – Londoner Lee Kirby released a nine-track CD Vietnam Oi (Dear Vietnam) on iTunes on Sunday before its nationwide release which is estimated to be December 20, according to his manager.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wrestler Pham Thi Hue won a gold medal yesterday (Dec 10), the ninth for Viet Nam, even though the SEA Games have not officially begun.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore defeated Viet Nam 1-0 in the second round match of the SEA Games' Group A yesterday (Dec 10) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

A senior Vietnamese official on Monday urged the US to remove trade barriers when receiving Deputy Assistant to the US President, Caroline Atkinson, in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The state’s funding needs to be addressed properly in order to avoid waste and injustice for students, especially poor students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The coastal pine trees which have been existing for many years in Quang Nam--to protect the houses and villages, have been chopped down to give place to shrimp ponds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domain name traders have leaped for joy when the Ministry of Information and Communication made public the draft circular on the “.vn” domain name transfer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai 7 Eleven will be a un-doubtable rival to anyone in the Vietnamese market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean leading food groups--while following a strategy on expanding their operation in Asia, have been “hunting” for Vietnamese materials.

VietNamNet Bridge – In an official answer to the media, the Ministry of Transport admitted that the officer in charge of security screenings had failed to make direct examinations after discovering unusual appearances of goods containing heroin.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have sighed a relief after the Prime Minister approved the 9-day Tet holiday instead of 7-day. A longer holiday would mean bigger business opportunities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Japan from December 12-15 at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, and attend a commemorative summit

His family had been worshipping him for 16 years. One day, Mr. Tieu Viet Thao suddenly appeared in the joy of his family and neighbors in Thanh Thuy village, Binh Hai commune, Binh Son district, in the central province of Quang Ngai.

 Nicotine replacement gums and patches or popular drugs prescribed to help people quit smoking such as Chantix may not harm the heart in users,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has pledged that Vietnam would continue to reduce the Electricity of Vietnam’s monopoly through the development of a competitive electricity market.

 Local authorities recall deadly spurious liquor; Former executives get life sentences for fraud; Vietnam hosts 2014 ASEAN skill competition; False addresses cost companies licenses

 Dairy sector looks to triple cattle population; HCM City petition targets capital transfers; Induction stoves popular as gas prices rise; Cashew exports reach $1.5bn annual target

 Nobel chemistry prize winners Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus on Saturday called for "more attention and efforts" to young people to help foster new ideas.

 Researchers said on Monday they have found evidence that there was once an ancient fresh water lake on Mars that may have been able to support life.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To raise the awareness of students on wildlife conservation, the contents on Vietnam’s wild animals will be added into the textbook of 7th grade students.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of December 9, many tiles on the roof of the third floor of a house in Go Vap District, HCM City were blown away. The landlord said that the incident occurred when an aircraft passed.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Geminids, the best meteor shower of the year with an extreme number of meteor streaks at 120/hour will take place this weekend and can be observed in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four male workers of a private seafood processing company in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang died of asphyxia in a tank containing waste water in the evening of December 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Enterprise Investment Limited (VEIL) has registered to sell 8.8 million shares of the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company - Vinamilk. The transaction time is from 11/12/2013 to 9/1/2014.

The German bank says that it bought 2.7 million shares to maintain its ownership ratio in Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group after HAGL listed more shares. This move is contrary to the previous speculation on Deutsche Bank’s divestment.