Many people do not know that in the heart of the vibrant Ho Chi Minh City there is a vast green space that has been preserved for more than 150 years, which has witnessed the ups and downs of the city.

Danang and Hanoi cities are promoting travel companies and venues in the two cities via the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010, one of the activities of the national marketing campaign called Vietnam – Your Destination.

American singer Kyo York will stage a concert called “Ve noi nuong nau” (back to the shelter) to mark the 15th death anniversary of popular Vietnamese composer Trinh Cong Son and raise funds for local orphans and disabled kids.

 Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien yesterday asked educational department leaders in southern provinces to help rectors of schools to begin a new management policy as soon as possible.

 The Pasteur Institute of HCM City will co-ordinate with the Health Departments of Lam Dong Province and HCM City for suspected Zika virus cases from March 28 to April 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The body of the legendary Hoan Kiem turtle is being preserved in -15 degrees Celsius room to wait for German experts, who will preserve the turtle.

VietNamnet Bridge - Iron & steel manufacturers can anticipate a tough year 2016, when low-cost products, especially from China, will flow to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Pham Thi Ngoc Thao, one of two women given the 2015 Kovalevskaia Award for outstanding female scientists, is passionate about applying the findings of her research to benefit patients nationwide.

 Five Vietnamese and five Swedish cartoonists offer amusing and alarming reflections on climate change at an exhibition titled Facing the Climate that opened on Tuesday in HCM City.

 The Israeli best-selling author, entertaining speaker and seminar leader on memory and intelligence, Eran Katz will travel to Vietnam for meetings in Hanoi, HCM City and Vinh Phuc Northern Province on March 28-31.

The retail market of Ho Chi Minh City has seen growing interest from both new and large-scale international investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noey Neumark sits on a miniature blue stool – Ha Noi’s classic throne – admiring the bowl of banh da tron (flat noodles) she ordered from a food vendor.

MobiFone’s commercial testing of its 4G mobile internet service (4G services) is slower than Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group(VNPT)-Vinaphone’s and Viettel’s.

 "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is centered on the clash of two of the most recognizable caped heroes of the comic book world but it is the women of the DC Comics universe who defy expectations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Old apartment buildings in Ha Noi that are in danger of collapsing have remained in their current condition for years because residents, authorities and investors have failed to agree on a plan to upgrade the structures.

The elephants in Buon Don (Don Village), the kingdom of tamed elephants in Vietnam, are too old and weak, and are no longer fertile so the herd of domestic elephants in Buon Don is facing the threat of becoming endangered.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last year, football fans in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have often seen a foreign man warming up in the early afternoon and preparing training tools for footballers at Buon Ma Thuot Stadium.

 In 2010-20, HCM City plans to spend VND250 trillion on developing transport infrastructure. Of this, a whopping 70 per cent will be allocated to the eastern region, which is seeing a slew of infrastructure and property developments.

 National Assembly deputies gave their feedback on the draft revised Law on Export-Import Tariffs during a session in Hanoi on March 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4 in the former imperial capital of Hue, with 22 local and 20 foreign art troupes.

 Most of the electric four-wheelers used for tourist purposes nationwide have yet to be registered, the Vietnam Register said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Thai Binh, the Vice Chairman of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Association, spoke with Hai Quan (Customs) Newspaper about the growth potential of Viet Nam’s shipbuilding industry.

 The third Vietnam-China Border Defence Friendship Exchange will be held from March 28 to 31 between the northern province of Lang Son and the Chinese southern province of Guangxi.

  National Assembly deputies on March 24 agreed on the essentials of a law on information access rights during their ongoing session in Hanoi.

The Vietnam delegation had engaged productively in discussions, resolutions and decisions of the month-long 31st regular meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which wrapped up in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24.