VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s revenues earned from services on the Internet will have amounted to nearly VND20 trillion next year and five times that number in 2018, said an industry player at a seminar in Hanoi last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists in Hanoi City can take an interesting short trip to Bat Trang pottery village to buy elegant souvenirs and become a ceramic artisan for the day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign direct investment (FDI) would still be the “lifebuoy” for the national economy in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many people wanted to buy a pair of Dong Tao chicken of Mr. Nguyen Huu Minh, in District 9, HCM City for VND45 million ($2,200), but Minh will only sell the chickens at the price of VND50 million ($2,500).

 Police rewarded after arresting drug trafficking ring leader; More Vietnamese nurses, orderlies to work in Japan; HCM City prepares to open new airport road; Task force to tackle domestic violence

 Construction begins on Vietnam’s largest offshore oilrig; Vinamilk buys US dairy firm; Mollusk exports to US decline; Incentives for Vietnamese investors in Belgium; HCM City attracts US$2.5 billion to industrial parks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noted French writer Patrick Deville will meet with Vietnamese audiences to discuss his novel "Plague and Cholera" (Peste et Cholera), which has just been published by Tre (Youth) Publishers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The SEA Games badminton draw selected Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh to start in the quarter-final round at the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar yesterday, Dec 10.

 Sugar intake should be cut to just five teaspoons a day to reduce tooth decay, British scientists warned on Tuesday while presenting a study of the effects of sugar on our oral health.

 Best sculptures displayed at national exhibition; Russia, Vietnam boost literature exchange; Mural painting exhibition in Hanoi; 14 new special national relics unveiled

 VietNamNet Bridge – The spiritual and material life of the Vietnamese people in the early 20th century is highlighted at an ongoing photo exhibition by late French photographer Leon Busy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) community will be the central focus of an art festival taking place from December 14-29 in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A survey conducted in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang in September and October recorded the highest number of critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys in Vietnam to date.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of the southern province of Bac Lieu arrested a woman while she was conducting a plastic surgery for a client in an inn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Thai men were fine and expelled for working in Vietnam without permits by the authorities of Tien Giang Province.

When the truck lost control, 1,000 beer boxes fell down to the road. Hundreds of people rushed to "rob" the goods with contented faces, neglecting the driver’s tears and imploration. The 1,000 beer boxes were taken away in just 30 minutes.

The Institute of Hematology - Blood Transfusion has received nine patients from Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province, who suffered from non-stop subcutaneous hemorrhage and stump bleeding. Doctors suspected that this due to rat poison.

Thanks to the new alcohol testing technique, the result will be available after 30 seconds, instead of 10 minutes. The technique has been experimentally implemented in Quang Ninh and will be applied on a nation-wide scale from this Tet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people in Quang Binh Province have accused three local cement companies of polluting the environment, which they claim has led to the deaths of 50-60 people yearly.

Thien Minh Group opened the first three-star hotel bearing ÊMM brand with 56 rooms and serviced condos at 157 Pasteur Street in HCMC’s District 3 last Friday night.

 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.