Viet Nam must practice thrift and fight waste, Le Hong Son, director general of the Bureau of Legal Nominative Documents Post Review under the Ministry of Justice, told Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi).

Vietnam’s tourism industry maintains stable growth in 2014 despite facing changes in the international political and economic situation, and difficult domestic situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, the production of brooms from reed, or bong say in Vietnamese, in Con Nho Village in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been growing faster than ever with rising output and export

  Fencing is becoming popular among young people including women. To those who want to become swordsmen, SaigonFencing Club at the HCMC Youth Culture House in District 1 is an ideal venue to practice this sport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have installed aquatic rafts on To Lich River to help revive one of the most polluted rivers in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Still considered attractive, this year Vietnam's dairy market has welcomed many new domestic and foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sun Group – the owner of luxury resorts in the central city of Danang including Ba Na Hills and Son Tra Intercontinental Resort – is planning to invest in the Van Don International Airport project

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's Saturday morning. Eleven-year-old Pham Viet Manh didn't sleep late as usual. Today, he joined his classmates for a special work at an "archaeological hole" at the centre of the Thang Long Citadel's remains

Traffic sector declares hotlines; Patients to pay for half of cancer drugs; Social work offers graduates little incentive; Quang Ninh starts work on PPP office building; Forest ranger killer faces tough justice

CBU imports hit US$1.57 billion; Vietcombank mulls merger with other bank; Cashew sector still relies on material imports; Exports to Russia seen declining as ruble falls; Business development policies to be prioritised in 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 400,000 out of 2.5 million cubic meters of wastewater is treated before being discharged into the Dong Nai River every day,

 Vietnam should consider stocking up on oil and slashing crude oil pumping due to diving oil prices on global markets, HCMC Chairman Le Hoang Quan told the Government’s web conference on December 29.

Airports throughout the country have served more than 50.5 million passengers and handled 905,000 tonnes of goods in 2014, year-on-year increases of 14.7 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Miss World 2011 Ivian Sarcos has been invited to serve as guest judge at the coronation night of this year’s Miss Ao dai Vietnam – The Way to Miss World Crown on January 5 at the Gem Center in HCMC’s District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), Vietnam’s total domestic product (GDP) in 2014 was estimated to increase 5.98% - the highest since 2011.

 Robberies are on the rise in Hoi An Town in Quang Nam Province, apparently perpetrated by drug addicts targeting local and foreign tourists, police say.

 The year 2014 has been one for the record book, says the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). Below is the list of VNAT’s top 10 events:

VietNamNet Bridge – Many teachers have become redundant after general schools completed the restructuring process as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung recently said that Vietnam would issue an additional $1 billion of government bonds to the international market, with a 10-year period to restructure debt. The time of issuance was not announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang’s Party Secretary Tran Tho has confirmed that the rumor that Mr. Nguyen Ba Thanh died in the United States was incorrect.