VietNamNet Bridge – A new chapter has begun in the history of the OTT (over the top) app market. As some service providers have left, the market is now controlled by the three big guys Zalo, Viber and Line.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is the legal loopholes existing in complicated laws which have lent a hand to businesses in evading taxes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Most pilots, flight attendants and flight operators of Vietnam Airlines – the national carrier - are trained at the training center based in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – I have been on countless cyclo trips in HCMC but they were nothing compared to a cyclo tour around the ancient, bustling Old Quarter on a winter’s day with a northeastern monsoon blowing through my hair and chilling my body.

 Human traffickers jailed for 80 years; Man killed in road accident; Hanoi acts to ensure traffic safety; Border crackdown targets illegal birds; Treatments empower HIV-positive mothers

 Paper industry grows 7% in 2013; Rubber exports surpass 1 billion USD; BIDV teams up with Japan’s top bank; US$1.36 billion investment in a new thermal power plant; VietJetAir receives foreign loan for new aircraft

 VietNamNet introduces some churches with typical architecture throughout Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While some institutions believe that the Vietnamese real estate market would recover soon after it bottomed out, others think that it is too early to talk about the market recovery.

 VietNamNet Bridge - These days, many young people in the central provinces of Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh have transformed into Santa Clauses to present gifts to poor children.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to experienced travelers around the world, four hotels in Vietnam are worthy to be named on the list of the best 500 hotels in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While snow has not completely melted, Lao Cai province continues to suffer from spells of hoarfrost, causing severe damage to the region, estimated at VND35 billion ($1.7 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi People's Committee has decided to shut down Zone 9 - a favorite amusement zone for young people, artists and expats in Hanoi - before 15/1/2014, by administrative measures or even by force.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 2-ton elephant unexpectedly captured a mahout by its trunk and threw him into a water tank. The incident occurred in the afternoon of December 23 at the private Zoo of Dai Nam in Binh Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coach Hoang Van Phuc of the U23 national football team has submitted his resignation to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) after his team’s failure at the 27th SEA Games.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of December 20, Japanese tourist - Mr. Hajime Mori received a campaign medal for the 25 millionth international visitor to Hanoi in 2013.

A Tourism and Festival Information Center has been inaugurated in the ancient capital of Hue in Thua Thien-Hue Province by the Hue Festival Management Board.

 Lam Quang Thanh, head of the Vietnamese sports delegation at the 27th SEA Games, which wrapped up in Myanmar on December 22, has spoken highly of the team’s achievement at the event.

 Hard Rock Cafe reschedules Rubylux show; Tet TV show gathers 60 celebrity singers, composers, actors; Special Golden Prizes awarded national TV fest; Army Day exhibition honours VN soldiers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities all try to attract as many multi-billion dollar projects as possible, while they don’t care if the projects break the national development programs or bring benefits to the local economies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City-based designer Quang Trong Quang Nhat has become the first winner of the Vietnamese version of Fashion Star TV reality show.