More than 30 houses in Phu Dong Ward in Tuy Hoa City of Phu Yen province, in central Vietnam, collapsed and were damaged when the tides ros on Tuesday. Dozens of other houses in the neighboring province of Khanh Hoa were also affected.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi-based FC has approached Vietnamese-American football star Lee Nguyen to invite him to return to play in the V-League 2015. 

 Hong Kong police have appealed to the public to return millions of dollars taken after a van transporting HK$525m ($68m; £44m) crashed on a major road.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Insurance Corporation (Bao Viet) has a new Chairman, Deputy Chairman and two members of the Board of Directors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the support of Japanese scientists, Vietnam has discovered the largest volcano cave system in Southeast Asia with a length of 25 km in Dak Nong province, in the Central Highlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have asked the Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) to consider launching some bus routes exclusively for female passengers to help prevent sexual harassment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city will not pay millions of US dollars to build 35 monuments, a proposal made by several experts at a seminar, an official said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A boy in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Nong died at a hospital on Tuesday after being attacked by a 40-year-old elephant of a circus troupe.

Christians from across the world have gathered in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve in the place they believe Jesus was born. 

Vietnam congratulates new Japanese leaders; President meets overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia; Vietnam, Laos strengthen court cooperation; President meets Cambodia’s Great Supreme Patriarchs

 Vietnam and Cambodia issued a joint statement on the conclusion of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang’s official visit to Cambodia from December 23-24 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Agricultural officials from 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta expressed their deep concern about Laos’ proposed hydroelectric dam on the Mekong River,

 VietNamNet Bridge – 5S Online, a popular new sitcom aimed at teenagers, demonstrates that the sitcom genre is catching on in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Son Island some 30 kilometers off the central province of Quang Ngai is better known as “the kingdom of garlic” thanks to its vast garlic fields with a pungent aroma.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 97,000 households and individuals in HCMC will be affected by the new land prices proposed by the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment if they are approved.

 Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) under equitization are turning out to be very attractive in the eyes of private investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is widespread belief that state-owned bad debt buyer Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) needs to quicken the sale of bad debts it has bought from banks.

Vietnam allows Uber, but under strict monitoring; Vinacomin set to produce 38 million tonnes of coal next year; US investment fund to inject US$300 mil into Vietnam; New firms on Ha Noi Stock Exchange enjoy growth

The World Bank announced on December 24 that its Board of Executive Directors approved $450 million in loans for Vietnam to carry out the second phase of an environmental sanitation project in Ho Chi Minh City.