Gluten-free products become tasty trend in health food industry

 Gone are the days when a low sugar and low fat diet was enough to be considered as "healthy."

Illicit games a hit among the youth

 VietNamNet Bridge – With more than 300 titles illegally available on websites, online games have come to dominate the country's internet entertainment market, according to a survey by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Sale declines, motorbike manufacturers still set hope on VN market

More and more motorbike manufacturers have come to Vietnam. More and more motorbike models have been marketed. However, many products have been unsold, while the market is believed to be reaching a saturation point.

Exploring Hanoi in Lost&Found Hanoi

 A photo exhibition “Lost&Found Hanoi” by five Hanoi-based photographers will open at Hanoi Goethe Institute on April 15, allowing visitors to take an exploration of the grain of this thousand-year-old metropolis.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/4

 Toyota Vietnam enjoys exponential growth in Q1; Retail market sets stage for price competition; Businesses seen as foundation for economic growth in 2014; Garment sector eyes localisation of inputs

Social News Headlines 14/4

 Two Ha Tinh locals arrested for resisting on-duty police; HCM City falls short of vaccinations target as measles cases rise; PM backs revamp of vehicle registration; H5N1 bird flu effectively controlled

Death toll from Chile forest fire rises to 16

 The death toll from the massive forest fire in Chile's port city of Valparaiso has risen to 16, while more than 500 houses destroyed and 10,000 people evacuated since the fire broke out Saturday in the hills surrounding Valparaiso.

"Captain America" tops North American box office for second weekend

 Disney's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" claimed the first place at North American box offices for a second weekend, beating the animated "Rio 2" by a slim margin.

3 dead in shootings at Kansas Jewish sites

 Three people were dead and one in custody following multiple shootings Sunday afternoon in the suburban area of the U.S. city of Kansas, local media reported on Sunday.

Water hyacinth makes things difficult for Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Motor boats and junks get stuck midstream these days in the Vam Co Dong River, due to the dense patches of fast-growing water hyacinth in the polluted waters.

Festival Hue tours attract buyers

 VietNamNet Bridge – A large number of people have registered for tours of the upcoming Festival Hue 2014 in only some weeks after travel agencies started to promote the event slated to take place from April 12 till 20 in Hue City.

HCMC offers lifelong free treatment for HIV-infected pregnant women

 VietNamNet Bridge - From April, all pregnant women with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City will be treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs free of charge, regardless of the level of immune cells in their blood.

Foreign investment funds’ tough days over

 VietNamNet Bridge – After experiencing their toughest days in the period of 2008 to 2011, foreign investment funds saw the “light at the end of the tunnel” in 2012. And now they confidently say that the worst days are over.

Sports News Headlines 14/4

 Vietnam triumphs at futsal championship in Spain; Martial artists face stiff challenge; VN to compete at Youth Olympics; U19 squad plays friendly match with students in Belgium; Tennis team contest kicks off

Art & Entertainment News Headlines 14/4

 Veteran actor Trinh Thinh dies; First picnic music festival held in HCM City; Hundreds of birds twitter in Hue contest; National Fine Arts Exhibition calls for budding artists to contribute; British Council launches fashion and design competition

VNese designer makes it to final 12 at Asian fashion contest

 Nguyen Hoang Tu of Viet Nam has been chosen as one of 12 finalists in the regional Asian fashion design contest – Audi Star Creation (ASC) – judges have announced.

Match fixing players face life ban

 All players involved in Ninh Binh's match fixing allegations will be banned for life from football activities, Vietnam Football Federation chairman Le Hung Dung has confirmed.

Political News Headlines 14/4

 Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visits Vietnam; US senator to visit Vietnam; Party leader visits Laos for New Year; President backs support industry; Argentine province keen on all-round links with Vietnam

Royal treasures at Hue Festival 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors for the first time will see the lives and works of the Nguyen Dynasty emperors when visiting the center of the Hue Royal Citadel at Hue Festival 2014.

Ten countries join Vietnam in Oriental Night

VietNamNet Bridge - In Oriental Night - a show taking place within Festival Hue 2014 – four Vietnamese fashion designers and their colleagues from 10 countries introduced their traditional-styled designs.

Students feel uneasy about unfamiliar way of raising exam questions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The decision by the Ministry of Education and Training on shortening the duration of the philology exam to 120 minutes, and a warning about the new method of raising exam questions, have put high-school students on tenterhooks.

Which security technologies are Vietnamese banks using?

 VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnamese banks are using the most advanced security technologies available in the world for their systems, according to experts.

AFC concerns over Ninh Binh FC’s match-fixing case

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has expressed its interest in the match-fixing case of the game between Vietnam’s Ninh Binh and Malaysian Kelantan, and its support for the VFF's combat against wrongdoing.

Vietnam is expected to repay nearly $10bil. in 2014

The Prime Minister has issued Decision 447 on borrowing and repayment plans in 2014. Limits on government-guaranteed loans and medium and long-term foreign loans of enterprises and organizations in 2014 are also mentioned in the decision.

US$270 million needed to detoxify Bien Hoa airport

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Defense estimates that approximately $270 million is needed to process 240,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil and sediment in Bien Hoa airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.