VietNamNet Bridge – A three-horn buffalo was introduced at Ben Tre Coconut Festival 2015, which closed yesterday in the southern province of Ben Tre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The latest ao dai (Vietnamese gown) designed by Hanoi’s well-known designer Duc Hung were recently shown on the catwalk in Europe. The trip took place from April 2 to 15, in the "Love and Memories" program.

Chairman Nguyen Van Thang of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) said the bank would only support OceanBank and GPBank restructuring under the direction of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Aviation Tourism Corporation (VATC) will apply new charges for the Sleep Pod services at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi from April 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Economic Times of India on April 14 reported that Essar Energy Company (India) will start experimental drilling at its oil blocks in the Mumbai High oil field and in Vietnam in September and October.

VietNamNet Bridge - Major foreign retail groups are competing for a slice of the commercial retail pie in Vietnam, despite the closure of some malls in Hanoi.  

In the past several days, hundreds of trucks carrying wood from Laos to Vietnam were stuck at the Lao Bao International Border Gate. VietNamNet took the following pictures on April 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A wedding in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak used five tractors decorated with 1,000 balloons to pick up the bride, attracting a great deal of local attention.

 Air safety authorities in Japan are investigating how a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway on landing at Hiroshima airport.

 About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized off Libya, survivors have told Save the Children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa, renowned for its Dong Son culture, has province has been selected to host the 2015 National Tourism Year with the theme ‘Connecting World Heritage’,

VietNamNet Bridge - Eighty-five percent of textile and garment companies have outsourcing contracts with foreign partners, but the situation is expected to change when the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement becomes effective.

 Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung will represent Viet Nam at the Suzuki Asian Challenge Motorcycling Championship 2015 in Sepang, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have been placed in the Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign by a draw organised in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia yesterday, April 14.

 Temperatures in HCMC and some other southern provinces have dropped significantly following unseasonable rains in recent days, but heat waves are forecast to return this weekend due to a hot spell from the west. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The $1.5 billion Vietnamese spend every year on overseas study, in the eyes of analysts, is a reflection on the poor education at local schools. 

 The Sao Khue Award 2015 will be presented to 53 products and 16 services in the information technology sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran director Xuan Cuong's latest film on the Anti-American War in South Viet Nam will be released next week, as part of the Department of Cinematography's film screening to mark the 40th anniversary

 VietNamNet Bridge – American expat artist Heather McClellan will present her Vietnamese-inspired lacquer artworks at the Flex exhibition, which will open in Ha Noi from Friday, April 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's number one player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the second round of the ITF's Asian Closed Junior Championships, after beating India's Aryan Goveas on Monday

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the southern Kien Giang provincial authorities to finalise the Phu Quoc special economic zone master plan soon.

 Viet Film Fest to kick off with ‘Huong Ga’, Queen Mother’s rickshaw to be displayed in Hue, Watercolours paint a picture, HCM City to host 2nd Vietnam Book Day next week, Ceremony worships Deities of Earth and Crop in Hue

 The Vinacomin - Minerals Holding Corporation (VIMICO) will hold its initial public offering on April 23 on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hospital fees will continue to rise since staff salaries will be paid from hospitals' revenues from next year, the Ministry of Health's financial planning department has warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city's investigation police have arrested four persons for violating forest exploitation and protection regulations in the special-use Ba Na-Nui Chua zone.