VietNamNet Bridge - Zhang Jinlai, also known as Liu Xiao Ling Tong, will visit Vietnam from April 4-7. The Chinese actor is best known for his role as the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series “Journey to the West”.

Nearly 20 members of the Vietnamese football team came down with diarrhea and fever in Selangor, Malaysia on Tuesday, shortly after a group lunch. The team almost had to forfeit the match against Selangor in the AFC Cup 2014 that night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ao Dai Festival, part of the Hue Festival 2014, will take place from April 14 to 17 with the participation of 18 designers, 600 designs and 100 models.

Six or seven banks are to be merged this year, according to information disclosed by Nguyen Van Binh, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, at the monthly government meeting on April 1. This will bring the number of dissolved banks to seven to ten.

With only one contractor bidding on the T2 Terminal of the Noi Bai International Airport and the Tan Vu - Lach Huyen road project, these projects are threatening to cost far more than they should, claims Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A freak hailstorm injured five people in the northern province of Cao Bang on March 31. Thousands of houses and hundreds of hectares of crops were damaged as well.

VietNamNet Bridge – The less developed Central region of Viet Nam harvests distinct cultural values and natural masterpieces largely unknown to outsiders.

 Men with long-term HIV infections are at a greater risk for a heart attack than their uninfected peers, a new U.S. study said Tuesday.

Australia’s DeepBlue orchestra will entertain audiences with their unique rich mix of classical, pop and film music at Radio the Voice of Vietnam Theatre in Hanoi on April 8.

 Automated customs system launched; Central bank adds to forex reserves; Industry minister grilled by NA deputies; Russia - Vietnam’s 18th largest foreign investor; Labour demand outstrips supply

 US naval ships to visit Danang next week; Vietnamese woman found hanged in Moscow; Health Minister explains cause of sector’s deficiency; No new bird flu outbreaks detected; Hue reports first A-H1N1 case

VietNamNet Bridge – The development of large-scale casinos nationwide has raised concerns over the growth of a future Van Don Special Economic Zone.

 Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a criminal investigation, and there were things they could not share,

VietNamNet Bridge – The FPT University will cooperate with Myanmar’s Victoria University College in a plan to open Victoria-FPT University in Yangon this year, the Saigon Times Daily reported.

 Ninh Binh eager for qualification; Nam enters F1 Men's Futures second round; T&T gears up to beat Selangor tonight;

 VietNamNet Bridge - April is the harvest season of lilies in Hanoi. Soon thereafter, new flower bulbs are planted to prepare for the next harvest, which comes half a year later.

Bulgaria PM Oreshaski to visit Vietnam; Vietnam attends US-ASEAN defence forum; Malaysian PM’s visit to Vietnam to enhance bilateral ties; PM Dung welcomes foreign ambassadors

 Ten Vietnamese transport officials affirmed they were not associated with the bribery scandal of the Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc. (JTC) and did not lend a helping hand to the company’s corrupt behaviour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked ministries and localities to continue the comprehensive and effective implementation of socio-economic development tasks at a Government meeting in Ha Noi yesterday, April1.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Agriculture, which has been described as unprofitable and risky for investors, is turning out to be attractive in the eyes of real estate and securities firms, who have tasted bitterness in their core business fields.

 Chile has declared three northern regions hit by a 8.2 magnitude earthquake to be disaster areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council is fielding an all-star team, to include three Vietnamese footballers, for a charity match to aid victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government's handling of illegal trading, cross-border smuggling and unethical medical practices was critically examined by the National Assembly yesterday, April 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A documentary on General Vo Nguyen Giap being made with direct donations in cash and kind from the public has so far raised VND500 million (US$24,000), producers say.