VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises have divested nearly VND2.3 trillion from non-core businesses in the first nine months of 2014, the Ministry of Finance has revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Phuong Hoa, one of Viet Nam's leading cartoonists, will screen her much-awaited new 10-episode series, Two Cats Sitting on the Window, next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Renowned cai luong (reformed opera) artist Hong Nga plans to organise a live show to mark her 70th birthday on January 17 in HCM City.

 Ho Chi Minh City will set up a hotline for business sectors to create more favourable and convenient conditions for foreign investors, Le Manh Ha, Deputy Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, has announced.

European Music Festival 2014; STABIL ELITE Performs in Vietnam in Southeast Asia Tour; Fashion Exhibition “Raffaella Curiel through Art, Travels and Music”; Exhibition “Daddy, I Wish”; Photo Exhibition “Focus On Vietnam”

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has been warned that it will be difficult to sell highway projects to foreign investors as planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viettel Group's withdrawal from its planned purchase of Orange's 70-per cent stake in Telkom Kenya has left the East African country's telecommunications market in a state of disarray.

 Australian police are investigating the death of a baby, whose body was found buried under the sand at Sydney's Maroubra beach.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Anything goes as long as it makes the judges crack up" is the brief participants get in a new game show titled Thach Thuc Danh Hai (Crack Them Up) that has cash prizes worth VND100 million (US$4,761).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta faces a possible shortage of freshwater for next year's rice crops due to drought and a worsening of saltwater intrusion in the coming dry season,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regulations on Vietnamese nationality retention, administrative violation sanctions in monetary and banking area, land price framework are among the fresh policies that take effect in December.

 VNPT launches new smartphone; Mobile devices face growing security threat; Viber introduces new Public feature; App ushers xe om into digital age; Lazda.vn launches online campaign

 German electronic band arrives in Vietnam; Cham museum adds audio service; Photos highlight fatherly violence; Concert features Truong Sa soldiers; HCM City gets ready for festive season; Laos Cultural Week to be held in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional retailers at brick-and-mortar shops are investing to develop online sales, while online distributors are opening stores to boost traditional retail sales.

 As many as 47 international travel agencies were honoured at a ceremony held in Hanoi on November 28 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) for their contributions to the development of the country’s sector.

Overseas remittances to hit US$12 billion in 2014; Electronics, appliance sales surge to 1.3 billion USD; Quang Ngai’s Dung Quat economic zone attracts investment flows; Shutdowns exceed 60,000 in 11 months

Hong Kong police have clashed with pro-democracy activists trying to surround government offices, in some of the worst unrest in two months of protests.

 Tien Minh plays in Kopiko Purple League; Vinh beats own record; Table tennis event launched

 Vietnam came in second with two silver and one bronze medals at the 18th Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championships, which ended recently in Fujian province of China.

 Court sentences four for forging passports; Land erosion hits Ha Noi farmers; Ca Mau airport closes for runway repairs; One dead, four injured in Ha Noi market fire; Residents march to protect the dugong; Thousands sign up to donate corneas