VietNamNet Bridge – Three out of eight statues in Bac Giang were made by Anh Vu. Visiting his home - and speaking in person - offers a few clues into what inspires the prolific sculptor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The foreign portfolio investment has got ready for the disbursement into Vietnamese businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge - If this volume of outdated beef was not detected, it would have been distributed to restaurants and factory kitchens.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If the US proposal on the long drug protection duration is approved by TPP member countries, this would badly affect the Vietnamese drug manufacturing and trade.

 US scientists have performed a dramatic reversal of the ageing process in animal studies.

Most foreign tourists say that they are very upset being disturbed by peddlers while walking on the street. "They are tenacious and do not give up following us and they sold things very expensive,” a French female tourist complained.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon-based contemporary artist La Huy believes his journey towards wax was fate as he enters a period in his art career with an urge to recall his nostalgia for past memories and notions on spiritual belief.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Managers of HCM City's Mien Dong East Bound Bus Station and Ha Noi Railway Station said there would be enough coaches and trains to transport workers during the Tet festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge - 120 km from Hanoi, the Bui Chu parish in Xuan Truong district of Nam Dinh province has more than 100 churches. The parish is busy preparing for Christmas.

In 2013, a series of "shocking" incidents and scandals occurred in the health sector. The worst case is the one that is widely known by Vietnamese as “Cat Tuong,” in which a plastic surgeon threw the body of a female customer into the Red River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A.P. Moller-Maersk foresees a bright future for Vietnam and says the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will usher in great new economic opportunities. Report by Vietnam Investment Review.

 Cold spell continues to chill northern region; Illegal fireworks seized in Ha Noi; Firm fined for storing smuggled sugar; Construction of new Tropical Disease Hospital begins; HCM City opens career counselling service for students

 LG Electronics to build $1.5b factory; Exports to Italy estimated at $2.2b; Paper expo to boost quality; New steel plant opens in HCM City; HCM City allows internet registration; Bank loans $152m for power cables

 Banks are being questioned over the quality of the credit checks after it was revealed that the Truong Ngan Company owed debts to seven different banks while using the same collateral.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Ocean Health Index ranks lower than that of other countries, reflecting that the state of the marine ecosystem is declining and continues to decline in the next five years,

 A former Microsoft manager Brian Jorgenson, and his friend Sean Stokke, have been charged for insider trading by the US securities regulator.

 Gunmen have shot dead four people, including a mayor, at Manila airport in the Philippines, officials have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Early morning of December 20, an ambulance carrying a patient from the southern province of An Giang to HCM City crashed into the bottom of a truck on the Trung Luong expressway, killing three and injuring two.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A girl was working at a barber’s shop when a young man suddenly burst in to stab her and then poured gasoline on her to burn her.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign tourists could hardly imagine the scene of snow-covered forest before they come to a tropical country like Vietnam.

On December 18, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund issued a joint statement confirming that there was no evidence of danger of the 5 in 1 Quinvaxem vaccine in Vietnam and in other countries.

 Model show jury touch down in VN; Nominations open for architecture prize; Canadian singer to soothe Park Hyatt Saigon; US helps Hue heritage preservation; Film industry needs copyright watchdog

 More than 20 coaches from five coastal provinces across Viet Nam have recently participated in the first technical sailing course for coaches in the central of province of Binh Thuan.

 Visitors buying river tours to Binh Quoi, East-West Highway and District 9 Ornamental Garden of Binh Quoi Tourism Area will not be able to depart as such boats have yet to find out a mooring area on Bach Dang Wharf.

President names 22 new ambassadors; RoK President reiterates strong ties with Vietnam; President hails diplomatic sector’s role in national defence; Vietnam, Chinese Parties target further cooperation