VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's field hockey team will make history when, for the first time, it competes at the SEA Games during this week's first international tournament.

Vietnamese and foreigners, both on stage and in the audience, have rocked Hue City during the live performance of RockStorm.

 Coal lorry accident adds to traffic tally; Cooking hazard; Quang Ninh bans poison alcohol; Authorities reinforce HCM City dykes against rising tides; Private health clinics flout regulations

 Rolled steel anti-dumping tariff could freeze imports; Business urges the government to bulldoze red-tape; Denmark rolling out red carpet to Vietnamese firms; Foreign investor confidence returns

VietNamNet Bridge – On December 3 domestic gold prices continued to fall sharply, closing down by more than VND200,000 (US$9.5) a tael of 37.5gm at just above VND35 million ($1,667).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam remains one of the world's top 10 remittance-receiving countries, with remittances from overseas Vietnamese this year estimated at US$10.6 billion, up 6.5 per cent compared with last year,

 Vietnam’s women’s team beat their Thai rivals in the final match 35-27 to retain their title at the 2013 Southeast Asia Handball Championships, which took place from Dec. 2-10 in Bangkok , Thailand.

 Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday announced the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists and the police are searching for the body of the woman who was thrown into the Red River by a plastic surgeon, by underground radiation detection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The watchdog agency is considering compelling commercial banks to list their shares on the bourse in order to improve the transparency and better control the banks’ ownership ratios.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Before December 22, eight streets in the center and the gateways to Saigon will be filled with light to welcome the festive season with meaningful themes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Christmas season has hit HCM City streets in typical glittering fashion this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The outbound tourism grew roughly 20 percent per year in the past five years and Vietnam has become the source markets of the tourism industry of many countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Council has approved the establishment of the two districts of Nam Tu Liem and Bac Tu Liem, which are divided from Tu Liem District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Thao asked a xe om (motorbike taxi) driver to buy 15 liters of gasoline for him. At night, he poured gasoline on furniture in the room to burn himself. Trying to save the man, his niece died.

The Ministry of Defense has asked the government’s permission to import 20,000 boxes of low-range fireworks for the New Year holiday. The Public Security Ministry has showed its support to the proposal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Thi Phuong Giang won Viet Nam's second gold medal yesterday (Dec 8) at the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The film Nhung Nguoi Viet Huyen Thoai (The Legend Makers), winner of the Golden Lotus Award at the National Film Festival, has premiered in HCM City to local cinematographers, art critics and press.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The export credit insurance pilot program is about to finish at this year’s end, but it’s not too early to say that the target of having 3 percent of import-export turnover insured proves to be unattainable.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ngoc Thinh from HCM City has been named Viet Nam's Favourite Dancer for the second time on the Vietnamese version of the US television's So You Think You Can Dance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 843 tonnes of untreated toxic waste illegally dumped by Nicotex Thanh Thai Company in central Thanh Hoa Province's Cam Van commune have been excavated.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese could not be happier with their win during the first match at the 27th Southeast Asian Games' football match.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang on December 8 signed to promulgate the revised Constitution and a resolution guiding the enactment of the new Constitutional amendments.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Japan from December 12 – 15 and attend the ASEAN – Japan Commemorative Summit to mark the 40th anniversary of the ASEAN – Japan dialogue relations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – I visited central Quy Nhon Town one sunny day and wanted to see some new destinations rather than the familiar beaches. So a friend volunteered to take me to Eo Gio (literally translated as Wind Strait).