VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh People's Court yesterday (April 8) upheld a death sentence handed down to the former director of Finance Leasing Company No. 2 (ACL II), who was involved in a major corruption case in 2007.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many of 13 key infrastructure projects in Ha Noi given priority because of their significant socio-economic impacts, have been delayed because of trouble in clearing sites.

 The European Parliament has assessed Vietnam’s level of readiness to sign an FTA with the European Union (EU), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Bernd Lange told a press conference in Hanoi on April 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four persons have been arrested for running a fake certificate ring in Hai Phong City, using forged seals to create counterfeit certificates for English language, the municipal investigation police said.

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 Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty met with the US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in Hanoi on April 8.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang in Beijing on April 8.

Vietnam and China have issued a joint communiqué on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China from April 7-10 at the invitation of the Communist Party of China General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping.

  Goethe Institute and The Observatory will host an exciting show for artists Lutz Leichsenring, Chi Thanh and Chi Thien of Berlin Club Night, Germany at 8 p.m. on April 12 in HCMC’s District 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Automobile enterprises still cannot decide which business path to follow, either to continue assembling cars in Vietnam or importing cars for domestic sale.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many  secondary school students in Huong Hoa District in the central province of Quang Tri have been found illiterate, with some of the oldest students unable to read or write. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - US telecom group AT&T is aiming for the Vietnamese market by providing monitoring and positioning services for the transportation sector and connecting cars via 3G and 4G technology, cooperating with Viettel.

 About 3,000 valuable objects of Vietnamese traditional medicine are on display at a unique museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government of HCMC is finding investors for a wastewater treatment plant with a designed daily capacity of 300,000 cubic meters.

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 Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Yuri Slyusar, who is also CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Building Corporation, has met representatives from Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air for an opportunity to sell Superjet 100 to Vietnam.

 Forty-four professional motorcyclists will compete in the fourth round of the national motor racing championship for 125-135cc engines in the southern province of Tra Vinh on April 19.

 The Ministry of Transport will transfer the operation rights to not only highways but also railways in order to raise funds, especially from the private sector, for other infrastructure projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has issued a letter, praising Mai Linh taxi driver Nguyen Xuan Trang for helping a woman give birth in his taxi on March 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Motorbike Festival will take place in HCM City on July 11-12, with the theme “Make your ride more colorful”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in HCM City's Tan Binh District are completing procedures for a scrap collector to claim five million yen (US$43,000) that she had found nearly a year ago.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap currently has nine forest areas with an extremely high risk of fire, a local official said.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of foreign investors have withdrawn their cash from Vietnam because of the appreciation of the dollar and the recovery of the European stock markets.

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities have instructed specialised agencies to quickly install positioning devices on equipment containing radioactive source amid several cases of lost radioactive device.