Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva has applauded Vietnam’s active participation and contributions to activities of the UN organisation.

 The 11th Party Central Committee convened its 13th meeting in Hanoi on December 14 under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong.

 Multilateral diplomacy deserves to have a higher place among priorities of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the coming time, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent article.

 Nguyen Quang Khai won the National Suzuki Raider motorcycling championship 2015 in the southern Binh Duong Province on December 12.

  Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and state agencies at national and local levels have been ordered to cut at least 10 per cent of their workforce by 2021.

 The public security ministry's department of road and railway traffic police plans to arm traffic policemen with weapons to protect themselves from law breakers who deliberately defy law enforcers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Trung Nguyen Coffee’s owner – Dang Le Nguyen Vu, who is called the ‘Vietnamese Coffee King’, challenged Starbucks to a duel when the US café chain entered Vietnam.

 Events in Hanoi and HCM City from Dec.15 to Dec. 31. Daily updated

 Twitter Inc issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said, the first such warning by the micro blogging site.

If HCM City wants to offer its residents quality living, the most important thing is to improve its environmental quality, a city leader told a meeting held recently to discuss how to deal with polluting companies.

 Apple Inc won a deal with pop star Taylor Swift to exclusively release a concert video of her recent world tour through its music streaming service, Apple Music, the company and singer said on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - International travelers explore the countryside by bike or do farm work such as ploughing and riding a buffalo.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition opened last night featuring new works by Gabby Miller, as part of the Queer Forever!2015 festival being held in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The fifth national stamp exhibition (VietStampex 2015) kicked off in Hanoi on December 11 with 138 sets of stamps on display, including many rare collections.

Both official and alternate members of the 11th Central Party Committee will recommend members of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the 11th term who are qualified for the candidacy of the four key positions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly two months before the Lunar New Year (Tet), many kumquats and peach trees have blossomed in Hanoi’s most famous flower garden of Nhat Tan, due to abnormal weather.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in the communes of Que An and Que Tho of Hiep Duc district in Quang Nam province on December 10 caught a python 5m long and nearly 30kg in weight after it had just swallowed a calf.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Ha Dong, the creator of Flappy Bird, who earned big money with the game, has declared his income to pay the corporate income tax of VND1.4 billion.  

 Research on epic of Thai ethnic group wins Folklore Arts Awards, Cultural exchange celebrates Vietnam – RoK relations, Feedback sought on designs for Hoang Sa soldiers’ memorial site, Hang Da Galleria hosts photography fair

 VietNamNet Bridge – V. League 1 team Thanh Hoa have signed National U23 goalkeeper Nguyen Thanh Tuan on a one year loan deal at the weekend from the PVF football training centre.