VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has completed free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Union, the Republic of Korea and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus- Kazakhstan this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Xe om (motor-taxi) is one of the most popular means of transportation in Ha Noi, as it presents an easy, convenient way to travel short distances.

Christmas concert with Hanoi Ensemble; Ritual singing at Ha Noi Art Market; Publisher fined for disrespectful images of great generals; Countdown party in Phu My Hung; Two American DJs come to City; Luy Lau ceramics to be exhibited in France

Teenagers with assets can open bank accounts on their own; MoF recommends fee, levy changes; VAMC has bought bad debts worth $4.76 billion; Power tariffs seen rising; FTAs to bolster up Vietnam’s economy: minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a list of 144 parts, which will be produced by local suppliers in partnership with Samsung Electronics Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the most prominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concert

 Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world's premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines, has cited three famous resorts in Vietnam’s central region as top 40 of World's Best Beach Resorts: Readers' Choice 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are concerned about the delay of lifting the ceiling for foreign-ownership ratio in Vietnamese enterprises to October 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Through the skilful hands of young artisan Ha Hung Dung, from the traditional ceramic village of Bat Trang outside of Hanoi, new kinds of ceramic products have been created.

Hanoi told to fight sexual harassment in public transport; Chicken smuggled from China seized; Health ministry launches online public services; Hydropower project comes to a halt; Elephants push back against human encroachment

 VietNamNet Bridge - The second brand new Airbus A320 of low-cost airline VietJet today landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City after a flight from Hamburg, Germany.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bullying, sexual harassment and psychological attacks are occurring both at school and through electronic media. The number of students committing suicide is on the rise as well.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 96 percent of the mobile phones imported to Vietnam in 2013 are from China, a report shows.

 Dennis Hussey, the current chief executive officer (CEO) of Citibank Vietnam, will become the new CEO of ANZ Vietnam Bank from March next year as announced by ANZ Group.

 "I want to win the cup. I want to win it for the people of Thailand," head coach Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang said before his team went on to compete in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup's first-leg final match.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam set up a team to investigate an emergency landing made Tuesday evening by a passenger plane flying from HCM City to Vinh City.

 Yonhap news agency on December 17 reported that a Vietnamese bride was strangled to death by her Korean husband in Cheongdo district, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, about 330km from Seoul.

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Thanh Hoa will host the National Tourism Year 2015 in mid-March next year, with a focus on connecting Viet Nam's world heritage sites.

 Local marksmen clinched four gold, six silver and six bronze medals at the 38th Southeast Asian Shooting Championships (SEASA 2014), which concluded in Singapore on December 17.

 Former football player Robbie Fowler arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16 at the invitation of milk brand Love’in Farm Kun.