VietNamNet Bridge - Labor experts have warned that Vietnam would have to fight against a brain drain when it joins the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), slated for 2015.

 The death of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is a great loss to not only Singapore but also the ASEAN community, wrote Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in a funeral book for the deceased at the Singaporean Embassy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has a chance to enter the semi-final round of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship, after gaining a draw on Saturday.

 The most important thing to early achieve a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) is that ASEAN and China need to ensure the full and proper implementation of terms stipulated in the COC, ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh said.

 Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, has proposed critical measures to promote the role of the ASEAN armed forces in the maintenance of peace, security and stability in the region.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed that building a strong ASEAN community is important to its members as it will step up their regional and global integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 will allow Viet Nam's agriculture sector to enter new markets, and farmers and producers will need to prepare to face harsher competition from abroad,

 Cooperation with ASEAN reviewed; PM Dung checks premier transportation projects in Hanoi; Press urged to bring Party and State documents to public; Deputy PM urges measures to reduce land-related complaints

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam continued to attract further investment from ASEAN countries this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.  

 Connectivity within the ASEAN and the Greater Mekong Subregion is ‘the key’ to ensuring long-term sustainability in the areas of trade, investment and tourism and of fundamentally tantamount importance to building the ASEAN community.

Chief justices and senior members of judiciaries from ASEAN member countries discussed ways to step up their cooperation in addressing environmental challenges at a roundtable that opened in Hanoi on December 13.

Yanmar launched joint venture on agricultural machinery; Vietnam sees eleventh petrol price cut; Customs budget revenue exceeds annual target; Local banks continue to cut interest rates; Oil import tax raised as global prices fall

 The third deputy ministerial-level foreign affairs and defence strategic dialogue between Vietnam and Australia took place in Canberra, Australia on November 20.

Citimart to work with Aeon Group; Vingroup revenue increases 86%; More consumers opt for bank cards; MobiFone to become a corporation; VN-ASEAN trade deficit exceeds $3b; Coffee output expected to crash this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN should play an active role in maintaining peace, security and stability in the region, and implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea,

Vietnam keen to bolster int’l anti-cyber crime cooperation; Vietnam, UK sign WTO trade facilitation agreement; HCM City leader meets Japanese prefecture governor; ASEAN pledges to enhance women’s role

VietNamNet Bridge – Countries in ASEAN like Vietnam and Thailand are becoming popular destinations for expats due to lower costs and a higher standard of living,

 Regarding the EU role in the East Sea, VietNamNet is presenting an article by Truong Minh Huy Vu, lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations, HCM City National University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

On the occasion of PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Europe, VietNamNet talks with researchers Bruno Hellendorff and Felix Heiduk, about the role of EU in settling the East Sea disputes and the possibility of cooperation between EU and ASEAN.

 Japan and ASEAN have agreed to promote bilateral cooperation and their partnerships with other countries, in order to ensure peace and stability in the East Sea and East China Sea, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said.