VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Court yesterday sentenced Ho Duy Truc, 20, to death for the attempted theft of a luxury motorbike from a woman whose arm he slashed with a knife during an incident last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Living far from his home of Okinawa Island in Japan, Dai Muyaguni tempers his homesickness and obvious pride for his hometown’s culture by performing sanshin, a traditional Japanese musical instrument,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will play AS Roma in an international under-19 football tournament, the Nutifood Cup, which will kick off in HCM City on January 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has become the first airport in the country to receive 20 million passengers in one year, airport authorities announced yesterday, Dec 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For vintage scooter enthusiasts in HCM City, the Piaggio-made ride has become a valued collectors item. Many devote themselves to restoring the vehicles, which can cost millions of dong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Managers of HCM City's Mien Dong East Bound Bus Station and Ha Noi Railway Station said there would be enough coaches and trains to transport workers during the Tet festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local experts have urged HCM City authorities to better coordinate activities on climate-change adaptation as the city is one of 10 in the world that is most vulnerable to such changes.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a source from the US General Consul in Ho Chi Minh City, US-based sandwich chain Quiznos will come to the city on December 18 to start sourcing local partners for franchising, the Vietnam Investment Review heard.

 Eight travel companies in HCMC have teamed up to facilitate operations and improve products, launch tours with the best prices, run common advertising programs and create unanimous departure schedules to attract local and international travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – While people are choosing decorations for Christmas trees and gifts for relatives and friends, their children have only one thing on mind – Santa Claus and the gifts he is likely to bear.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ward 25, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City--has fired two officers who were accused of handcuffing and using electric whips against a hawker.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam boasts potential for becoming the US’ big trade partner in the region, said US Secretary of State John Kerry when visiting HCM City as part of his trip to Vietnam from December 14-17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 75% Vietnamese students do not understand the majors that they are choosing to study at universities, according to a survey released on December 10 in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department will close all nurseries that fail to meet the Ministry of Education and Training's standards on ensuring safety for babies by mid-January.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two concertos never before performed in Viet Nam will be featured at a concert organised by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera on Sunday.

 Police rewarded after arresting drug trafficking ring leader; More Vietnamese nurses, orderlies to work in Japan; HCM City prepares to open new airport road; Task force to tackle domestic violence

On the main route leading to the Cat Lai New Port - the largest and most modern port in Vietnam, every day thousands of container trucks run on the road but Dong Van Cong Road is seriously damaged, with a lot of deep cracks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Christmas season has hit HCM City streets in typical glittering fashion this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Thao asked a xe om (motorbike taxi) driver to buy 15 liters of gasoline for him. At night, he poured gasoline on furniture in the room to burn himself. Trying to save the man, his niece died.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The film Nhung Nguoi Viet Huyen Thoai (The Legend Makers), winner of the Golden Lotus Award at the National Film Festival, has premiered in HCM City to local cinematographers, art critics and press.