Sea-level rise since the Industrial Revolution has been fast by natural standards and may reach 80 cm above today's sea-level by the year 2100 and 2.5 m by 2200 even without development of unexpected processes,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of questions about what the “universities of excellence” will do to list themselves among the world’s 200 leading universities by 2020 remain unanswered.

 New influenza vaccine factory put into operation; Hanoi students bag medals at int’l science Olympiad; Training courses help ethnic girls; Japan helps VN develop biofuels

 US$2 billion to build Vinh Tan thermal power plant; Economic experts expect a modestly positive 2014; Steel exports look beyond US$2 billion in 2013; Auto sales to pick up at year-end; FDI to Vietnam sharply increases

VietNamNet Bridge – The use of rubber plantations as an engine of growth and poverty alleviation in the nation's northern region needs to be weighed against the environmental and economic risks involved,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Thi Nhu Quynh bagged the first silver medal for Vietnam on December 13 in the women's cross-country event of the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many city dwellers in new urban areas are sending their children to public schools in central Ha Noi, despite crowded classes of up to 50 students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the economic recession and the GDP growth slowdown, Vietnam’s brewery industry has still been growing steadily by 10 percent per annum, because it has a vast domestic market.

 Thang Long citadel needs excavations; French biography of medical hero Yersin introduced in Vietnam; New season of Vietnam Idol kicks off Sunday; DJ Jazzy Jeff comes to downtown club Lush

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art troupes from five continents will participate in the eighth biennial Hue Festival next year, organisers have announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Court on Dec. 12 began the first-instance trial of Duong Chi Dung, former chairman of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines and his accomplices on charges of intentionally violating State regulations

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sought for the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)'s support for Vietnam in human resources training and investment attraction while receiving its Chairman Yonekura Hiromasa in Tokyo

VietNamNet Bridge – Teenager Nguyen Thi Anh Vien yesterday (Dec 12) won a double victory, with both a title and a record, at the ongoing 27th Southeast (SEA) Games in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Lao Cai province have been searching for a British botanist who was reported to be missing since early November in Sapa.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pregnant woman at the 37th week was in the bathroom when her husband suddenly pushed down the door with a knife. He stabbed the woman, with one to the abdomen, making the baby drop out.

Samsung’s smartphone empire was built thanks to the abundant and cheap labor resources in China. However, when costs here are skyrocketing, Samsung is gradually shifting its production bases to Vietnam to preserve profits.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department will close all nurseries that fail to meet the Ministry of Education and Training's standards on ensuring safety for babies by mid-January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A toxic chemical called warfarin - an anti-K vitamin, anticoagulant substance - was found in the blood of two patients of non-stop bleeding syndrome in Bac Giang province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is more than 30 meters high, weighs 5 tons and is decorated with 100,000 LEDs. The tallest Christmas tree in Vietnam is located in Royal City, a major urban area in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s newly-issued decision, the headquarters of three ministries and several residential areas around the Ba Dinh political center, Hanoi,  will be relocated.