Vietnam once again declares that the country has sufficient legal and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh on April 16.

 Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) will team up with forest range department in Tuyen Quang Province to inspect and rescue as soon as possible a rare monkey that is being raised illegally.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ministries and branches are tending to be more abusive in their power when setting up numerous business conditions, thus severely distorting the Vietnamese business environment, experts have said.

 Viet Nam will play against arch-rival Thailand during the upcoming 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore this June.

 Ly Hoang Nam (Viet Nam) and Alberto Lim (Philippines) advanced to the final match of the Asian Closed Junior Championships' boys' doubles event yesterday in India.

 The National Assembly House design by German company gmp International GmbH has just won the Grand Prize 2014 of the Viet Nam Architects' Association.

 Vietnam was expected to maintain the second fastest growing economy in ASEAN-5 in 2015, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook.

 A simple job application form is often more efficient than a complicated application package for Government jobs. Manpower and time is wasted reviewing 10,000 applicants, when there are only 300-400 positions available.

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg arrived in Hanoi on April 16, beginning her three-day official visit to Vietnam as guest of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A professor at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Dang Van Chuyet, has been to a lot of areas in Tay Bac region, but he said none were as beautiful and imposing as the karst plateau in Ha Giang Province.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun in Ha Noi yesterday, saying that both sides should enrich co-operation, especially in training law enforcement.

Police have uncovered a prostitution ring, reportedly involving several models and actresses in HCM City. It was noteworthy that some of them allegedly involved in this ring were those who were recently reported as missing by some media outlets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals are making progress in efforts to cut down on overcrowding, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said on Sunday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Building up rocky areas, changing reefs into islands, and building runways and infrastructure on illegally occupied islands are part of China’s "artificial islands" strategy.

 Foreign investors in build-operate-transfer power projects that have yet to finalise agreements are keeping a  close eye on a long-awaited Decree 15/2015/ND-CP on public private partnership investment modes, taking effect on April 10.

Vocational schools still don’t know which management agency they will belong to – the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) or the Ministry of Education and Training (MOIT).

VietNamNet Bridge – A gala to be performed by the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra on Sunday at the HCM City Opera House will feature contemporary dance, symphony music and singing about love for the country and people of Viet Nam,

Long Bien Bridge to get a new urban railway neighbour, Cocaine found in passenger's luggage, Police arrest illegal online gambling ring's leader, New poverty line to be submitted for approval in September

 Insurance market expected to bloom in ASEAN, MoT to analyse, cut infrastructure projects, Local authorities told to harness macadamia nut, HAGL fulfills 91% of 2014 plan, sees $141m in revenue, Workshop promotes sustainable lifestyle

 An EU-funded technical assistance project has helped Vietnam prepare necessary human resources for nuclear power development, especially advancing technical capacities within legal agencies.

 Vietnamese fashion model Ngoc Trinh is to receive a prize titled "The Asian Bikini Model Queen" presented during the Asia Model Awards 2015 in the Republic of Korea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country can use Western sanctions to boost economic development by becoming more self-reliant. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ben Tre Province residents showcased many unique products at the 2015 Coconut Festival, including handicrafts made with the leaves and roots of coconut trees.

 Digital music revenues matched physical sales for the first time in 2014, thanks to strong growth in the streaming market.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The world record is opening 54 beer bottles with teeth in one minute, but Le Hong Giang from Thanh Hoa surpassed that figure by opening 66 bottles.