Dairy product prices under microscope; HNX raises $1b from Government bonds; Jan-Feb budget collection reaches 6.18 billion USD; Tobacco company hits out at proposed tax hike

Endangered monkeys rescued in Binh Duong; Rice delivered to overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia; Over 2,000 receive free mouth surgery in HCM City; JICA grants loans to power plant upgrade; Avian flu strikes in 22 provinces

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition featuring women recently opened at Tu Do Gallery in HCM City on the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8).

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has won its first international case related to investment, according to a Ministry of Justice statement released yesterday, March 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam coach Hoang Van Phuc said he would wait until the last possible minute before deciding whether to play his best striker Le Cong Vinh against Hong Kong tonight, March 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blogger Truong Duy Nhat was yesterday, March 4, sentenced to two years in prison at a trial in the central city of Da Nang.

 VN hopes for increased ties with Japan; Viet Nam affirms consistent commitment to human rights; VN sends condolences over Chinese terrorist attack; Vietnam, Cambodia law-making bodies tighten ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants to boost comprehensive cooperation with the US, including in national defence and security, Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh told his visiting US diplomat in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce opinions by Mr. Tran Thanh Minh, former Dean of the Da Lat University, a senior expert of nuclear power in Vietnam, about North Korea’s plan to test the fourth nuclear bomb.

 VN to send 250 athletes to 17th Asian Games; Nghe An end contract with Ndjodo Edouard; Nam wins first match at Chang Thailand event; VN defeat foreign teams at women's volleyball cup; Vien bags fourth gold at US competition

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 3, Police of Hoai An District in the central province of Binh Dinh announced the investigation results of a gold theft, which surprised everyone.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Right after signing a contract to be the chief organizer of the 2014 V-League, Japanese expert Koji Tanaka has witnessed a series of incidents involving referees and football violence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has suggested that Viet Nam and Indonesia create further incentives so that two-way trade can reach US$10 billion a year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every day, thousands of people in the districts of My Duc, Thanh Oai and Phu Xuyen in Hanoi risk their lives on old and downgraded suspension bridges crossing the Day and Van Dinh rivers.

The Performing Arts Department has asked HCM City Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports to clarify the doubt that Miss Vietnam World 2010 Diem Huong got married before attending the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam must move quickly to simplify complicated procedures and encourage farmers to learn biotechnology techniques in planting domestic crops, particularly in planting genetically modified crops,

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine inland waterway tourist vessels en route to HCM City and the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will undergo safety and environmental protection inspections, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced this week. 

 Three Chinese nationals have been “blacklisted” and prohibited from flying on Vietnam Airlines after being caught red-handed picking the pockets of other passengers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businessmen have affirmed that bitcoins will still be used in a “legal way” in Vietnam, even though the State Bank of Vietnam has denied the legitimacy of bitcoin as a currency in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – New polices on cash payment, exemption of export and import duty on raw material gold, preferential lending interest rate, and more incentives for the handicapped are scheduled to come into effect in March, 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally renowned Thai art collector Tira Vanichteeranont has cast the spotlight on Vietnamese artistry in a recent debuted three-book portfolio series. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A leader of a campaign to stop global trade in ivory from elephants and rhinocerous has praised the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, for speaking out on the issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two years ago, Vietnamese rice exporters were warned that Cambodia would become their redoubtable rival in rice export. And they have been once again awakened to the danger.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rich men in the northern provinces of Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Ha Nam, Quang Ninh and Hanoi seem to be very fond of building “castles.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besra has been granted a renewal of its licence to export gold from Viet Nam, a source from the company confirmed to Viet Nam News.