VietNamNet Bridge - The exhibition "Thailand - Vietnam Contemporary Art 2014" at the Exhibition House 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi, on February 22-27, introduces paintings by 45 Thai and 10 Vietnamese painters.

 The Italian new government won the vote of confidence in the Senate early Tuesday, after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledged to work for radical and immediate changes to revive the country's recession-gripped economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Slim body, gentle face, especially the eyes, Patrick Desir, a French-Vietnamese man, can only speak Vietnamese, not writing.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Construction has confirmed that the Ministry did not compile any project to support the real estate market with a VND100 trillion credit package as some newspapers reported in the last few days.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Striker Alan Bruno had a successful surgery at a hospital in Hanoi yesterday, February 24. Doctors said that he can still return to practice.

Doctors of the central province of Quang Ngai have begun researching and seeking treatment methods for the two tiny children: K’re, 5 who is only 0.5m tall and 3kg in weight and Dinh Van Khit, 9, who is 78cm tall and 8kg in weight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nhon - Hanoi urban railway got delayed so the French consultant - Systra proposed to adjust the value of the contract and claimed compensation of nearly Eur3 million.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the police, at about 8 am on February 24, a 50-year-old Australian citizen died after falling from the 20th to the 6th floor of the Sheraton Hotel on Dong Du Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

 The country's consumer price index (CPI) in February inched up 0.55 per cent against the previous month due to low demand, marking the lowest price hike in the past decade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Organisation recently published the list of 50 gift specialties nominated by localities, tourism agencies, domestic and foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Hai Bang, an art lecturer at Hue University of Art, has created a special type of bamboo paper that he hopes can boost the image of local crafts.

 Viet Nam stands by Venezuelan gov't; Vietnam chairs high-level ECOSOC dialogue; VFF President meets Chinese Premier; Political doctrine website goes live

 VietNamNet Bridge – US President Barack Obama on February 24 approved a civilian nuclear deal with Vietnam, paving the way for the US to sell its reactors to this Southeast Asian nation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s viewpoint on the recognition, respect, protection and guarantee of human rights as well as the fundamental rights and obligations of citizens has been firmly clarified in the amended Constitution,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of commercial banks tasted the failure when implementing their plans to raise chartered capital in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Descendants of the legendary cai luong (reformed opera) Artist Thanh Nga, plan to revive two plays in which their late relative, the "Queen of cai luong", often performed the leading role.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has been warned that it would fail to implement the wind power development strategy if it does not raise the buy price to UScent12-13.5 per kwh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The punishment measures to be applied to the teacher who hit the students on the face in Binh Dinh province have not been defined. It turns out to be a complicated matter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese IT firms can win the international bids to provide services to big clients in the world under the valuable contracts, but they find it difficult to get jobs in the home market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly is considering installing barriers and putting strict control over the imports before Vietnam turns into the waste ground for developed countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors have money, patients have demand for healthcare services. However, private hospitals cannot exist, while patients still cannot enjoy high quality services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – O Dat Ke Thu, written by amateur writer Le Lan Anh, is the first Vietnamese novel to be published by L'Hamarttan, one of France's leading publishing houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fruit export turnover keeps increasing steadily despite the global economic recession. However, this is not enough to make Vietnamese exporters happy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese water dwellings have become a great source of inspiration for a Danish architect who plans to build small canal towns in his country.

 Mozilla has shown off a prototype for a $25 (£15) smartphone that is aimed at the developing world.