A short film featuring a teenage girl who deals with her grief after the loss of her best friend through writing won its young makers the top prize at the Kid Witness News (KWN) Contest for the Asia-Pacific region.

 Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

Domestic automobile joint ventures have expressed their worries that they may have to shut down by 2018, when the import car import tariff reduces to zero percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cyclist Mai Nguyen Hung won the second stage of the ADC Tour of Viet Nam yesterday, Dec 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of foreign players have left Vietnam to seek opportunities in other countries in the region. Those who stay have to accept significant reduction of salary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have triumphed at the 2012 One Asian Cup (OAC), held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Hanoi Party Committee has conducted a sociological survey to assess the satisfaction level of the people for administrative procedures at the five government agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of October 1st this year, 53.1 million Vietnamese people have reached working age people, of whom 984,000 remain unemployed and more than 1.3 need jobs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Traditional boat race on Tau Hu - Ben Nghe canal, marathon, cycling, dance festival, cultural and gastronomic festivals are among the activities to be held in HCM City to welcome the New Year 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the groups of products that will be given priority to be developed in order to establish a commodity market with Vietnamese brands.

 The powerful international bank lobby IIF warned Tuesday that Greece's newly revamped bailout program still faces large risks as long as the economy continues to contract sharply.

While the real estate market has become frozen, low-cost and medium-class product sales have been going very slowly, deluxe products still can be sold well in Vietnam, which has prompted the biggest fashion brands to flock to the country.

  Supreme People’s Procuracy delegation visits Laos; Haitian Prime Minister concludes Vietnam visit; Vietnam, India ties in the spotlight; Vietnam, Cambodia boost mass mobilisation cooperation

Vietnamese feel happy when Vietnamese telcos have reached a consensus in the pricing policy on international call charges. However, a new worry has been raised that the number of illicit international calls would increase.

Credit-based training is considered a breakthrough in the university education. However, a lot of problems have arisen in the schools’ path towards the advanced training model.

Seafood companies have begged the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to allow them to borrow money in foreign currencies until the end of 2013 to help them overcome the current difficulties.

In the context of the non-refundable aid decrease from developed economies, the implementation of NAMA would be a good solution for Vietnam to receive financial support and technology transfer.

VietNamNet Bridge – The government has decided that tourism is one of the key industries of the national economy. However, the current policies don’t support the development.

 Lam Vinh Hai, a street jazz dancer, was named as Viet Nam's favourite dancer on Saturday at the awards ceremony for the first season of the Vietnamese version of the American TV dance-competition show So You Think You Can Dance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Working slowly, a woman would be beaten by her husband. She would also be maltreated if she cooks rice not very well, does not respond to her husband quickly or even with no attention.

Dramatisations of historical times and figures need to be made very carefully by cultural creators, according to participants at a workshop about the boundaries between historical fact and fiction held over the weekend in the capital.

Not all steelmakers in trouble; Big struggle ahead to get local SMEs back on their feet; HCM City exports to top US$30 billion; Businesses pessimistic about 2013 economic prospects; Phu Quoc International Airport inaugurated

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has invited coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad for their two Asian Cup qualifying games early in 2013.

 Vietnam Fashion Fair 2012 scheduled for late December; Television titans channel hopes of festival success; Vietnamese architect scoops top gong; Culture festival curries favour with India

 Doctors, nun, save boy's life; Mongolia, Vietnam ink education agreement; Taiwanese experts save girl's leg; Food poisoning found alarming; Guest workers in RoK encouraged to return home on time