VietNamNet Bridge - A female French tourist was injured in a traffic accident in Da Nang. Thanks to the timely and methodological assistance of a Vietnamese woman, the tourist was rescued.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has highlighted the remarkable developments in relations between Vietnam and the US over the past two decades.

 The seventh season of Vietnam Next Top Model will kick off with casting rounds in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in May, according to an April 14 announcement by the producers.

 The Ho Chi Minh City 2016 International Martial Arts Festival will be held from April 22 to24.

 Donna Buenagua Mazon, 41, from the Philippines, was sentenced to death at the second trial of the Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s court on April 15 for smuggling nearly 1.5 kilograms of cocaine into Vietnam.

 Saigon Polar Expo, a newly established ice entertainment venue, has opened to the public at Him Lam new urban area in District 7, HCMC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities of HCMC on Sunday organized a recycling festival at the HCMC Labor Culture Palace on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street to encourage people to reduce the use of solid trash and at the same time recycle waste.

 The General Statistics Office reports that this time last year, 57,000 local people took the chance to travel around their homeland - an increase of almost 50 percent on the year before.  

 There has not been any information about Vietnamese casualties in a 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu late on April 14.

 The echoes of ancient Dong Son bronze drums will be heard at the 2016 Hung Kings Temple Festival in Phu Tho province, which falls on April 16 this year.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and strictly enforces its role as a member of the World Trade Organisation, stated PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at his reception for WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo.

Australian scientists say they have developed the world's first WHO-approved "gluten-free" barley, a breakthrough for global beer manufacturers

 At least nine people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured after a strong quake hit southwestern Japan, toppling houses and leaving thousands without power, but no problems were reported at nuclear plants in the area.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) expects to spend VND1 billion ($44,800) on e-marketing for tourism to increase Vietnam’s competitiveness. 

 World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has appointed Victoria Kwakwa as the new Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, effective on April 15.

 Russia has based its Asia national tourism office in Hanoi, Sai Gon Giai phong (Liberated Saigon) daily reported.

 Vietnam Television (VTV) on April 14 announced its copyright and schedule to broadcast the UEFA EURO 2016 Finals.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang asked for US assistance in responding to climate change in Vietnam while receiving US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius in the city on April 14.

 A delegation of the Dutch defence attachés in Asia Pacific visited Song Thu Corporation, a firm under the Defence Ministry’s General Department of Defence Industry, in central Da Nang city on April 14.

 Oscar winners Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster will be gracing the red carpet at next month's Cannes Film Festival but it is actress Kristen Stewart who grabbed the early spotlight after being dubbed "Queen of Cannes"

As the crude oil price keeps falling, state budget revenue has decreased. However, despite the bad news, Vietnam still has to continue exploiting oil and consider opening the Red River coal basin.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Barack, an investor from New York shared five reasons why he had decided to invest in the Premier Village Phu Quoc Resort: the location, price, design, prestigious investor, and professional manager.

 Post-harvest paddy losses remain huge in Mekong Delta, Majority of firms lack awareness of business development services, Cotecons targets $1b in 2017 earnings, MoT to divest $282 million in Q2

VietNamNet Bridge - After a long time of studies, Vietnamese and international experts have agreed that geological heritage of Quang Ngai’s waters is unique, worthy to be recognized as the Global Geopark.

Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company on Friday launches low-cost train services between HCMC and Di An in the southern province of Binh Duong with single fares starting from as low as VND5,000 per passenger.