VietNamNet Bridge – Ambassador Ted Osius made his first visit to Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday after taking office. His first destination was the Ben Thanh Market.

 A Vietnamese woman named Cyndi Duong, 37, was found dead in a related 'mass murder' in Canada on December 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Nguyen Dinh Xung, Vice Party Chief and Vice Chair of Thanh Hoa Province, on December 30, was elected the province’s Chair for the term from now to the end of 2016.

 Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien remains undefeated in the bid for the Best Athlete of 2014 title.

 Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has decided to demote a top official working on the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway project, following the recent scaffolding and cement collapse.

 A young man was killed in a huge blaze that broke out in a karaoke parlour in downtown HCM City on Tuesday night, destroying three buildings and badly damaging five others.

 As many as 10,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine manufactured by the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No1 under the Ministry of Health will be shipped to the Philippines, according to the company’s Director Do Tuan Dat.

 Seven adults and two children have been found dead in the Canadian city of Edmonton after a man carried out what police called a "senseless mass murder" linked to "extreme domestic violence".

Thanh Hoa province to have new airport; Each Vietnamese bears over US$950 public debt; Red River Delta lures 5,207 FDI projects; Fruit and vegetable trade surplus hit US$956 mil; Vietnamese firms invest over US$1.6 bil abroad in 2014

VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang International Airport on December 30 welcomed its five millionth passenger, who arrived on VietJet flight VJ511 from Hanoi.

 The first online shopping day, locally known as Black Friday of Vietnam, generated 154 billion VND (7.3 million USD) in revenue, up 2.48 times compared to normal days, reported the Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VEITA).

The Government has abolished a regulation requiring foreign teachers to have at least five years of experience to work at foreign-invested kindergartens and general education schools as well as facilities offering short-term training courses.

 Efforts to locate victims and wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia on Sunday are being hampered by stormy weather and strong tides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private film companies that invested large amounts of money into making comedies for Christmas and New Year holiday releases are laughing all the way to the bank.

 This is the list of the best places to ring in the New Year in Hanoi and HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dua (Coconut) religion was founded in 1963, attracting thousands of believers, including the son of American writer John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.

 Rescue efforts are continuing for two Vietnamese citizens missing since a 29-tonne fishing vessel erupted into flames and sank on December 30, some 5 nautical miles northeast of the Dokdo islets.

 The Information Technology Journalist’s Club announced the top ten domestic information and communication technology (ICT) events for 2014 at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts excavating an ancient citadel found new evidence on how traditional bronze drums were made, and were able to learn more about the process.

The gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 is estimated to grow by 5.98 percent over the previous year, Director General of the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam reported at a press conference in Hanoi on December 27.