VietNamNet Bridge – Over three weeks before Christmas, Saigon streets are bustling with the festive atmosphere. Buildings are decorated splendidly while decoration shops are crowded.

Vietnam's largest gold bandana crafted by Phu Nhuan Jewelry Company was displayed for the public in Hue city on November 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of newly set up businesses never exist in reality, but only exist on paper just to help the owners appropriate the VAT refund.

The Hai Phong People's Court has decided to temporarily suspend a judge from work during an investigation into accusations that he had accepted bribes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The fire broke out violently in a waste trading house at midnight on November 30, in the town of Long Binh, An Phu district of the southern province of An Giang, killing a couple and their 10-year-old daughter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Security Services Company at the HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport has suspended four security officers from work to serve in the investigation of the transportation of 229kg of heroin from the airport to Taiwan.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the number of people who are diagnosed with diabetes increasing by 211 percent in 10 years, Vietnam is named among the countries with the fastest growth rate in the number of diabetes patients across the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Government has approved in principle the establishment of two new districts in Hanoi, said Mr. Nguyen Hoai Nam, Director of the Legislation Department of the Hanoi People's Council.

 "The Fast and Furious" actor Paul Walker was confirmed dead in a car accident Saturday in Santa Clarita County of California.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being the biggest rice exporter in the world, Vietnam’s rice production faces high risks: it imports rice varieties, fertilizer from China and exports big amounts of products to the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh will visit Canada, Bolivia, and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay from December 2–10 at the invitation of the three continental American national governments and state leaders.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 90 per cent of National Assembly deputies on Friday, Nov 29, passed amendments to the Land Law, which will take effect on July 1 next year.

 At least four people were killed and 67 others injured when a passenger train derailed in New York City borough of Bronx Sunday morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese students in Australia and Japan have been asked to return home because they did not go to school, but went working at factories and farms for money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft and other big guys--Asus, Lenovo and HP, are going to launch a series of touch screen laptops to the Vietnamese market, targeting the popular market segment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top-class hotels and resorts may provide visitors to Vietnam with plenty of options for comfortable trips with high-class facilities and services, but if you really want a local taste of life here, a homestay is hard to beat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha Trang Bay, a well known tourism site in the south of the central region, receives thousands of cubic meters of waste water every day from residential quarters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the current big economic difficulties, businesses would have to fasten their belt and reserve limited budgets for Tet bonus for workers, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge - You can find a fancy antique on Le Cong Kieu Road in District 1 or enter the world of old books on Tran Nhan Tong Road in District 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has ordered hospitals to set up hotlines to receive feedback from patients. This will enable hospitals to evaluate the quality of treatment, attitudes of medical staff and emergency medical care.

 Life insurance market to surpass annual growth target; Regional forum tackles petrol woes; Soc Trang provides sweeping opportunities for wind power; Can Tho intensifies IP construction

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods and storms have triggered total losses of over VND50 trillion over the past three years, including around VND25 trillion this year alone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The latest round of TPP negotiations was wrapped up in Utah, Salt Lake City, the US, on November 26, opening up opportunities for concerned parties to reduce disagreements before the TPP Ministerial Meeting

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the use of electric cars for tourism in Hanoi's Old Quarter have not brought many positives along with them, locals of the Old Quarter have been complaining about traffic problems on the narrow streets.

While analysts believe that Starbucks has bogged down in Vietnam with third poorly patronized shops, the representative of the US giant affirms that hundreds of Starbucks shops will be opened in the Vietnamese market.