VietNamNet Bridge – Last week Viet Nam News asked readers to share their thoughts about whether high-school boards should ban students using smart phones in the classroom. Here are several comments:

VietNamNet Bridge – The urban poor in Viet Nam face barriers in accessing preferential policies on housing, vocational training, job creation and technical transfer, Ngo Truong Thi,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The execution ground of Long Binh, in Tan Phu Ward, District 9, HCM City, has been cleared for an urban construction project, but thousands of prisoners’ remains have yet to be claimed by their families.

VietNamNet Bridge – An old man in the northern province of Bac Ninh has ridden his bicycle to various villages, collecting old folk tunes, for the past 50 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – An impending merger between Southern Bank and Sacombank is the latest move in Vietnam’s banking restructuring process.  

 Underground commercial center awaits investors; Government-backed loans still rise despite restrictions; SOE equitisation to quicken; Shipbuilding industry sees 25-30 pct growth annually

 A representative from the Search and Rescue Agency under the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said on March 15 that Vietnam ceased all search activities for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane.

  Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 100 white horses with blue eyes are being raised on a farm on the bank of the Red River, Hanoi.

At present, foreign ad firms are believed to be the strategists who build creative advertisement thinking for clients, while Vietnamese are just the hired workers to implement the strategies. But things will change soon.

 VietNamNet Bridge - French photographer Etienne Bossot has lived in Vietnam for 6 years and opened a photo gallery in the ancient town of Hoi An. He has introduced many beautiful photos of this World Heritage site on 500px.com.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2014 World Cup is nearly upon us, but Vietnamese broadcasters are yet to secure a deal to broadcast the event which has been priced at US$10 million by international media company MP & Silva, the event's rights holder.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every March, Hanoi changes its coat, the white coat made by milky flowers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Phu Quoc International Airport and the resort island of Phu Quoc have been unable to persuade airlines to operate scheduled international flights to this tourist destination

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airlines of Vietnam are making preparations to cash in on new opportunities of the open skies agreement as part of the ASEAN economic community in 2015.

Since the beginning of the year, nearly 111,000 tourists have crossed into Vietnam through Huu Nghi (Friendship) bordergate in northern Lang Son province.

 Vietnam's “little mermaid” Anh Vien has been cited among the top 10 world’s best swimmers, the first Vietnamese to make the list.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications plans to withdraw mobile bandwidths that it provided to S-Fone and EVN Telecom mobile carriers due to fading operations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some of Hanoi’s eager young art students have capitalised on their talent and now earn useful extra income sketching portraits on city streets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is trying its best to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines, for a peaceful life of the people. In this issue, support of the international community plays an important role but much needs to be done

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice Chairman of the NA Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and Children Le Nhu Tien spoke to Dai Doan Ket (Great Unity) Newspaper about progress on corruption prevention and control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands, the largest forest area in Vietnam with 2.84 million hectares of forests, has never seen such a serious deforestation before. Over 130,000 hectares have been cleared just in the last five years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Sports and Physical Training Administration has decided to invest $150,000 in the national athletics team, aiming to win at least a gold at the 2014 Asian Games.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Restoring ancient houses offered this former carpenter and his son a way to make a living, while also helping families continue to gather in their valuable ancestral homes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On August 6, 2013, Vietnam’s first execution by lethal injection took place.