VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses can now see great opportunities to sell products internationally via online retailers such as Amazon.com or Alibaba.com.

 President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in has congratulated Vietnam’s national football team and Korean head coach Park Hang-seo on their triumph at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 on December 15.

 Vietnamese shares are forecast to rise at a slower pace over the last two weeks of the year amid worries about volatile global markets and falling domestic purchases despite the upcoming quarterly earnings season.

 A huge explosion and fire has hit a restaurant in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rich medicinal plant treasure of Vietnam is in danger. From the northern mountainous provinces to the Central Highlands, the plants are being overexploited for export to China.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of students are expelled from universities in Hanoi and HCM City each year.

 With four days off for New Year Holiday and a nine-day Lunar New Year or Tet break, the tourism market has been extremely busy to meet increasing demand of holiday-makers.

 Vietnam’s national hockey team won the best Sportsmanship Award at the Nantou International Men’s Hockey Tournament, which concluded in Chinese Taipei on December 14.

 HCM City’s birth rate has remained low at 1.5 per woman in 2018.

 A-list actor of the Republic of Korea Ahn Sung-ki will attend the RoK - Vietnam Film Festival’s opening ceremony on December 15 in Hanoi.

 The operation of State-owned enterprises (SoEs) will be performed in an online management system according to the standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development starting in January 2019.

 A traditional fire dance of the Red Dao ethnic minority group in the northern province of Dien Bien has been restored after 20 years thanks to efforts made by the provincial museum, local authorities, elders and researchers.

 The HCM City Food Safety Management Board has set up 12 inspection teams to ensure food safety and hygiene during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 Vietnam, the just-crowned champions of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, will face the Republic of Korea who won the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Football Championship in 2017, in a friendly match next spring.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed a decision on the establishment of a national committee tasked with making preparations for Vietnam to shoulder the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020.

 CEO of budget carrier Vietjet Air Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has been the first Vietnamese person to be named in the 2018 Bloomberg 50 (B50) list, which honours 50 icons and innovators changing the global business landscape in the past year. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on December 16.

 The Vietnamese football team won applauds from international media after beating Malaysia 1-0 in the second-leg final match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in Hanoi on December 15.

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 The traditional craft of bronze casting in Che Dong Village, Thieu Trung Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been famous nationwide for sophisticated products that are highly valued in economy, history and culture.