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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government of Khanh Hoa Province has issued a decision banning construction of new hotels on Mun, Noc, Vung and Cau islands in Nha Trang Bay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-India bilateral trade turnover in the first 11 months of the year reached US$5.15 billion, posting an 8.37 per cent year-on-year increase.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Phu Yen is not quite a well-known destination in Vietnam’s tourism map, the province is surely “a promised land” thanks to its wild but romantic landscapes.

More than 200,000 home and business network devices in Vietnam are vulnerable to “Misfortune Cookie”, through which hackers can watch users’ operations and hijack devices from a distance, according to BKAV, Vietnam's leading internet security firm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though petrol prices have plummeted since July, with the popular A92 petrol price down by over 30 per cent, transport tariffs have barely fallen.

 Gay and bisexual men should no longer be banned from donating blood in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended.

Football, known as the king of Vietnam’s sports, experienced a sad and happy year, with the success of the U19 team, and both success and failure at the AFF Cup and Asian Games. However, match-fixing in the V-League was the low point of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's agriculture sector must restructure and seek more funding, head of CIEM's Rural Development research department Luu Duc Khai told Nong Thon Ngay Nay newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 320 reservoirs nationwide risk breaking during the rainy season, heard a workshop on irrigation system management held on Tuesday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the last three decades, the height of the Vietnamese people began to inch up, with a 1-1.5 cm increase for each 10 years. At this rate, Vietnam will take 80 years to achieve the current height of the Japanese.

Hanoi Food IPO on January 9; Companies promise to maintain Tet bonus despite economic downturn; Experts: Power tariff hikes to hit firms; Transport firms to lower fares after sharp fuel price cut

Vietnam ranked fourth on the list of five must-visit destinations in the world next year, according to the travel online agency Destinia.com.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that Vietnam will fail to develop its shipbuilding industry if it sells Song Cam – the best and only profitable shipbuilder – to Damen company of the Netherlands.

VN to compete in 24 skills at World Skills Competition; Police discovers 120-kg dead tiger hidden in truck; Three fined for immigration fraud; Human traffickers face 14-16 years’ imprisonment; Private hospitals failing the public