VietNamNet Bridge – Genuine reforms are a must for recovery in 2014, Dr Nguyen Duc Thanh, member of the PM's Policy Advisory Council, tells the Viet Nam va The gioi (Viet Nam and the World) Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan talks to Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper about possible changes to the pension policy in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the members of the red-headed crane flock have left Vietnam for Cambodia. Only 44 now make Vietnam their permanent home.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending V-League champions Hanoi T&T officially cleared their way to the AFC Cup 2014 knock-out round with one game left to play by defeating Maldives’ Maziya Sports & Recreation 2-1 in their fifth Group F match on April 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh will make a week-long tour of Sweden and Great Britain and Northern Ireland from April 9-17, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various areas,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Passing by Trong Mai Island, the crew detected a fire on the tourist boat and issued emergency signals. All visitors, mostly foreigners, were rescued.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese CEOs believe that the positions of their chairs and the locations of their offices can determine their business success.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign scientists have announced their discoveries of a new species of orchid in Ninh Thuan, a new species of frog in Kon Tum and a new species of cicada in Lao Cai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more state-owned universities have been established in recent years, which have deprived non-state schools of their students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials may extend the deadline for overseas Vietnamese to register for local citizenship. They may also make it easier for people who want to restore their citizenship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Asia's future and growth drivers hold significance when the region's environment is peaceful, stable, and cooperative, emphasised a Vietnamese representative to the 2014 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference.

Deputy PM Ninh to visit Sweden, Britain; Kazakhstan adopts legal assistance agreement with Vietnam; ASEAN One Community underlines importance of intra-bloc communication; Congratulations sent to re-elected DPRK leaders

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many opinions were heard at the culture ministry's workshop to review legal documents on art performance management, mostly concentrating on limitations discovered during the first year of enforcing the regulations.

 Economic growth is "not enough" to end global poverty, the World Bank has said.It has urged developing countries to allocate more resources to their extreme poor, including through bigger welfare programmes.

While taxation agencies are vowing to punish those foreign invested enterprises which conduct transfer pricing, investment consultants believe that the negative impacts of price transfer on the national economy have been exaggerated.

 According to TripAdvisor’s list of the world’s best destinations in 2014, which was announced on April 8, Hanoi was at the eighth position as a newcomer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While playing with friends, a boy in the central city of Quang Ngai accidentally got a mini-battery shoved up his nose. It remained there for over five years without being detected by doctors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on European Union (EU) leaders to jointly hold urgent consultations over Ukraine's gloomy economy, insisting that Russia had been playing a supporting role in the country's stability.

 Kelly Rowland, an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality, will join Vietnamese and foreign artists in the sixth Hennessy Artistry at the Hanoi Opera House on April 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydrofoil operators in HCMC and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have written to relevant authorities asking for permission to resume operations.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The bauxite factories of Tan Rai and Nhan Co can be equitized in 5-7 years, says a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam News asked readers for their opinions about the Government's ban on non-Vietnamese tour guides working for Vietnamese tour companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government has chosen a location in Tan Binh District to house Quang Trung 2 Software City (QTSC 2).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Years ago, Vietnamese financial investors joined in on a “securities rush”, seeing securities companies as the geese that lay golden eggs. Today, they are fleeing in droves.

 Smoking is a big problem in China, the world's largest tobacco consumer, and now the World Health Organization (WHO) wants tobacco warning labels to be more vivid.