VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam posted a 0.63 percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI) in 2015, the slowest since 2001 and much lower than the 5 percent target set by the National Assembly,

 The embassies of France, Sweden, and New Zealand in Hanoi enjoy Christmas celebrations with a variety of food, games and art performances.

Hundreds of parents waited outside vaccination centres last night in Ha Noi to get their children vaccinated, while braving the cold, with the temperature reportedly dropping to 14 degrees Celsius.

 A Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh is on a friendship visit to Laos from December 25-26 at the invitation of Lao Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Sengnouane Xayalath.

 The largest retailer Emart of the Repbulic of Korea (RoK) will open its first hypermarket in Vietnam on December 28 in Go Vap district in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Each winter, in the far reaches of Canada's north, a highway of ice built atop frozen lakes and tundra acts as a supply lifeline to remote diamond mines, bustling with traffic for a couple of months before melting away in the spring.

VietNamNet Bridge - Within the last several months, plans on raising tax rates have been designed. However, businesses have been reassured that heavier taxation is aimed at big corporations.

 Local airlines have extended cooperation with travel firms to offer promotional tours next year given a strong increase in guests this year.

  Do Hai Anh, a 24-year-old ballet dancer, has become the first female contestant to win “So you think you can dance” contest after four seasons in Vietnam.

Intel Products Vietnam and the Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program (HEEAP) last week presented scholarships worth a total of VND708.5 million to 109 female students from technical universities and colleges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The education and training ministry has issued Circular 32, which stipulates the criteria for admission to higher education institutions.  

 Numerous people from all localities around the country flocked to streets and churches on Christmas Eve (December 24) to celebrate a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2016.

Vietnam ranked 8th in the list of top 10 Big 4 Performer of the Year with 250 points thanks to outstanding performances of Vietnamese representatives at international beauty pageants in 2015, said famous magazine Missosology.

Authorities in the central city of Da Nang have fined two local shops that only serve Chinese and South Korean customers.

 Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone, Apple has asked a U.S. court to force its biggest smartphone rival to cough up even more.

 Retailers are struggling to meet even modest forecasts for the holiday shopping season this year after the "Super Saturday" before Christmas failed to live up to its nickname,

As a market of 100 million people with high smart phone penetration and high connectivity, Vietnam offers a lot of potential for tech startups according to Google’ CEO Sundar Pichai.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taking full advantage of the ‘break time’ spent by Sabeco, the ‘elderly brother’ busy dealing with its own problems, other breweries have been racing to get ahead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is cold at night and in early morning with lower temperature. However, at noon and late afternoon, it is as warm as in summer. It seems to experience all four seasons in one day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Watching waterfalls, century-old pines, and wild animals brings about unforgettable memories for visitors to Nam Cat Tien National Park.