At least five people have died in a fire that broke out in a five-storey karaoke bar in Ha Noi's Dong Da District last Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although he can't see the world around him, Bui Ngoc Thinh, 14, enjoys life thanks to musical instruments he uses to express happiness and sorrow. He calls them his friends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Following the bitter defeat of the French expeditionary corps by Vietnamese soldiers in the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the French government established a body, Catroux Commission, to seek the truth behind the failure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A variety of activities are taking place in Viet Nam and around the rest of the world to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, which falls on Wednesday.

Amway is building its second factory in Vietnam, NuSkin has got $15 million in revenue after one year of operation in Vietnam, while Unicity has got 22,000 members in its distribution network.

 VietNamNet Bridge – That was the statement by the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sources from the Nha Trang Museum of Oceanography say that a black fin shark gave birth in captivity on Friday to three pups. Two of the babies subsequently died, apparently of wounds suffered from an attack by their father.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six K54 pistols stolen from the Thanh Phong Prison in Thanh Hoa Province have been recovered, according to police. Three men have arrested in the case.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dien Bien has never been decorated as splendidly as these days, as it prepares to welcome tens of thousands of visitors to the 60th anniversary celebration of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Any activity conducted by foreign countries in Viet Nam's waters without permission was illegal and void, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh, adding that the country absolutely opposed it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the demand for solar energy-based equipment has been increasing rapidly in Vietnam, many solar cell panel manufacturers have had to end their projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents do not place high hopes in the Ministry of Education and Training’s initiative on re-compiling textbooks. At least, that’s the case for parents who know how the textbook compilation process works.

The children of this Hoa Dinh Tay Commune were born normal like any others. However, by the age of 10, teeth start to change their color and wear out. The predominant belief is that the culprit in this plague is an unsafe water source in the village.

 Several banks have recently presented plans or expressed intention to complete mergers even as the nation continues to speed up the restructuring of credit institutions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since early morning, ethnic minority people flocked to the central market in Tien Nguyen commune in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang just to see their friends, to drink a cup of wine or to eat a bowl of sour soup.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sa Pa is transforming itself in the spring sunshine with white clouds.

 The Young Ambassadors from Brigham Young University (BYU) will present their new show “Heart songs – Melodies of Love” in HCMC on May 16 and Hanoi on May 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mergers & acquisitions implicate a variety of legal domains, among the most important of which is competition law.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's 5am and people are still sleeping, but Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) gets up and prepares lunch to take with her to work at a tailor's shop in Ha Noi's Quan Su Street. She has been employed there for nearly a year.

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 Canada’s Besra Gold Inc. will avoid nearly $12 million in tax arrears following after-clearance inspection results conducted by the General Department of Customs on its two gold mines in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time in his life, little Pao knew how a camera worked and the entire world unravelling behind it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the rest of the world predominantly spends plastic money, Vietnamese still prefer cash. To buy valuable things, they have to pay with many bags of banknotes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage Joseph Haydn’s oratorio ‘The Creation’ under the baton of Norwegian conductor Lars Notto Birkeland at the Opera House on May 8 and 9.