Outgoing Algerian Ambassador Cherif Chikhi has been honoured with the Friendship Order, a service award given by the Government to foreigners who make meaningful contributions to friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and other countries.

 The Party Central Committee wrapped up its 10th meeting in Hanoi on January 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A circular establishing new area codes as well as mobile phone prefixes will take effect in March, but it will be carried out out in phases,

 VietNamNet Bridge talks with Mr. Tran Viet Thai, Deputy Director of the Strategy Institute, the Academy of Foreign Relations, about the bright spots of Vietnam’s foreign affairs in 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government is determined to bring total bad debts down to 3 per cent in 2015, well below last year’s 5.43 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of inexperienced pedagogy university and college graduates are becoming unemployed or facing difficulties to find jobs because of mass enrolment and poor training quality.

VietNamNet Bridge – Philippine leading soprano singer Rachelle Gerodias will take part in Subscription Concert Vol.77 of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra on January 15-16 at the Hanoi Opera House.

PM okays industrial cluster plan; Five-star hotels shine in Hanoi; New record for auto sales in 2014; Hanoi cuts procedural time for enterprise establishment; Excess capacity clouds the outlook for steel sector in 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge – The New York Times on January 9 listed Vietnam’s central Danang City the 43rd among 52 places to go in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Investors are showing their interest again in seaports, as shown by purchase of shares at recent IPO of Nghe Tinh Port.

VietNamNet Bridge – The owners of tourist boats now operational at Bach Dang Wharf in downtown HCMC will be writing to the HCMC government asking for an extension of operations beyond the January 15 deadline

 Updated information about cultural events in major cities of Vietnam.

 There was no precedent for how to deal with a hacking attack on the scale of that which hit Sony Pictures, its chief executive has said.

 Transport Minister suspends leave for Vietnam Airlines employees; Little boy loses arm to bear on family farm; Hundreds strike for minimum pay rise

Encyclopaedia Britannica now in Vietnamese; VN’s colourful chapel named top ingenious work of architecture; Belgium, VN promote restoration; Subscription Concert Vol.77 to enthrall Hanoi audiences

 A candidate in the television contest Vietnam's Got Talent accidentally drank acid when a performance of magic went horribly wrong live on VTV3 on January 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Korean girlband T-ara arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on January 9, and then held a press conference and a mini-show in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indonesian food manufacturer - Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food (Aisa) – plans to spend $80 million to expand business in Vietnam and Malaysia this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Lien Son mountain range in Lao Cai Province had snowfall at an altitude of 2,000 m or more at around 10pm on Saturday, January 9. The snowfall stopped Sunday morning.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy will see major changes because of new provisions of the amended Enterprise Law that will turn hundreds of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into non-state enterprises.