VietNamNet Bridge - More than two months after V-League former chief organizer – Mr. Tran Duy Ly resigned, the leading national football league of Vietnam has had the new chief – Mr. Pham Ngoc Vien.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tickets for the opening game of the U19 International Football Tournament in HCM City were sold out in one and 20 minutes, showing Vietnamese fans’ unprecedented enthusiasm.

According to forecasts of the Southern Region Hydro-meteorological Station, in the early days of 2014, the Saigon River downstream area will suffer from flooding, which will be in excess of the alarm level 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A woman in the southern province of Tra Vinh on Monday, December 30, caught a giant carp of nearly 120kg, 1.2m long in the Tien River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cat Ba archipelago, located in the northern port city of Hai Phong, launched wifi service as from December 28, meeting Internet access needs of local residents and tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several energy projects are expected to be implemented by Vietnamese and Russian firms in the coming year.

The Vietnam Report’s research team has discovered a relation between the ages and the successes of the CEOs of VNR500 enterprises: the years of buffalo and pig seem to generate high numbers of successful businessmen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – VinaCapital, the Vietnam-focused asset management firm, has found a joint partner to develop a $4 billion integrated resort and casino in Quang Nam Province, bringing hope for resuscitation of this long-delayed project

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has assured students that there will not be major changes in the university enrollment procedures for next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The emerging of a third platform will change the main themes of the IT and telecoms market in Viet Nam in 2014, according to a report listing the top 10 predictions for next year's ICT.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean conductor Park Ji Young will conduct the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's first performance of 2014, the New Year Gala Concert on January 9 at the City Opera House.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi ranks second on a worldwide list of 2013’s cheapest cities for tourism, following the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, published by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website.

 At least 10 people were killed and 10 others injured early Monday when an explosion hit a trolley bus in Russia's Volgograd, the second fatal blast within two days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a drawn out struggle to find a film distributor, the award-winning Vietnamese movie Nhung Nguoi Viet Huyen Thoai (The Legend Makers) will come to cinemas beginning January 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The excessive number of industrial parks and export processing zones have caused serious environmental pollution in the country, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City last Friday.

 Vietnamese artworks put up for int'l auction; Nguyen dynasty’s woodblocks introduced to public; Major cities hold New Year galas; 100 publications win 2013 Vietnam Book Awards

 The ancient city of Hoi An will host the 1.6th million foreign tourist visiting central Quang Nam Province during a New Year's Eve party on December 31.

Direk Kingnok is a famous Thai painter. In 2010 he went to Vietnam and drew a series of water-color paintings depicting the daily life of Vietnamese people in the north, the south and the central regions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having got licenses in seven foreign markets, military-run telecom group Viettel is seeking investment opportunities in Tanzania and Myanmar in a bid to raise overseas incomes.

 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said that they have made a major breakthrough in deciphering the mechanism by which some bacteria are able to survive antibacterial treatment.