VietNamNet Bridge - Archbishop of the Hanoi Archdiocese Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon vowed to continue encouraging Catholic dignitaries and believers to follow the Party and State’s guidelines, policies and the law.

New Chief of Staff for Army; Inter-organisational Party branches meet; Officials pay Christmas visits to Catholic community; Party delegation visits Hue Archbishop Office; Laos grants Freedom Order to Vietnamese Party’s departments

VietNamNet Bridge – A lantern festival was organized on December 22 at Hoang Phap pagoda in Hoc Mon district, HCM City. The event is recognized as the largest lantern festival in Vietnam so far.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local people, authorities and archaeologists will both spiritually and materially benefit from a "community archaeology" model, according to participants at a recent conference in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

The controversy over the “Le Hoi Dam Trau” or buffalo slaughtering festival in Vietnam’s Central Highlands became very hot on the local media recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – A sinkholesuddenly appeared in a village in Hanoi on December 21, swallowing the kitchen of a local family.

VietNamNet Bridge - Shrimp exports reached record levels this year with overseas sales bringing in more than $2 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - The seven Vietnamese sailors who were rescued after the Korean ship No. 1 In Sung sank off Antarctica on December 13 are expected to fly to Korea in the next several days before coming home.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stock indices barely registered a reaction yesterday to the announcement from the General Statistics Office that Viet Nam saw double-digit inflation of 11.75 per cent this year, with inflation in December alone of 1.98 per cent.

Food poisoning hits factory workers; Flood claims lives of three children; Two arrested for firecrackers; VN Airlines puts on extra 600 flights; Trawlers get new tracking devices; Flood of ‘genuine' fakes cream high profits from festive season 

VietNamNet Bridge – Roche has not yet proved that Nanogen violated intellectual property laws, said Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang on an interview with VNExpress on December 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation's universities and colleges have stepped up IT departments over the past decade, but the quality of training is still limited due to educators' inadequate foreign language abilities and professional knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – It's a strange land that leaves me with different feelings whenever I come to rediscover it.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumer price index (CPI) of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi is 9.58 per cent and 9.56 per cent respectively this year, according to their statistics office bureaus.

HCM City football has shown intentions of putting a stop to its shameful results over the last two years at local football competitions as HCM City and Navibank Sai Gon football clubs have revamped their teams for the new season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Electronic customs has been officially introduced at some ports since mid-December to quicken goods clearance but frustration has grown among enterprises as they are struggling with the slower procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mild winter is pervading all roads and houses in the Central and Central Highlands regions with cold breezes and scenic landscapes of old, bare trees enveloped in the misty fog.

At least 15 people were detained and six injured, including four police officers from the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), on Thursday night in Buenos Aires during a clash at the Constitution train station, police sources said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever I visit Hanoi, the first place I think of is the Temple of Literature, where the tree-shaded grounds and the buildings tell of the times that scholars studied there.