VietNamNet Bridge – A series of festive activities will be held across Ho Chi Minh City from December 20 to welcome the New Year 2015.

The number of sex workers and “hotspots of prostitution” are on the rise, but the number of cases sent to trial is falling, according to the conference reviewing 10 years of implementation of the ordinance on fighting prostitution in HCM City.

Vietnam applauds Cuban President Raul Castro and his US counterpart Barack Obama for their statements on restoring the two countries’ diplomatic ties after 53 years of interruption, Deputy Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said.

 President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State visit to Cambodia on December 23-24 at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After five years, Vietnam was again named in the finale of the Miss World 2014 pageant when Nguyen Thi Loan entered the top 25 contestants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is time for Viet Nam to restructure its national budget collection, economic expert Vu Dinh Anh told Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The south-central region of the country is known for many magnificent winding passes that have captured the strong interest of photographers and tourists. Discovering magnificent and risky passes

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has completed free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Union, the Republic of Korea and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus- Kazakhstan this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Xe om (motor-taxi) is one of the most popular means of transportation in Ha Noi, as it presents an easy, convenient way to travel short distances.

Christmas concert with Hanoi Ensemble; Ritual singing at Ha Noi Art Market; Publisher fined for disrespectful images of great generals; Countdown party in Phu My Hung; Two American DJs come to City; Luy Lau ceramics to be exhibited in France

Teenagers with assets can open bank accounts on their own; MoF recommends fee, levy changes; VAMC has bought bad debts worth $4.76 billion; Power tariffs seen rising; FTAs to bolster up Vietnam’s economy: minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a list of 144 parts, which will be produced by local suppliers in partnership with Samsung Electronics Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the most prominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concert

 Conde Nast Traveler, one of the world's premier luxury and lifestyle travel magazines, has cited three famous resorts in Vietnam’s central region as top 40 of World's Best Beach Resorts: Readers' Choice 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are concerned about the delay of lifting the ceiling for foreign-ownership ratio in Vietnamese enterprises to October 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Through the skilful hands of young artisan Ha Hung Dung, from the traditional ceramic village of Bat Trang outside of Hanoi, new kinds of ceramic products have been created.

Hanoi told to fight sexual harassment in public transport; Chicken smuggled from China seized; Health ministry launches online public services; Hydropower project comes to a halt; Elephants push back against human encroachment

 VietNamNet Bridge - The second brand new Airbus A320 of low-cost airline VietJet today landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City after a flight from Hamburg, Germany.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bullying, sexual harassment and psychological attacks are occurring both at school and through electronic media. The number of students committing suicide is on the rise as well.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 96 percent of the mobile phones imported to Vietnam in 2013 are from China, a report shows.