President Truong Tan Sang asked the Supreme People’s Court to further improve the quality and efficiency of its judging activities while paying more attention to personnel training at a year-end working session with the court on December 30.

It is advisable for Vietnamese businesses to create specialised and high-quality products at competitive prices and build their own trade names to make inroads in such choosy market as Germany. 

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced Vietnam’s top 10 fine art and photography events in 2014. 

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is expected to defend her title at the Best Athletes and Coaches of 2014, which is being held on December 30 in three cities across the nation.

The Information Technology Journalist’s Club announced the top ten domestic information and communication technology (ICT) events for 2014 at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 29. 

Vietnam Airlines, the national air carrier, and a consortium of insurers in Hanoi have signed a 2015–16 insurance contract worth US$6 billion.

A pair of dragon and peacock statues made by Thai craftsmen are being put on show at the Love Valley tourist site in Da Lat resort city of Central Highland Lam Dong province. 

The industrial sector has shown signs of recovery in the past year but a shedload of challenges lying ahead need to be addressed to make it a pillar of the economy, officials said. 

Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC), the world's largest such contest, has been launched at Ho Chi Minh's Social Sciences and Human Studies University.

The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodian People held a meeting to review its performance in 2014 and map out orientations for next year in Phnom Penh on December 29.