VietNamNet Bridge – City dwellers and experts are concerned about the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) route connecting Kim Ma and Yen Nghia, which is being launched later this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the beginning of December some banks cut deposit interest rates by 0.1-0.2 percentage points.

VietNamNet Bridge – While finance, pharmaceuticals and real estate sectors promise big Tet bonuses, some other industries that are now facing many challenges and difficulties may provide more modest benefits,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods this year have killed 235 people besides property losses of more than VND37.65 trillion (US$1.7 billion), the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said

VietNamNet Bridge – Big stadiums are no longer the best place for music performances as pop stars and singers are now holding live mini shows to cut expenses this season. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Tran Hong Quan, former Minister of Education and Training, speaks to Giao duc Viet Nam (Viet Nam Education) about the imperative need to promote autonomy among Vietnamese universities.

VietNamNet Bridge – In response to employers’ complaints about legal restrictions on extra work, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed amending the Labor Code in a way that would double or remove the overtime cap. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is estimated to have 120 wild elephants and 45 domesticated ones, which are feared to disappear one day from the country without timely conservation action.

VietNamNet Bridge – Circus on ice shows by artists from Ukraine will be performed at 21 cities and provinces throughout the country for the first time from December 23. 

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s education sector has set a target next year to collect school tuition via bank transfers instead of cash after two years of piloting the project at 40 schools.  

Nguyen Manh Kien from the capital city of Hanoi and Ton Thi Thanh Tuyen from the southern province of Binh Duong were named the winners in male and female categories respectively at the Vietnam Fitness Model Contest 2016,

VietNamNet Bridge – This Christmas, children will welcome yet another album from music writer Hoang Thu Trang, whose debut album of children’s songs became a huge hit.  

VietNamNet Bridge – A new printed monthly Vietnamese magazine specializing in mathematics will be published from January 2017. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoa mai and hoa dao, one yellow and the other pink, are without doubt the two most important, auspicious flowers in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Figure Skating Championship wraps up today at the Vincom Ice Rink Thao Dien in HCM City.

 SHB Da Nang are ready to compete with Yadanarbon of Myanmar in the second match of the Toyota Mekong Club Championship’s preliminary round on Friday at Ha Noi’s My Dinh Stadium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawrence Manley Colburn, the US army helicopter gunner who helped stopped the massacre of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by US troops at My Lai in 1968, has died at the age of 67, reported the Associated Press.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the central government for permission to choose investors to build six multilevel parking garages under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) mode.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Army and Student Cross-Country Tournament closed in HCM City on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Going to the sea can offer more than swimming, sun bathing, cloud watching, seafood, and coconut water on crowded beaches.