Credit organisations posted a growth of 10.22% in the first 11 months of 2014, according to the latest statistics released by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education and the Steering Committee for External Information Service are organising the first National External Information Service Awards 2014. 

A collection of Indonesian glass paintings are on display at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

An Australian national was caught transporting 379.69 gram of heroin at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the municipal customs department reported on December 7.

Vietnam will play powerhouse Japan in a qualifying round of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship, following a recent draw in Malaysia.

Hanoi won their 61st gold medal on December 8 in the indoor sepak takraw (rattan ball kicking) event during the National Sports Games played on their home turf.

The Wild Animal Rescue Centre of Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An handed over two Indochinese tigers to the Hanoi centre for wild animal rescue and forest protection on December 7. 

The southern province of Binh Duong inaugurated its first international passenger bus service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 6. 

A set of three books providing in-depth insight into Vietnamese history has been published to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the People's Army (December 22, 1944-2014).

The Ho Chi Minh City police, local young volunteers and units concerned co-held a drill in response to illegal motorbike racing and disturbances to social order from the night of December 6 to the early hours of December 7.