Capital city police confirmed a suspect arrested on Monday had murdered two members of a family in Thach That District.

 A Chinese man who sold 60 kilos of fake gold dust to a shop in Dong Nai Province's Bien Hoa City was arrested and charged with fraud, according to police in Dong Nai.

“Vietnam needs to take full advantage of ODA (official development assistance) provided by developed countries” was the reply to a question about whether the country should become choosier in receiving ODA and turning down some ODA sources.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Vietnamese automobile engineer Pham Minh Tri has made a bamboo bicycle which is strong, beautiful and environmentally friendly.

 Despite recent positive shifts in national traffic safety, the death toll from accidents this year still stood at about 9,000 people, and was "too high for the country to afford", said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers have built more and more construction projects, but many of them have not included proper water drainage systems. 

 Vietnam is about to see its first-ever foreign listing of a company, and it won't be in Singapore, Finance Asia reported.

 The electricity tariffs in Vietnam could be lower if the country develops renewable energies and promotes liberalisation alongside, expert said.

 HCM City has outlined plans for an overhaul of public transport, including metro lines, a new Bus Rapid Transit system and possible bus lanes as well as trams in an aim to reduce traffic congestion.

 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities have shattered 16 records at the 8th ASEAN Para Games, which is taking place in Singapore from December 3.

 The Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) held a ceremony to welcome the 600,000th safe flight in 2015 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on December 8.

The Region 4 navy soldiers will never forget the New Year Eve party they left unfinished as they had to respond to an emergency on Sinh Ton Dong Island of Truong Sa Archipelago when the 2014 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Horse, neared.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dai Lanh Cape in the central province of Phu Yen is an ideal destination for tourists to spend a holiday of one and two days as it has a pristine beach called Bai Mon, an old lighthouse and other attractions.

 St Petersburg seeks closer business ties, Hanoi voters interested in personnel work, HCMC voters express food safety worries to President, Deputy Defence Minister hosts Ukrainian veterans, Japan steps up health, labour cooperation with Vietnam

 Japan's House of Councilors continually gives priority to cooperation with Vietnam and wishes to facilitate exchanges and experience between the two legislatures, President Yamazaki Masaaki has said.

 Military gears and training programmes worth $26,200 were handed over to the Mapping Department of the Laos People’s Army by the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army in Vientiane on December 8. 

 Belarusian President Aleksandr Grigorievich Lukashenko began a State visit to Vietnam on December 9, at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

 Doan Minh Dang, a lecturer at the Can Tho University of Technology, who was a champion 10 years ago at the ‘Road to Olympia’, a competition held annually for excellent high school students, is facing heavy discipline for ‘speaking ill’ of the school.

VietNamNet Bridge - The world’s leading conglomerates have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire valuable startups from Vietnamese-born founders.

Development Partners present a range ideas at Vietnam Development Partnership Forum on how to move Vietnam's economy forward.