As many as 119 Lao people living in A Doi Commune, the mountainous district of Huong Hoa in Quang Tri Province, were granted Vietnamese citizenship on Wednesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an 80-million-USD loan to help Vietnam increase the number of health professionals, the ADB announced on December 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Master tennis tournament, Vietravel Cup, will be held from December 18 to 23 in Vinh City, Nghe An Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities are planning to revoke long-delayed projects that have affected thousands of owners of houses near the proposed areas.    

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national football team have been awarded billions of dong for their success at the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation Championship. And there’s more up for grabs if they raise the trophy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen Vietnamese nationals who made hundreds of thousands of British pounds (billions of dong) growing illegal drugs in the United Kingdom have been jailed for more than 35 years.

While some experts are optimistic about Vietnam’s performance in the 4.0 Industry era, mechanical engineering companies believe the country is still beginning the “3.0 industry revolution”.

 The Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History is running an exhibition of photos of late President Ho Chi Minh in China from December 5, 2018 to January 6, 2019.

 Vietnam beat Myanmar 5 – 2 in the group stages of the 2018 Thanh Nien newspaper International U21 Football Tournament, in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, on December 12.

The HCMC Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs held a local dialogue between overseas Vietnamese firms and leaders of municipal departments and agencies on December 12 to discuss opportunities and challenges in starting companies in the city. 

 A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 12 to mark the 30th anniversary of bilateral cooperation in searching for US soldiers missing in action (MIA) in the war in Vietnam.

 My Khe Beach in Danang City’s Ngu Hanh Son District has been covered with waste following torrential rains over recent days.

 A female sun bear was rescued yesterday after 15 years in captivity in a border district of Tay Ninh Province in southeast Vietnam.

A shortage of licensed public kindergartens for the children of migrant workers in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZs) is putting pressure on local authorities to solve the problem, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists discovered 157 new animal and plant species in the Greater Mekong region last year, according to a report titled “New species on the block”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become the team with the most players to score goals in the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications is building a Code of Conduct on social media, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – While many people are choosing ornaments for Christmas trees and gifts for relatives and friends, their children have only one thing in mind: Santa Claus and the gifts he will bring.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Greek conductor Petros Karpathakis will lead a special Christmas concert at the HCM City Opera House on December 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will build a large, modern press centre, the first phase of which is scheduled to come into operation in the next two years,