Man burned when motorbikes collide; Province allocates VND15.5 billion to relocate residents; Boats seized for stealing sand in southern province; Illegal loggers caught in Ha Giang; HCM City hospital offers free health checks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged for balanced supply and demand of goods so as to keep their prices from spiralling, especially farm produce and foodstuff as the lunar New Year approaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 42% of people in rural areas say they are unhappy with current living conditions, largely due to low income, according to a survey conducted by the Central Institute for Economic Management.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked every province in the country to finish issuing the majority of their certificates on land-use rights, known as ‘red books' in Viet Nam, by the end of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The economic crisis have delivered a hard blow to people in rural areas, with many families sending relatives to urban areas to look for better income while those who stay back are also facing severe poverty,

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, 20 percent of the country’s population is living in very unhygienic conditions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stricter regulations on abortion will be introduced to limit the number of procedures, protect women's health and maintain a balanced gender ratio at birth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most people assume that People's Committee officials are experienced middle-aged men, so it is hard to believe that 30-year-old Nguyen Thi Thu Lan

A newly-released Government decree designed to provide favourable treatment for teachers and educational officials in deprived areas is expected to encourage them to become more devoted to their careers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam plans to fulfill the program on developing wired and wireless broadband infrastructure by 2020. However, it is very likely that the program would be completed before the deadline.

Laborers expect to hear something from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) about the policies on assisting and laborers in the context of the unemployment rate increase.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A full VND8.8 trillion (US$419 million) was spent this year on social welfare, hunger elimination and poverty reduction, according to a report from the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam.

Big cities, which once fed whole families of immigrant workers, have turned out to be the severe land for them in the current economic crisis. Returning to home villages and working on rice fields proves to be the only choice for them now.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One-third of Vietnamese children under the age of five were malnourished and one-third of women and children suffered from anaemia. Most of them lived in rural areas.