VietNamNet Bridge – The national economy has witnessed positive changes in 2014 with the following five remarkable signals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local products would enjoy big benefits from the TPP agreement, Tran Quoc Khanh, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, told Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have proposed that watchdog agencies voice their opinion about the use of asbestos in Vietnam and urge the speeding up of the elimination of asbestos in buildings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Certain hydropower plant developers might have thought that staying beyond safety limits is not a dear price they have to pay when developing power projects anywhere they want.

Trang Tien Plaza reopens after renovation; Nhon Hoi petrochemical complex given incentives; Agro-forestry-fisheries export up despite tepid demand; Stock market capitalisation tops $55 billion; BIDV, Japanese bank ink MoU

VietNamNet Bridge – Integration of climate-change adaption strategies into policy development, especially at the community level, is needed to cope with weather changes in Viet Nam's coastal areas,

 President Truong Tan Sang met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni immediately after his arrival in Phnom Penh on December 23, discussing in depth the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Trong Hieu, 14, is the 3,000th "heart child" of the VinaCapital Foundation's “Heartbeat" programme. The teenager, who suffered the added complication of congenitally dislocated knees,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese stock market is experiencing its toughest days of the year, with the VN Index falling by 23 percent, even sharper than the 20 percent drop during the “East Sea event” in May.

 Outbound tours are attracting a large number of Vietnamese tourists who wish to explore new lands around the world during their four-day New Year holiday (January 1-4, 2015)

236 antiques donated to Binh Thuan Museum; Movie about wheelchair access wins short film contest; Vietnam sovereignty over seas, islands in spotlight; Vietnam among top 4 “must-visit” hotspots for 2015

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rice exporters say they are uncertain about export volume to the concentrated market (government-to-government, or G2G) in 2015 because of stiffer competition in the market.

 Farmer turns down VND30m offers for giant chicken; Expressway crack repairs completed; Two men caught drug trafficking in Laos; Bodies retrieved after boat crash; Youth urge access to sex education; Don Sahong dam would block river

 The taxman has drawn up a plan for taxing Uber’s Internet taxi service and will submit it to the Ministry of Finance for approval, according to a report on the Government web portal at chinhphu.vn.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade said it will not monitor the trading activities carried out on social networks not registered in Viet Nam.

 Masscom Viet Nam last Saturday unveiled a new budget smartphone targeted at customers aged between 16 and 35.

Vietnam’s low-cost airline VietJet yesterday launched its joint venture ThaiVietjet in Bangkok, Thailand, at a ceremony with the presence of PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Thai Minister of Tourism, and many high-ranking officials of Vietnam and Thailand.

 Eleven out of 12 workers used to be trapped in a collapsed tunnel of the Da Dang-Da Chomo hydropower plant in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong fully recovered and were discharged from hospital on December 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) admitted it still has not found reasonable methods to prevent outdated technologies from entering Vietnam.

 The Philippines’ movie stars Richard Yap and Jodi Sta.Maria were warmly welcomed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22 by local fans.