VietNamNet Bridge – The organization board of Vietnam International Fashion Week said it is working the plan to launch this event twice each year starting next year.

 The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City opened the 20th session, the last in the eighth tenure (2011 – 2016), on December 8.

Vietnam and Indonesia have many common interests and their bilateral ties significantly contributes to maintaining peace maintenance and prosperity in the region and the world, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan.

 Artist Nguyen Cong Hoai has won the first prize at a painting contest organised for Vietnamese young artists.

 One person was killed and some others were injured when a passenger car collided with a four-seater vehicle at the foot of Bai Chay Bridge in Quang Ninh Province.

The Song Hong 2015 Half Marathon will be held at the Ciputra Urban Area in Hanoi on December 13 under the theme “Run for Rhinos”, with the goal of raising public awareness of rhino poaching to serve the demand for rhino horns in Vietnam and China.

VietNamNet Bridge - There is no reliable answer to the question about whether the real estate market has warmed up, because different information sources show different situations.

Foreign superstars headline Hennessy Artistry Concert, Vietnamese remake of ‘Miss Granny’ to show Dec 11, Taste of the World 2015 attendees doubled, Hoi An launches second walking street, Nguyen Du memorial site to become national culture site

  Poor students to have university fees waived, Fire destroys HCM City warehouse, HCM City adjusts reservoir to deal with drought, Ha Noi Run for Children raises funds, Viet Nam needs to improve mental healthcare resources

VietNamNet Bridge - Seaports in Vietnam have not been exploited in a reasonable way: some of them are overloaded, while many others have been unused.

 The slowing world economy looks set to get a boost from stronger consumer demand next year, as low inflation boosts the real value of workers' pay rises to a three-year high,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four young writers have been nominated for best male and female writers of the year in the online Tiki Book Awards 2015, an annual event launched by one of the country's leading online bookstores, Tiki.vn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony will be performed at a concert at the HCM City Opera House tomorrow by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra and three guest artists from the Goyang Philharmonic Orchestra of South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Duc Chung will return to manage the national women's football team after the Viet Nam Football Federation decided not to extend their contract with Japanese coach Norimatsu Takashi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businessman Le Van Thanh was voted chairman of the Vietnam Federation of Volleyball at a congress organised in Ha Noi over the weekend.

Vietsovpetro, a joint Vietnamese-Russian enterprise for oil and gas exploration, put into operation on December 7 the ThTC-02 oil rig in the Tho Trang (White Rabbit) oil field offshore the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

 The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s assistance to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) has cemented agreements between the two countries, KOICA Vietnam Country Director Chang Jae-yun said.

 A defence ministry delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK) shared peacekeeping experience during talks with experts and officers from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre in Hanoi on December 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – The resort city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam has a special beauty in the early morning. Here are some photos from VNexpress.

 Local police discovered the dead bodies of a Korean man, his Vietnamese ex-wife and their six-year-old daughter in Sindonim, Guro district, southwest of Seoul, the Republic of Korea early December 7.