Vietnam opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty as well as militarise and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.

  A delegation of Hanoi Party Committee led by Vice Standing Secretary Ngo Thi Thanh Hang paid working visits to Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia in early December to foster friendship and cooperation with the capital cities of regional countries.    

 Secretary of State at the Polish President’s Chancellery Krzysztof Szczerski has affirmed that Poland highly values Vietnam’s position in Southeast Asia and wants to foster all-around ties with the country. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has congratulated Ambassador of Timor Leste Jorge Trindade Neves De Camoes on fulfilling assigned tasks during his four-year tenure in Vietnam. 

 Ireland will work to push the Vietnam-European Union free trade agreement, the Irish Ambassador to Vietnam, Caist Moran, told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting on December 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Many streets and buildings in HCM City have been decorated beautifully for the Christmas and New Year's season, attracting many people at night.

 Looking back at the success we have achieved after 30 years of renovation, it is not difficult to see the lesson about the power of consensus, seizing and taking advantage of opportunities that we learned from the August Revolution.

Multiple issues are plaguing dredging projects on the Dong Nai River. Slack licensing, negligent supervision, lack of co-ordination among exploiters and sand mining pirates freely roaming without much hinder were leading to environmental damage

VietNamNet Bridge – For more than 25 years, Phung Quang Oanh, 46, from District 7, HCM City has created tens of thousands of puppets for water puppet troupes throughout the country. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many managers of state-owned corporations have gone abroad recently for health care or training courses. Some of them have lost contact with their enterprises. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Travelers coming to Bac Ninh might hear local people tell them that if they do not visit Viem Xa Village, they miss half of Bac Ninh. 

 A farmer in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has succeeded in training his snakeheads to jump high out of water. His fish have attracted many visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2016, despite facing numerous difficulties and challenges, particularly in relation to the serious marine environmental pollution incident which affected four central provinces ...

 The overall growth of Vietnam’s telecom market will start to decline following a period of rapid development, according to “The Emerging Asia-Pacific telecoms market: trends and forecasts 2016-2021” released by The Report Linker.

VietNamNet Bridge - To deal with the unprofitable Dung Quat shipyard, MOIT believes that declaring  bankruptcy is the most feasible solution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Confectionary markets in Da Nang have recently welcomed a new product: organic candy “Pop” made by Vietnamese materials with Spanish secrets.

 Unemployment may rise because of the high numbers of unskilled workers and increased industrial automation.

 Sun Group, Vingroup and the Hanoi Export-Import Company (Geleximco) will provide the finance for Hanoi to prepare a master plan for the Red River renovation project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yasushi Ogura is not a businessman, but this long-term visitor to Viet Nam invested his money to help a farming couple open a coffee shop in the northernmost part of the country.

People who downloaded and played the mobile game Pokemon GO ended up walking more, a study found. But the increased activity didn't last long.