The Prime Minister has decided to allocate 165 billion VND (7.2 million USD) as relief aid to seven central localities from Nghe An to Quang Nam and northern Quang Ninh province which have been hit by recent devastated floods.

 The image of Hanoi is expected to reach 420 million families across the globe via the Cable News Network (CNN).

 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked Vietnamese and Chinese party officials to share practical experience in Party building and the combat against corruption. 

 The Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly concluded its fifth session in Hanoi on December 22.

The VN Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and the Lao Party Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training have signed an agreement on cooperation between the two commissions in the 2016-2021 period. 

South African leaders expressed their appreciation for bilateral friendship and mutual support with Vietnam over the past more than six decades during talks with Secretary of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Van Binh. 

 A number of luxurious shopping centres in Vietnam are facing slow sales and even closing as they fail to meet customers' changing demand.

Capsule Hotel, the first of its kind, in Sapa town of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, is seen as a new ideal destination for visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is encouraging the development of steel complexes in coastal areas where there are deep water ports and plentiful land.

VietNamNet Bridge - Trade carried out on Facebook has boomed over the last few years, but the State still has no way of collecting tax on the activities.

VietNamNet Bridge - LOTUSat-1 and LOTUSat-2 are important component projects of the national satellite center, Vietnam’s biggest ever science & technology project with total investment capital of $600 million.

VietNamNet Bridge - While US and Israeli professors are surprised that Vietnamese students scored high on PISA tests, many Vietnamese people wonder why the country remains poor with such good marks on the test. 

 Meat product imports into the Vietnamese market have long been common practice done in accordance with world regulations. However, imports could affect domestic prices and market stability if not taken under full control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has submitted to the municipal People’s Council a list of 880 projects that require around 7,000ha of land to be acquired.

 The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has recently released a Circular guiding some articles of the Labor Code relating to foreign workers in Vietnam.

 Vietnam’s farming exports in the first eleven months of 2016 reached US$29.1 billion, up 5.9% over the same period of last year, with eight commodities each earning more than US$1 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Television Festival 2016 from December 21 to 24 in Lao Cai Province features the best television works of the year, photo exhibitions, talk shows and conferences.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The anti-smuggling police on Tuesday busted a gang that allegedly smuggled large volumes of electronic equipment and parts from China to HCM City.   

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the most popular charity events in the city, the Giac Mo Dem Mua Dong (A Dream in Winter Night) concert, will be held tonight at the GEM Centre in District 1.

Vietnamese defender Vu Van Thanh’s goal in the second leg semi-final match between Viet Nam and Indonesia on December 7 was named among AFF Suzuki Cup 2016’s top 10 goals by the website affsuzukicup.com