Millions of people throughout Vietnam flocked to colourful countdown parties to welcome the New Year’s Eve in festive mood.

 Local people have accidentally unearthed nearly 100 age-old cannon balls recently at a site located 3 km away from the world-heritage Ho Dynasty Citadel, Vinh Loc district, central Thanh Hoa province.

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 Seizing opportunities and promoting the strength of the entire nation to safeguard national interests and take the country forward is the message that President Truong Tan Sang sent to the nation in an article on the occasion of the New Year 2015.

Vietnam hopes the search and rescue efforts will help find the missing victims of the AirAsia QZ8501 flight soon, Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh said in response to new information related to the flight.

 Vietnam was announced as one of the top 20 Telegraph readers’ most favourite countries, with votes cast by almost 90,000 people in the widest-ranging travel survey of its kind.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of the end of October, nearly 834,400 enterprises have legally registered to do business in Vietnam and 96% of them are ‘mom and pops’

 The IRONMAN triathlon, a world famous competition of running, swimming and bike riding, will make its Vietnam debut in the central coastal city of Da Nang on May 10, 2015 under the name ‘VNG IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam’. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the members of the list of 40 under-40 richest millionaires in Vietnam have made their fortunes through inheritance. Some others built their assets themselves, starting business at an early age.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a great aspiration for creating new things, Do Nhu Ngon from Dong Ket Commune in the northern province of Hung Yen successfully turned out a new chess playing style called thuong truong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology’s legal documents on the value of scientists’ inventions are insufficiently clear.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tranquility and charm have been holding back many foreigners to live and work in Hanoi. But what they fear the most is traffic chaos in the city, which has driven many out of the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai spoke to VIR’s Thanh Huong about the main challenges facing the nation’s power sector in the coming years.

 Viet Nam must practice thrift and fight waste, Le Hong Son, director general of the Bureau of Legal Nominative Documents Post Review under the Ministry of Justice, told Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi).

Vietnam’s tourism industry maintains stable growth in 2014 despite facing changes in the international political and economic situation, and difficult domestic situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, the production of brooms from reed, or bong say in Vietnamese, in Con Nho Village in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been growing faster than ever with rising output and export

  Fencing is becoming popular among young people including women. To those who want to become swordsmen, SaigonFencing Club at the HCMC Youth Culture House in District 1 is an ideal venue to practice this sport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have installed aquatic rafts on To Lich River to help revive one of the most polluted rivers in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Still considered attractive, this year Vietnam's dairy market has welcomed many new domestic and foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sun Group – the owner of luxury resorts in the central city of Danang including Ba Na Hills and Son Tra Intercontinental Resort – is planning to invest in the Van Don International Airport project