Ho Chi Minh City has launched a new US$45 million fund to create a start-up ecosystem that aims to provide entrepreneurs the chance to successfully grow their business.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Thien of Viet Nam has reached his best ranking of 1,426 in the world according to the latest release of the Association of Tennis Professionals on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese - American pianist child prodigy Evan Le will perform in HCM City on December 17 during his first visit to Viet Nam.

 Australia and Viet Nam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a formal framework for the return of Vietnamese nationals with no legal right to be in Australia.

 A “Golden Tourism Week”, the third of its kind this year, will take place in the Hue relic site, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage, in the central Thua Thien-Hue province from December 25-31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen people were rescued yesterday by the local army after their ship broke down and was in high danger of sinking off the central province of Quang Tri.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2017 Eco-products International Fair (EPIF) is scheduled to be held in HCM City from May 11-13, the organisation revealed at a press briefing in Ha Noi today, Dec 13.

 Breast cancer survivors with good social support networks seem to live longer and to have a lower risk of their cancer returning,

 Hanoi People's Committee said changeable weather and discharged waste water are the main causes that killed huge amounts of fish in many lakes in the city.

 Management board of the Quang Binh's Phong Nha- Ke Bang National Park yesterday announced that Polystichum quangbinhense is a rare threatened species which grows inside its cave systems.

 Ho Chi Minh City looks different at night with beautiful buildings, busy streets and colourful walking zones.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many e-wallet systems were started for the primary reason to create an ecosystem for e-commerce, but their owners fear they may not make money from the service.

VietNamNet Bridge – The decline of the railway’s popularity in Viet Nam is not new: back in 2010, the European Union labelled rail transport as the country’s “least relevant” mode of transport. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Conservatory of Music will hold a “Hungarian Masterpieces Bartók – Liszt – KodáLy” concert featuring Hungarian pianist Balázs Fülei on December 15.

 Messaging services such as Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's WhatsApp face stricter rules on how they handle customer data under new security laws due to be proposed by the European Union,

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is a highly promising market for coffee chains, but not all investors can succeed here.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a group of high-profile executives are investing $1 billion in a fund to spur clean energy technology and address global climate change a year after the Paris climate agreement. 

In a house in Sa Dec Town, Dong Thap, a love story was retold almost every day though nearly a century has passed since then. The house is Huynh Thuy Le Ancient House.

 Ca Mau targets 1.1 billion USD in export revenue for 2017, DATC to sell 3.7m shares of Cosevco, CIMB set its first branch in Hanoi, Huawei funding Vietnam's ICT resource, Rice exports drop to decade low in 2016

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has called on countries around the world to unite and act responsibly to build a green world for future generations.