VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Council of Ha Tinh Province dismissed Mr. Nguyen Thien from the position of Vice Permanent Chairman of the provincial People's Committee at its 15th session on December 10-12.

The government has denied that acting as a guarantor for enterprises to borrow capital would threaten the nation’s financial security, saying that the involved parties have to follow strict procedures to avoid risks.

 The Vietnamese tra fish exports and those of many other Siluriformes fish will have to struggle with USDA's final inspection rule, said Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

 Koizumi purchases 23% of domestic steel company’s shares, Four TPP countries hold discussions in Washington DC, Vietsovpetro anticipates 5 million tonnes of crude oil in 2016, Local beer players face foreign firms

 Nine female factory workers are worried about their health after being touched by a stranger on the way to work in District 9, HCM City recently.

 The Airport Corporation of Viet Nam will take coercive measures to soon stop illegal taxi services from wooing tourists at the Noi Bai International Airport.

 Cancer cases have been on the rise in Vietnam, particularly among young people, with unsafe food considered a major cause.

 For more than two months now, Hanoian housewife Nguyen Thanh Thuy says a Russian-made food test kit has been an inseparable companion on shopping trips to local markets and supermarkets.

The 8th People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City concluded its 20th session on December 11 with the adoption of a resolution on the city’s economic-cultural-social targets for 2016.

 Vietnam could face acute freshwater shortages in the future if water resources, including rivers, kept being degraded at the current pace, heard a seminar in Hanoi on December 11.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) on December 10 approved the government proposal to increase tax rates on a number of different natural resources.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a total investment of $25 billion, South Korea has surpassed Japan to become the largest investor in Vietnam.

  Tran Thuy Thuy Vi, 37, started her professional life later than others of her age. She suffered physical and spiritual pains after a severe disease disabled one of her legs at the age of three.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While flea markets are relatively new in HCM City, many of them have become busier than ever, offering a wide array of old and vintage items.

Compared with the ranking of 2010, Vietnam’s Internet speed in 2015 has dropped by eight spots, ranking 17th in the Asia - Pacific region and 102nd in the world, according to the latest report of the International Telecommunications Union.

 Automobiles which are priced higher in Viet Nam than in regional countries is the reason for the sluggish development of the automobile industry, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water resource organisations work to maintain a stable flow and reduce pollution in the Red-Thai Binh river system as illegal sand miners continue to devastate the riverbed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The director of a travel firm, Mr. Dang Nang Long, resigned to return to his home village in Dak Lak Province to succeed his father in helping to conserve domestic elephants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Bich Tram, 18, is a young talent of the Viet Nam national shuttlecock team.

  French photographer Rehahn’s second pictorial book “Vietnam, Mosaic of Contrasts Volume II” will be exhibited in major cities in the country, including Hanoi, HCMC, Nha Trang, Hue and Hoi An.