The textbooks compiled by the HCM City Education and Training Department are more favored by HCM City students than ones by the Ministry of Education and Training, because the former is considered more practical and the latter too academic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents who live in a village with many cancer cases complained at a workshop held in Hanoi on November 27 that their living environment was unsafe due to serious pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists from the Southern Institute of Ecology have announced four new species of camellia that were discovered in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The famous singer Kelly Clarkson arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City yesterday morning, accompanied by her husband and six-month old daughter,in her first trip to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – While relieving herself, a woman accidently delivered a seven-month infant into the flushing toilet of a garment factory in Bim Son Town, Thanh Hoa province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang told the mid-year National Assembly session that the Ministry would put an end to the exploitation and processing of raw minerals, especially the exploitation of gold.

EuroCham releases White Book on Vietnam trade, investment; Heavy investment poured into Dung Quat EZ; HCM City to host three int’l exhibitions and fairs; Nearly 25 million households access social policy bank loans; Vietjet considers going public

Japan, Vietnam boost human resource cooperation; Vietnam, Laos enhance joint work in ethnic affairs; Vietnamese diplomats congratulate Laos’ National Day; Vietnam, Indonesia tighten defence ties

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on December 1 chaired the Cabinet monthly meeting to deliberate on socio-economic performance in November and the first 11 months of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Renowned US business magazine Forbes has named Vietnam as top 10 coolest places to visit in 2015 thanks to its attractive tours including hydro-plane service between Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, and Saigon Vespa tour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has made significant headway in English language education, but needs to move faster to achieve its targets,

 UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement.

VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises have divested nearly VND2.3 trillion from non-core businesses in the first nine months of 2014, the Ministry of Finance has revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Phuong Hoa, one of Viet Nam's leading cartoonists, will screen her much-awaited new 10-episode series, Two Cats Sitting on the Window, next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Renowned cai luong (reformed opera) artist Hong Nga plans to organise a live show to mark her 70th birthday on January 17 in HCM City.

 Ho Chi Minh City will set up a hotline for business sectors to create more favourable and convenient conditions for foreign investors, Le Manh Ha, Deputy Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, has announced.

European Music Festival 2014; STABIL ELITE Performs in Vietnam in Southeast Asia Tour; Fashion Exhibition “Raffaella Curiel through Art, Travels and Music”; Exhibition “Daddy, I Wish”; Photo Exhibition “Focus On Vietnam”

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has been warned that it will be difficult to sell highway projects to foreign investors as planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viettel Group's withdrawal from its planned purchase of Orange's 70-per cent stake in Telkom Kenya has left the East African country's telecommunications market in a state of disarray.

 Australian police are investigating the death of a baby, whose body was found buried under the sand at Sydney's Maroubra beach.