VietNamNet Bridge – Salination has appeared earlier than usual this year in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta and is also expected to go farther inland than last year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian runner Pat Farmer and his Vietnamese partner, Mai Nguyen Dinh Huy, arrived at Hoai River Square in Hoi An City last night, Dec 24, completing the 16th stage of the Pole to Pole marathon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Mau Cape National Park in Ca Mau Province in the southernmost tip of Vietnam will be recognized as a Ramsar site on December 13, the fifth such site in Vietnam,