VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in London have struggled to retain their mother tongue as their children and grandchildren attend English speaking schools— but one school is redressing the imbalance.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) unexpectedly devalued the dong by one percent starting on January 7, 2015. It will now have the right to devalue the dong again by only one percent within the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Maritime University has landed itself in an embarrassing situation as it has to receive a ship model test basin from the Ministry of Transport.

 Travel companies in Vietnam are complaining cumbersome procedures under the new exit and entry regulation are causing difficulties for ship tours.

VietNamNet Bridge – Policymakers and leading economists all have expressed their optimism about the economic performance in 2014, though they noted that some structural problems have not been settled.

 During a recent conference that looked at the Viet Nam Cultural Heritage Association's 2104-19 term, researchers and managers spent most of their time discussing solutions to community-based cultural heritage development.

 Vietnam will focus on developing major Olympic and Asian sports in the hope of elevated standing on the international stage, said a senior official from the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs up to $30 billion to carry out its Green Growth Strategy from now to 2020, of which 70% will not come from the State budget.

 Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on January 8 announced remarks in external activities in 2014 and diplomatic orientations for 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the national foreign investment information system will be enacted in 2015, Foreign Investment Agency director Do Nhat Hoang further explains to VIR’s Ngoc Linh the system’s importance to the authorities and investors alike.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cape Ca Mau feels like the end of the world. This southernmost point in Vietnam is a place where land, sea and sky mingle at the edge of mangrove forests teeming with wildlife.

Bafta is due to announce its nominations for this year's film awards, with British stars expected to dominate the shortlists.

The search for flight MH370, China’s illegal deployment of its oil rig in Vietnam’s waters, the VN-Index’s record fall, and the risk of loss of budget revenue owing to the fall of oil prices were some of the most eventful incidents of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Control Board is an important department in an enterprise that is in charge of activity inspection and supervision. Setting up a Control Board, in some circumstances, is compulsory yet often overlooked by enterprises.

Vietnamese publisher releases ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’; Arts programme to greet overseas Vietnamese; First Tiki Book Awards presented; My Tho's second night market branches out into food; Can Tho set for Mekong Delta Green Tourism Week

Vietnam is likely to face the spread of dangerous infectious diseases in 2015 such as Ebola, bird flu, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and measles, especially in zones with large population fluctuations and ethnic minority areas.

Vietnam will be a “responsible, active, and proactive” member of the ASEAN family which strives to enhance the regional bloc’s integration and aggressively supports the ASEAN Community-building process.

 Facelift for HCM City Post Office stirs criticism; Vietnam building in top ten by social value; Twelve injured in coach accident; Unseasonable rain harms farmers in Ca Mau; Vietnam eager to embrace SMAC technology

HCMC apartment supplies surge; Dong fall piles pressure on foreign debt payment; Fuel import tariffs hiked to back wholesalers - ministry; Amata seeks to invest in Binh Dinh; HSBC puts GDP growth at 6.1% this year

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) announced the top ten events of the sector in 2014 as follow: