VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has taken the first step toward valuing its stores of natural resources – called its natural capital - a Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment representative said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thien Duong Cave, or Paradise Cave, is one of the most beautiful, magnificent caves in the world. Opened to tourists five years after its discovery in 2005, the cave is in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Laos, Cambodia congratulate Vietnam on army’s 70th anniversary; Vietnam-India defence cooperation hailed; Amy’s 70-year anniversary celebrated in France, Japan, Indonesia; PM Dung meets OVs in Thailand

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has called on all Greater Mekong Subregion member countries to raise the sense of responsibility for managing and using the Mekong River water resources in a sustainable manner while preserving good values of the river.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed four orientations for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) cooperation, stressing the need to ensure the balance of economy, human and environment factors in the partnership.

Vietnam and Cuba sought to bring the defence cooperation to the next level of development during talks between their defence ministers in Hanoi on December 21.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24.

Yews (Glyptostrobus pensilis), called “thuy tung” in Vietnamese, grow in water and need water. However, the yews in the central province of Dak Lak are dying because of too much water caused by nearby dams.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to many economists, China is importing many kinds of goods from Vietnam, and its reduction of growth rate needs to be studied and evaluated fully.

VietNamNet Bridge – Growth in new business start-ups is expected to boom in the near future based on amendments to the new Law on Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under the glow of a winter fire in her wooden house, Ly Thi Tung holds high a brown-paper book of Mong folk songs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City is taking all possible measures to deal with deteriorating inundation as a result of climate change and sea level rise.

 SSC advises against making hasty invesments amidst market turmoil; Japan jumping into Hanoi real estate market; Mekong Delta rice output to reach 25.2 million tonnes; Vietnam business should be careful in Russia trade amid rouble crisis - economist

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular No. 41/2014/TT-BCT on bases and procedures for determining that a foreign employee internally transferring within an enterprise belonging to one of eleven services

 VietNamNet Bridge – Moody’s Investors Service has raised its outlook on Vietnam’s banking system to stable from a negative assessment, noting improvements in economic stability and operating environment for lenders.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts highlight the necessity of preserving an ancient monument that represented a claim for Vietnamese independence.

Viet Nam's higher education institutions should focus more on building market-oriented curriculum to produce the qualified candidates businesses desperately need, officials said at a conference last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese state management agencies said they have “loosened” regulations to allow businesses to more easily employ foreign workers in Vietnam. However, employers say the “loosening” is not loose enough.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the northern province of Nam Dinh are flocking to a roadside market near Gat Dan station in Yen Chinh Commune, Y Yen District, with bumper hauls of rats as the rat hunting season gets into full swing.

 The number of Russian tourists arriving in Viet Nam is expected to decline at the beginning of 2015, due to the devaluation of the ruble in Russia.