The Ministry of Education and Training has turned the green light on, allowing universities to enroll students in their own ways, instead of following the ministry’s plan. However, schools still keep hesitant about this.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government’s strategy to regulate and control the gold market towards healthy development in the coming time is coming into sharp focus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodia has recently become a popular destination for many Vietnamese artists, following high demand from Vietnamese expats there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long-distance runner Nguyen Van Lai won a gold medal in the men's 5,000m event this morning, on the seventh day of competition at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champion Malaysia sent Viet Nam home earlier than expected after their 2-1 victory in the men's Group A football match at Myanmar's SEA Games.

VietNamNet Bridge – While people are choosing decorations for Christmas trees and gifts for relatives and friends, their children have only one thing on mind – Santa Claus and the gifts he is likely to bear.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you see little girls wandering through the Sa Pa Market with brocade bags and jungle knives, they are probably tour guides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Under-19 players Pham Duc Huy and Do Duy Manh will test their skills in Japan today, Dec 17, where football is played at the top level of Asia.

Manufacturers of antibacterial hand soaps and body washes will have to demonstrate that their products are safe for long-term daily use and more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and the spread of certain infections,

 VietNamNet Bridge - 2013 was a successful year for Vietnam tourism as a continuous presence in the world rankings and the region, but also the year's tearful young backpacker favorite.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Russia has officially returned to Cam Ranh with the proposal of building a wholly Russian-invested five-star resort near the Cam Ranh Airport. The resort for soldiers will be managed by a Vietnam-Russia management board.

 Vietnam to export 6.5-7 mln tonnes of rice next year; Vietnam enjoys US$1.8 billion trade surplus from Japan; Shrimp exports likely to hit US$3 bln for first time; German housing finance model adopted in VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – At night, hundreds of workers of a helmet factory in the southern province of Binh Duong were brought to hospitals for food poisoning.

VietNamNet Bridge - After signing a contract worth more than $9 billion with Airbus in late September, Vietjet Air signed a $800 contract to buy engines of the General Electric (GE) & Snecma yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Exxon Mobil and Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group will build a gas and power plant in central Viet Nam to supply gas and power along the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – After defeating three competitors at the stunning finale in HCM City, broadcast live Sunday night, 16-year-old Vu Thao My won the second season of The Voice Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a gold medal at the Toyota Cup international gymnastics tournament in Japan yesterday, Dec 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese star swimmers Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc set a new record for Vietnamese swimming at the Southeast Asian Games both earning gold medals to help Viet Nam clock five gold medals

 Chinese doctors have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, it is reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s streets and shops are well decorated in preparation for a Merry Christmas. Below are the best churches in Hanoi for Christmas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has stated that it won’t adjust the dong/dollar exchange rate in the time to come, affirming that it is the SBV which is the agency which sets up the exchange rate policy.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In recent days, people fished tons of dead fish of the Buoi River upstream in Thach Lam commune, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Sword Lake, the Temple of Literature with primitive dirt roads or the girls in brassiere are very lively in the works by French photographer Leon Busy.

Results of a recent survey by the State Bank of Vietnamshow that domestic credit institutions expected that inflation in 2014 will be around 6.74 percent and in December CPI will increase about 0.62%.

 US veteran draws portraits of local artists; Musical dramas take to stage for holiday season; Cham towers receive due attention; Techno Japan 2013 kicks off in Hanoi; Ben Tre to host fourth coconut festival