Foreign correspondents speak of reporting missing jet

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a Malaysia Airlines aircraft flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on March 8, it was feared that the plane might have crashed into the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Viet Nam

Ministry revises 2013 FDI figure

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 36 per cent increase or US$22.34 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) was registered in 2013, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency's revised report noted.

GDP of G20 slowed slightly to 2.8 pct in 2013: OECD

 Gross domestic product in G20 countries is projected to grow by 2.8 percent in 2013, down from 2.9 percent in the previous year, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday.

Sports News Headlines 18/3

 Women masters to compete in international championships; Viet Nam in Group A at Asian Volleyball Championship; HCM City hosts Asia U14 tennis champs; Top triathletes to race in Lang Co

Gov't preserves xoan singing

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has allocated US$ 7.85 million in an effort to encourage artisans, amateur singers and young people in the northern province of Phu Tho to preserve xoan singing.  

Office towers get empty as tenants refuse to pay debts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The office-for-rent market has tumbled down with tenants having packed up and gone, landlords struggling to collect debts.

Political News Headlines 18/3

NA Chairman visits UN Office, OVs community; Vietnam presses for world peace at IPU’s session; Party Chief Trong conveys high hopes for Hue Province; PMs discuss missing jet

Japanese businesses vow to expand operations in Viet Nam

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang of Viet Nam yesterday told the Chairman of the Japan External Trade Organisation, Hiroyuki Ishige, he was delighted at a survey that showed up to 70 per cent of Japanese businesses in Viet Nam planned

Do you dare to cross the stream in a plastic bag?

 VietNamNet Bridge - The vivid images of teachers and students in Dien Bien crossing the stream to school in the flood season by getting into a plastic bag have captured public attention.

Russia's President Putin moves towards annexing Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed parliament formally of Crimea's request to join the country, the first legislative step towards absorbing the peninsula.

Russian shops flood Nha Trang City

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many Russian shops, restaurants and service centers are opened in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province to serve Russian tourists.

Foreign tourists tour Hanoi at night with jeeps

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of March 16, passers were attracted by a group of jeeps carrying foreigners touring Hanoi’s street.

More people get mushroom poisoning

The Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi recently received four additional patients from Tuyen Quang province who were severely poisoned with mushrooms, bringing the total number to 14 people within a week, including two deaths.

Unregistered objects expelled from Hanoi’s temple

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saint Giong Temple will “expel” donated things that were not permitted by the cultural management bodies.

Lessons from the search of the missing plane

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam’s People Army, said two rescue and one naval ships of China that joined the search for the Malaysian missing plane withdrew from Vietnam on March 16.

Port project stops, resort projects kick off

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 12 resort investors have all announced they would resume the projects’ implementation after the Government nods on the cancelation of the Ke Ga Port project in Binh Thuan province.

New fine would let illegal buildings stand

 VietNamNet Bridge – A decision to approve illegal buildings and unapproved extra floors if their owners pay a fine has been surrounded with controversy since being announced recently.

The anticipated deaths of the Vietnamese air carriers

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is undeniable that Vietnam is a fat land for the aviation development. However, most of the private airlines have tasted failure in the home market. Why?

Vietnam expects to home 5,000 S&T enterprises by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – The initially small number of science and technology enterprises (S&T enterprises) have laid first foundations for the formation of a new technology enterprise culture in Vietnam,

Vietnam to drop price of export rice

VietNamNet Bridge – In an attempt to promote rice exports, Viet Nam will reduce its price in the world market and increase exports to China, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

More river cruises around town in the offing

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the near future, visitors to HCMC will have more tour choices due to new projects to develop river tourism around the city, said a project owner.

HCM City’s parents troubled amid too many English teaching curricula

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the official English curriculum approved by the HCM City Education and Training Department, many others have been utilized for preschool children.

Quang Nam’s people sets protective forest on fire to grow acacia

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is the company in charge of managing and exploiting Caribe pine forest, the Phu Ninh reservoir protective forest, which has set fire to the forest to make room for acacia.

Vietnam’s mobile apps industry starts to toddle

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the mobile apps industry has been running like the wind over the last few years, Vietnam now learns how to walk by toddling.

After-sex vaginal gel shows promise for HIV prevention: study

 U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have developed a new vaginal gel that might help protect women from HIV even it's applied three hours after sex.