VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s armed forces paraded through the streets of Dien Bien Phu City Wednesday morning, kicking off the 60th anniversary celebration of the nation’s victory over French forces at Dien Bien Phu.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A number of key leaders of state-owned enterprises will retire this year, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai. The appointment of new chairs will be decided by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and leaders in northern Dien Bien Province yesterday, May 6, visited two former soldiers who took part to the Dien Bien Phu Victory against the French in 1954.

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Vietnamese fine arts and handicraft enterprises introduced their most special products at a recent exhibition in Can Tho. These handmade products from dried roots are priced from a few US dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For 14 years, a 45-year-old man has been taking care of a monument to French troops in Dien Bien Phu, known by locals as "the tomb of the French soldiers".

 VietNamNet Bridge – A passion for learning history should be instilled among school students, Prof. Phan Huy Le, chairman of the Viet Nam History Science Association, tells the VietnamPlus online newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite making heavy investments in developing 4G services in the world market, mobile network operators are still concentrating on 3G development plans in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Serving investigation of bribery allegations related to a Japanese contractor, the Vietnam Railway Administration has suspended Tran Van Luc, Director of the Railway Project Management Unit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has agreed to set up ceiling prices on formula products in an effort to control the formula market, in which prices have been uncontrollably escalating. But analysts don’t think this will help.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh spoke on the phone with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the afternoon of May 6 on China’s drilling rig HYSY-981 and its ships operating in Vietnam’s waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Federation Council has finalised the coming SEA Games' programme with 36 sports, six more than what were announced months earlier.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of frightful bear maulings have occurred in recent years.But for some, they have not been enough to give up keeping the powerful beasts in their homes.

After a long period of absence, once strong brands like Da Lan (toothpaste), Hynos, Co Ba (soap) or Truc Bach (beer) have reappeared before the public. However, it is not easy to regain the heydays.

 The United States may face a 70 percent increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050 as the climate warms, according to a government-funded study released on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – General Director of the Viet Nam General Department of Geology and Minerals Nguyen Van Thuan talked to Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about new mineral exploitation regulations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dien Bien Phu's importance transcends national borders, delivering a warning against undue interference in other nations' affairs as well as a universal message of peace, says French historian Alain Ruscio

 Killer skin disease blamed on bad rice; Ha Noi encourages firms to sign up for insurance plans; Doctors warn of infectious diseases this summer; Dengue fever threat in Ha Noi; Search begins for man missing at sea

Trade surplus $683m despite April deficit; Capital raising measures $4b in Q1; Securities firms report bumper earnings despite challenges; Indonesia probes into steel imports from Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – What began as a rather dispiriting journey turns into an awe-inspiring voyage into one of the most glorious chapters in the nation's history for Bui Quynh Hoa as she visits the mountainous Dien Bien Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is appraising the profile of Takeshia Okada, who coached Japan at World Cup 1998 and 2000.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's intention to give more power to the VN Pangasius Association has been strongly protested by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

 The 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa opening in Abuja on Wednesday will seek to find solutions to challenges of Africa's economic integration agenda.

American journalist Thomas L.Friedman, author of an international bestselling book “The world is Flat” analyzing globalisation in the 21st century, will pay his second visit to Vietnam from May 6-11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lives of the people of HCMC have gradually improved, but environmental pollution is still very serious, as shown through the following pictures of black canals in the center of the city.