Some highlights of the domestic auto market in 2014:

VietNamNet Bridge – The Con Dao National Park in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is the first place in Vietnam to successfully implement a sea turtle conservation and rescue programme through numerous efforts taken since 1987,

VietNamNet Bridge – A new draft of health regulations for drivers was released by the Ministry of Health last week, covering both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese. 

Visitors flock to tourist sites during 2015’s first days; Vietnam a top 25 best place to retire; Ly Son island district to launch home-stay service; Quang Binh’s caves attract tourists on 2015’s first day; Majestic Star Hotel opens in Nha Trang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi was covered by extraordinarily thick fog this morning.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former Party Chief of Da Nang City and Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Nguyen Ba Thanh, left the US on a special flight this morning after over four months of medical treatment there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai have become an enigma ahead of the Toyota V-League 1 season to be held from January 4 to September 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On January 2, department store Parkson Landmark 72 suddenly closed after three years of opening.

 Japanese drum troupe to tour Vietnam; French Culture Centre to host film festival; Hue exhibit looks into lives of last king and queen; Central Highlands epics named national cultural heritage; New TV shows aim to amuse young viewers

Seafood exports forecast to top $8b mark in 2015; Stocks rebound as year comes to close; Bonsai economy booms in Mekong Delta; Vietnam sectors upbeat on signing TPP in 2015;

19 localities put on forest-fire alert; 'Money trees' popular for upcoming Tet; 136 Vietnamese women freed from prostitution den in Malaysia; 1,751 organizations, individuals fined for environment pollution

 Readers of Condé Nast Traveler, a renowned luxury and lifestyle travel magazine, voted three beach resorts in Vietnam’s central region among the world’s top 40 in 2014.

 On January 5, the 11th Party Central Committee opened its 10th Plenum in Hanoi that is expected to adopt draft documents and decide many other important issues.

 Vietnam on January 1 slashed tariffs on thousands of items imported from Southeast Asian countries in accordance with commitments to the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in 2015-2018.

The year 2014 was filled with busy and effective foreign relation activities that contributed to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the country’s development, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people in Vietnam can marry and co-habitat without being interfered or fined beginning from January 1.

The Asia-American Gateway (AAG) submarine cable was cut at 8:04 am on January 5, according to its management unit. 

Institutional reforms in 2014 have brought about substantial changes to the economy and will effectively improve the business environment, said Mr. Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Economic Management Institute.

 For the very first time, Ton Duc Thang University has received a patient granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its convertible patient bed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rescuers on the early morning of January 4 took Edward Cupisz, 63, a Polish sailor on the Atacama cargo ship of Malta, ashore for medical emergency at the General Hospital in Khanh Hoa Province.