VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 Japan Festival to be held in Ho Chi Minh City is a cultural activity that strengthens the traditional bilateral ties between the two countries, said a city senior official.

The government of HCMC has given the go-ahead to the Saigon Hi-Tech Park authority to offer the highest incentives possible for overseas Vietnamese investors to get involved in Saigon Silicon City project within the park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of the Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF), Nguyen Thien Nhan, has called on relevant agencies to strengthen the enforcement of the social insurance law to protect workers' rights.

 Warnings about dirty air come so often that only the most severe seem to catch anyone's attention.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Characterized by the art of building and carving of the ancient Cham people, Cham towers at the My Son Sanctuary and Ponagar tower are favorite tourist attractions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More foreign invested businesses have embarked on impressive expansion plans to grow their presence in Vietnam.

 Vietnam and the EU will celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2015. On the occasion, a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Belgium interviewed the Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the EU, Ambassador Vuong Thua Phong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Entitled, 6,700 Nguoi Vi 6,700 Cay Xanh (6,700 People for 6,700 Trees), a one-hour documentary talks about Ha Noi residents' love of trees.

 The overall unemployment rate rose slightly to about 2.22 per cent in the first quarter of the year. The rate is 3.17 per cent in urban areas and 1.75 per cent in the countryside.

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 Police of Ho Chi Minh City recently detained four Peruvian nationals suspected of stealing about 1.4 billion VND (over 66,660 USD) from an automate teller machine (ATM) in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 Air Busan from the Republic of Korea has launched a new direct flight route connecting the southern port city of Busan and central Da Nang City, central Vietnam.

 Vietnam's leading property developer Vingroup announced on April 10 that it is acquiring all of the outstanding shares of a subsidiary supermarket chain of 39 stores currently owned by the Vinatex group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Post Office building was re-painted on April 7. Many young people and foreign tourists have taken photos of the 130-year building.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus visited sailors participating in the sixth annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam 2015 on Apr. 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rice exporters say the “bad crop” in the first quarter of 2015 was the worst sales season ever, but the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said the difficulties had been anticipated.

 Microsoft Corporation is reaching out to its customers in Vietnam to advise that time is running out for organisations still with Windows Server 2003 with less than 100 days to the end of support deadline on July 14, 2015.

 The eurozone has said only six working days are left for Greece to come up with a revised list of reforms to seal a deal on its next rescue bailout.

 A local court in Evry, France will hear a lawsuit from an Agent Orange victim on April 16, according to the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA).

 Poor management and supervision of the country's radioactive devices led to a dangerous situation as two pieces of equipment were lost in HCM City in September last year and early this month in the southern-coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

 Negotiations for a code of conduct of parties in the East Sea (COC) will be discussed at the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Le Hai Binh said yesterday.

 The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau will spend 198 billion VND (9.5 million USD) to cope with climate change and rising sea levels this year, said Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Van Su.

 Well-known American actress Maggie Q and her husband, actor Dylan Mc Dermott were warmly welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi on April 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese rice exporters have lowered selling prices, but are still finding it difficult to obtain export contracts.

 The US State Department has recommended that Cuba be removed from its list of states said to sponsor terrorism, a leading member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee says.