Vietnam’s beach football team was placed fourth in Asia in the recently announced 2014 world rankings, after the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Japan, said the Vietnam Football Federation on December 25.

 Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov has affirmed his nation is sanguine of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

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Karibeeran Paramesvaran can never forget 26 December - it is his birthday, but he has not celebrated it for the past 10 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Dong Nai river system Environment Protection Committee still cannot reach agreement about its operation, while the river is becoming more seriously polluted.

While the Ministry of Planning and Investment believes that the national information system will help better manage foreign direct investment and attract foreign investors, experts doubt the plan’s feasibility.

 A memorial has been held in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami - the first in a series of events marking a decade since the disaster.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A Chinese worker was reported dead at a zinc ore mine of Duc Long Gia Lai Group in a forest of Chu Mo commune of Ia Pa district, Gia Lai province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi has approved the construction of the controversial Ho Guom Lake Cultural Center at 2 Le Thai To Street, 12m from Hoan Kiem Lake, closing a four-year-long debate.

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 Confidence vote results on 57 holders of leading positions of the Party Committee of the National Assembly (NA) were announced on December 25, with NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu earning the highest number of high-confidence votes with 93.16 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 50 circus artists will entertain audiences in HCM City with an extravaganza to welcome the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first child conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the central Da Nang City's Pediatrics and Obstetrics hospital was born yesterday, Dec 25.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese JX Nippon Oil & Energy is expected to enter the Vietnamese petroleum retail market, which has yet to open to foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fifteen people died and assets worth hundreds of billion dong destroyed in five large fires in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in 2014.

Madam Phung's Last Journey, a truthful and honest look at the transgender community in Viet Nam, played to sold-out rooms in HCM City and is eagerly anticipated by audiences in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Viet Hoang will replace Dylan Kerr as the coach of the V-League side Hai Phong, the club's Chairman Tran Manh Hung announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Thong Nhat Park underground parking project will help Ha Noi and its people, and resolve economic, social and transportation problems,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) must continue last year's successful management of its flexible monetary policy to assure economic stability in 2015,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are to host next year's ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship.