VietNamNet Bridge - Over 70 percent of the 355 million shares offered for the first time by state-owned enterprises could not find a buyer in the past three months.

 Congressman Eni Falemavaega of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has released a statement commending Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review Report which was approved by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several international and Vietnamese electronic and experimental music artists will congregate to offer a musical feast to Ha Noi's audience during the Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the central province of Quang Ngai cannot sell their watermelons, and end up feeding the unsold fruit to cattle and poultry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The handwriting is on the wall for the death of vocational schools in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho’s authorities have demanded that the much-delayed Can Tho oil refinery developer meet its obligations to pay a deposit of VND11 billion ($523,000) to prove its financial ability

 VietNamNet Bridge – After several delays, the Art Performing Department began to draft plans to start granting work permits for artists starting in July instead of April as expected earlier, one official has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daily securities trading volumes have been soaring since the beginning of the year, a phenomenon completely unexpected by observers and investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The quietness of the town of Kham Duc in the central province of Quang Nam was broken last Thursday by the sudden arrival of 100 gold miners who had fled the mines of Phuoc Minh Co., Ltd.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man in the southern province of Soc Trang lost consciousness and was hospitalized after receiving a monthly electricity bill of over VND6.4 million ($320).

 VietNamNet Bridge – While scientists have repeatedly urged putting the Truong Sa mini submarine into experiment at sea, appropriate authorities still don’t know how to proceed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A British man fell from a boat and drowned near the island of Ti-top in Ha Long Bay on April 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A constant fear of attack from wild elephants pervades the commune of Phuc Son. It’s a fear that locals have been forced to live with for the last many years.

 Noong Lake is located on the Tay Con Linh Mountain Range, Phu Linh Commune, Vi Xuyen District, 15km from Ha Giang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cruising along the Han River at night or fishing on the rocks of Ngoc Islet off Hai Van Pass are becoming popular forms of summer entertainment in Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world famous travel site has designated Phu Quoc, Con Dao and My Khe beaches as the most beautiful in Vietnam, which lured a lot of foreign tourists in the past few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has allowed the overseas Vietnamese people (Viet Kieu) to import automobiles as movable assets when they return to the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh has stressed all disputes in the East Sea must be settled through peaceful means and in line with international law. 

 American band to perform at Hue Festival; Liu Xiao Ling Tong meets with Hanoian fans; HTV award honors Vietnamese artists; Japanese painter finds Vietnamese inspiration; Activities kick off Hung Kings Temple Festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Super storms are expected to hit the central region from Thanh Hoa to Phu Yen with sea waves reaching 2 to 4.5 metres in height.

 New leader for AIDS, drug committee; Thai drug dealer's death penalty upheld; Ha Noi Court says sorry to wrongly convicted; Kidnapped child rescued after 9 hours; Hanoi offers housing for policy beneficiaries

Vietnam trade office opens in Milan; Survey suggests an employment increase;Vinamilk tops payout value; Domestic coal inventory reaches 8 million tonnes; Vietnam named Malaysia’s biggest rice supplier

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Information and Communications to separate service providers under the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunication Group in preparation for their equitisation.

VietNamNet Bridge – An adult male gaur (Bos gaurus) has been discovered wandering around the Sao La Nature Reserve buffer zone, and scientists plan to return him to the Nam Cat Tien Nature Reserve.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A string of new policies on electric grid safety, industrial promotion funding, import of automobiles and motorcycles and management of overseas students in Viet Nam will take effect in April 2014.