VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation has proposed five players to play in the special match on May 11 to raise funds for victims of the storm Haiyan, including Vietnam’s top striker Le Cong Vinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials have admitted that water pollution in Vietnam has gotten out of its control, creating serious repercussions for both individuals and communities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Financial Supervisory Commission has reported that the level of non-performing debt on the books of Vietnam’s banks has sunk to around 9 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City recently removed a giant tumor from the right chest of a woman. This is considered one of the largest tumors ever to be detected and removed at the hospital.

 Foreign athletes join Dien Bien Phu cycling tourney; Vietnam defeat Guangzhou in a friendly match; International women’s beach volleyball tourney kicks off; Ninh Binh beat Yangon United in AFC Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Mo Village in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, has been named Vietnam’s Hollywood Village because hundreds of Vietnamese movies have been filmed here.

 Skin grown in the laboratory can replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing, UK scientists say.

Vietnam’s government has been facilitating foreign investment in almost all types of logistics services excluding inspection services, certificate granting for conveyances, transport auxiliary services...

 Ancient ceramic sculptures on display in Hanoi; Fine arts festival 2014 cultivates creativity among youths; Quang Ninh exhibition spotlights fishing culture; Flower festival to brighten up port city

 Police break up trans-national drug trafficking ring; Minister warns against recurrent measles outbreak; Poverty rate drops to new low of 7.8%; Post offices open on Truong Sa Island; WB signs agreements to modernise Vietnam’s poorest areas

 Vietcombank sells VND1 trillion in non-performing loans in 2014; US$4.5 bil quarterly trade surplus with US; Japanese firms seek investment opportunities in Hau Giang; Import-export trade volume rises 14%; April inflation rises modestly

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, Airbus announced its first production package of aircraft components in Vietnam, through Nikkiso Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty red-headed cranes have returned to the Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap to “settle down” there, thanks to efforts to conserve the biodiversity.

 A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The police of Thu Duc District, HCM City, are conducting investigations into the cause of death of an Italian man, who lived in an apartment at the Sunview building in Tam Phu Ward.

On Wednesday evening, Korean rescue workers found the body of Mrs. Phan Ngoc Thanh, a passenger on the SEWOL, the ferry that sank off the western coast of South Korea last week. Thanh, a Vietnamese woman, was married to a Korean man.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Helicopter tours are now being offered at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh. The fare for each one hour of flying is VND3 million ($150).

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Wednesday, Vinpearl JSC, the organizer of the Miss Vietnam World 2010 pageant, officially decided on the form of penalty to be imposed on Miss Luu Thi Diem Huong for providing false information on her marriage status.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday evening, the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) approved Vietnam’s withdrawal from hosting the 2019 Asian Games. The committee will urgently seek another host, with a target of deciding by September this year.

Hoi An is doing its utmost to quell the public furor over the recent enforcement of entrance fees for the ancient town. Hoi An town’s Party Secretary Nguyen Su argues that some tourists misunderstand the purpose of the town’s entrance fee.

 PM welcomes Brunei envoy; Steering committee for int’l integration set up; Defence Minister meets Chinese wartime supporters; Deputy defence minister bids farewell to Myanmar attaché

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam and the World Bank yesterday signed credit agreements worth US$390 million for three projects to develop community infrastructure, improve agriculture and livelihoods in the country's poorest areas,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The local mobile market will become more competitive with the independent operation of MobiFone, which will shortly be detached from its current owner the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty voices of three generations of Vietnamese revolutionary music performers will take to the stage tomorrow (April 26) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although he cultivates pepper on only 2.8 hectares, with an average output of 8-12 tons per hectare, Mr. Tran Huu Thang has been awarded the title "The world's best pepper grower" by the World Pepper Association.