The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is set to offer great opportunities for the Vietnamese export market. However, opportunities may be missed if supporting industries are not prepared quickly enough to take advantage of them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lantern festival will kick off a long night of New Year's celebrations at the Hoi An Statute Park on December 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A myriad of activities will be held across Ho Chi Minh City to ring in the New Year 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Empty Pockets, a four-piece rock band from Chicago, will perform in HCM City on December 24, 25 and 26 to raise funds to support nutrition for poor children in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Although the dry season has started, many areas in south-eastern region have faced with prolong drought which would affect the lives of local farmers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of foreign companies have been rushing to negotiate with Vietnamese partners to secure the right to collect tolls on expressways in Vietnam to tap into their profit potential.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is facing a critical reduction in forest areas five years after it implemented the national forest protection and development programme, forest authority officials said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Republic of Korean (RoK) nationals have been arrested recently for using fake credit cards to steal money, according to the Hanoi Police Department’s high-tech crime prevention division.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese teenager has won the first prize in a Russian competition for young pianists recently held in Moscow

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient central city began construction of a 780m concrete dyke to protect the old quarter with total investment of VND135 billion (US$6 million).

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam this year would remain among the top 15 recipients with remittances of roughly US$12.5 billion from Vietnamese living overseas, a World Bank (WB) report says.  

Surveillance cameras will be installed on the 12-km long Pham Van Dong boulevard in HCM City from late December to assist authorities with traffic management and improve navigation, the City's People's Committee announced recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday (Dec 16) that it has launched criminal proceedings against Nguyen Van Dai, on the charge of conducting anti-state propaganda.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Boredpanda.com, a leading art, design and photography community has posted a photo gallery Vietnamese photographer Le Quang featuring Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay.

Ho Chi Minh City - the “Pearl of the Far East” has developed into a megacity of modern times, with skyscrapers, large avenues, architectural works and dynamic foundation of life, economy and culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese graffiti artist Pham Minh Tuan and his assistant completed graffiti work yesterday (Dec 16) on the wall in front of the German Consulate General in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central and Central Highlands Flood and Storm Prevention Centre said it was yet to make contact with two fishing vessels off the coast of the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Kazuhiro Murata of Cerezo Osaka FC of said his players would keep their eyes on Viet Nam U23 player Nguyen Cong Phuong during their friendly match today (Dec 17) at Hang Day stadium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau will release his latest book Oscar and the Lady in Pink, which he translated from the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition, opened in Hanoi from December 9 - 23, are showcasing 409 pieces, created from 2011 to 2015, to give the public an overview on a period of the Vietnamese fine arts.