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Vespa lovers unfazed by accelerating prices

 VietNamNet Bridge – For vintage scooter enthusiasts in HCM City, the Piaggio-made ride has become a valued collectors item. Many devote themselves to restoring the vehicles, which can cost millions of dong.

Enough buses, trains to meet Tet demand: officials

 VietNamNet Bridge – Managers of HCM City's Mien Dong East Bound Bus Station and Ha Noi Railway Station said there would be enough coaches and trains to transport workers during the Tet festival.

HCM City needs better disaster responses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local experts have urged HCM City authorities to better coordinate activities on climate-change adaptation as the city is one of 10 in the world that is most vulnerable to such changes.

Global fastfood chains making forays into Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a source from the US General Consul in Ho Chi Minh City, US-based sandwich chain Quiznos will come to the city on December 18 to start sourcing local partners for franchising, the Vietnam Investment Review heard.

Travel firms join forces to boost sales

 Eight travel companies in HCMC have teamed up to facilitate operations and improve products, launch tours with the best prices, run common advertising programs and create unanimous departure schedules to attract local and international travelers.

Festive season frenzy

VietNamNet Bridge – While people are choosing decorations for Christmas trees and gifts for relatives and friends, their children have only one thing on mind – Santa Claus and the gifts he is likely to bear.

HCM City: Two officers fired for handcuffing a peddler

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ward 25, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City--has fired two officers who were accused of handcuffing and using electric whips against a hawker.

US State Secretary hails Vietnam’s potential

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam boasts potential for becoming the US’ big trade partner in the region, said US Secretary of State John Kerry when visiting HCM City as part of his trip to Vietnam from December 14-17.

Students stall in choosing careers

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 75% Vietnamese students do not understand the majors that they are choosing to study at universities, according to a survey released on December 10 in HCM City.

HCM City to shut down unsafe nurseries

 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.

Amateur musicians to provide a taste of Europe in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Two concertos never before performed in Viet Nam will be featured at a concert organised by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera on Sunday.

Social Headlines December 12

 Police rewarded after arresting drug trafficking ring leader; More Vietnamese nurses, orderlies to work in Japan; HCM City prepares to open new airport road; Task force to tackle domestic violence

In pictures: Road to Vietnam's largest port severely subsided

On the main route leading to the Cat Lai New Port - the largest and most modern port in Vietnam, every day thousands of container trucks run on the road but Dong Van Cong Road is seriously damaged, with a lot of deep cracks.

HCM City shines with Christmas glitter

 VietNamNet Bridge – Christmas season has hit HCM City streets in typical glittering fashion this year.

Man burns himself, leading to his granddaughter’s death

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Thao asked a xe om (motorbike taxi) driver to buy 15 liters of gasoline for him. At night, he poured gasoline on furniture in the room to burn himself. Trying to save the man, his niece died.

Box offices reject State-funded films

 VietNamNet Bridge – The film Nhung Nguoi Viet Huyen Thoai (The Legend Makers), winner of the Golden Lotus Award at the National Film Festival, has premiered in HCM City to local cinematographers, art critics and press.

HCM City's hip-hop performer crowned nation's best

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ngoc Thinh from HCM City has been named Viet Nam's Favourite Dancer for the second time on the Vietnamese version of the US television's So You Think You Can Dance.

Teacher brings new hope to young HCMC cancer patients

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every week, retiree Pham Thi Tot catches a motorbike taxi and heads out to HCM City's Oncology Hospital to teach maths and vocabulary to children in the paediatrics ward.

French diplomat restores fading artwork

 VietNamNet Bridge – When the new French Consul General in HCM City, Fabrice Mauries, took office in April 2011, the lacquer painting Dam Ruoc by one of Viet Nam's noted artists was gracing the wall of the consulate reception room.

Rockers to chalk up new milestone

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Lap recalls the rough initiation his rock band Buc Tuong (The Wall) had to HCM City at the end of the 1990s.