VietNamNet Bridge - "Into the Woods", "Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere " and "Taken 3" are just a few of the great films lined up for January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phuong My Chi has won VND1 billion (about US$ 47,500) for her performance in Bai Hat Yeu Thich (Favourite Song), a music programme broadcast by Viet Nam Television.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A festive atmosphere filled stadiums across the country as the Toyota V-League 1-2015 commenced on January 4 with seven first-round matches. Let’s take a look at some of the major talking points in this round of competition.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of candidates registered to take the competitive examination to teach at general schools in HCM City in 2014, but the schools recruited only 500 people.

Russian band to perform this week; Heritage Journey contest 2015 opens; Traditional artists nominated for prize; Photography project launched to promote child pedestrian safety; Trang An to get UNESCO world heritage status

 Transport Minister Dinh La Thang issued a warning to the Cat Linh–Ha Dong train project's principal EPC contractor, China Railway Sixth Group (CRSG), following a series of construction and traffic-safety violations.

 Goat-related items hot as 2015 Lunar New Year approaches; Minister warns train project's contractor over safety violations; Int’l workshop highlights Vietnam’s sea, island cultural values; Guests flee HCM City hotel fire

Cosmetics manufacturers are expected to import products to sell in the domestic market instead of producing goods in factories in Vietnam, as import tariff barriers will be removed next year.

Nguyen Son Lam, a 19-year-old popping/hiphop dancer and student of FPT Arena, was named winner of So You Think You Can Dance at Maximark Cong Hoa Sports Hall in HCMC’s Tan Binh District last Saturday.

 Passengers on SE trains plying the north-south route can stay connected to the Internet late this month when the Vietnam Railway Corporation launches free wifi.

 The Ministry of Transport is considering a plan to build the first 47 kilometers of the long-planned Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway to make it easy to call for investors.

 Flappy Bird, the mobile game that became a global phenomenon last year, is now available on smartwatches running Google's Android Wear operating system.

Nearly 1,000 climbers from 20 teams nationwide will participate in the national mountain-climbing tournament, "Conquering Ba Ra Mountain 2015", tomorrow in Phuoc Long Town, Binh Phuoc Province.

 The number of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) set to be equitised during the 2014-15 period will increase from 432 to 532 companies.

The conducting of a vote of confidence during the 10th meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee will contribute to building a stronger contingent of senior Party and State officials, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

 Several important draft reports were put on table during the first day of the 10th meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) in Hanoi on January 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists to Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh should drop by Hoang Hau (Queen) Beach since it is known as the most beautiful beach in Ghenh Rang tourism site.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Nhat Vuong (the first Vietnamese dollar billionaire named by Forbes in 2013), Doan Nguyen Duc and Tran Dinh Long all cemented their top positions on the list of 100 Vietnamese richest stock millionaires for 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Tran Quoc Hai, 56, a self-taught Vietnamese mechanic known for building a new armoured personnel carrier for Cambodia, some things never change.

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2014 proved to be an unlucky year for bankers with many of the “big guys” suffering hard knocks during this period.