The Republic of Korea’s artist Jin Su-jang was intrigued by the Vietnamese son mai (lacquer) paintings she saw when she came to Hanoi to showcase her own Korean ottchil artworks at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.

Cancer is becoming a health calamity in Vietnam as the disease’s burden accounts for 66 percent of total disease costs and badly affects to the socioeconomic growth.

Vietnam Airlines is undertaking negotiations with strategic investors in order to complete the conditions for the sale of shares by the end of this month, General Director Pham Ngoc Minh said.

 Vietnam interested in global humanitarian issues, Vietnam, China join hands in mine clearance along border, Vocational training aims to meet international, regional standards, HCM City seeks to fill job vacancies

  Vietnam gained encouraging achievements at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition in Brazil on August 5-18, heard a review meeting in Hanoi on December 11.

 The National Election Council convened the first session in Hanoi on December 12 under the chair of its Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, who is also National Assembly Chairman.

  The 43rd session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on December 11 under the chair of NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 Vietnamese Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh and his Cambodian counterpart signed a bilateral cooperation plan for 2016 after their talks in Hanoi on December 12.

The judges of the 2015 Miss World Pageant have unveiled that Vietnamese representative Lan Khue was selected one of the top 10 finalists in the evening gown competition.

Vietnam's Pham Huong is perfect in her swimsuit portrait at the 2015 Miss Universe 2015 pageant, according to Missosology.

Pham Huong donated a 24k pure gold lotus— a symbol in Vietnamese culture for purity, serenity and commitment at the gift auction of Miss Universe pageant on December 10.

 On December 11, the 2016 edition of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships (MOSWC) was launched nationwide.

  Nearly 20 Vietnamese workers working for a Chinese contractor in a construction site in Algeria went on strike on December 9, all of them wish to return home as soon as possible. 

  Vietnamese athletes took the lead in a number of categories on the opening day of qualifiers for the Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships in HCM City yesterday.

 The National U19 Football Championship 2016 will be organised from January 11.

Nearly 200 photos of Viet Nam's sea and islands are on display at the HCM City War Remnants Museum to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Viet Nam People's Army, which falls on December 22. 

Three infrastructure projects in Hanoi, including the capital's airport, were named among the recipients of the sixth Japan International Co-operation Agency President Award, becoming the first in Vietnam to receive the award.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While foreign capital is flowing to real estate in Vietnam, domestic capital is going to the international property market.

 Curently the public has raised concern over harmful using of the most popular social network Facebook by young people and asked schools to give them instruction on how to use Facebook usefully.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting Le Thanh Hai spoke to Viet Nam News about the influence of El Nino and climate change on Viet Nam.