National U19 football finals kick off; Trang wins sixth stage; Ninh Binh to host Volleyball Cup; In-form Gia Lai beat An Giang in U-19 Champs; Ho Chi Minh City tops national women’s tennis championships

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese singer-songwriter Le Cat Trong Ly has been chosen as one of eight young Asian artists perform on the BBC Asia Beats programme featuring talented artists from Viet Nam, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

 The central city and the Tien Phong (The Vanguard) newspaper will co-host the Miss Viet Nam 2014 pageant, which will be held in Da Nang from August 14 to 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction has said no new cement projects will come into production in 2015-2016 as authorities have ordered project owners to refrain from building new ones due to the current oversupply,

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is undertaking extensive measures to prevent fires in U Minh Ha National Park during the dry season.

 A Vietnamese man was caught on March 10 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport while attempting to smuggle five African rhino horns weighing a total of 13.1 kg into the country.

US regulators have launched an investigation into the operations of nutrition and weight-loss firm Herbalife.

"This is a serious and mysterious incident. This is a Malaysian aircraft so this country should have been a focal point in providing information. Yet, Malaysia has not been actively cooperating with Vietnam," said the Deputy Minister of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Party Central Committee Secretariat has appointed several new vice party secretaries for provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 12, Le Quang Liem got a win and a draw when holding the black pawns in the games against Zhang Zhong of Singapore and Duc Hoa of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of March 12, Ninh Binh FC defeated Yangon United 3-2 at home to take up the top of Group G.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On March 12, Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam defeated Sharmal Dissanayake of Sri Lanka in the second round of the Sarawak Chief Minister Cup in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The private air carrier Air Mekong is in danger of losing its license after one year of flight cancelations.

 The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its green light to Copernicus, the EU's new earth observation programme, according to a statement on its official website.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism industry in HCMC needs over 21,000 workers, especially tour guides, each year between now and 2020, said the HCMC Forecast Center of Manpower and Labor Market Information.

VietNamNet Bridge – PV Oil – the wholly owned subsidiary of the state-run PetroVietnam – recently said it was considering negotiating with Itochu and Licogi 16 to buy out a 71% stake in the joint venture to build an $80 million ethanol factory

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the film industry is a notoriously difficult one to break into, some young actresses in HCM City have proven their ability to moviegoers as well as their male counterparts.  

Vietnam, Belgium discuss judicial bond; SE Asia forum explores green growth funding; Vietnam attends ASEAN-EU defence seminar; Korean Chairman honoured with PM certificate

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese cosmetics brands in the home market remains very modest. But the situation may get different in the future, as more investors plan to pour money into the sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Plant protection chemical residues still exist in 160 places in Ha Tinh province in 74 communes, making people live in fear of cancer diseases.

A powerful explosion leveled two residential buildings in New York's East Harlem neighborhood on Wednesday morning, killing three people, while nine others remained missing, officials said. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Military experts said that the Malaysian plane might not crash in Vietnam territory but the rescue forces will keep searching it on land.

 VietNamNet Bridge – How would Vietnam behave towards the Chinese market in continuing to export rice to China to clear the big stocks, or stop the export in anticipation of high risks?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every teacher has to take care of 30-50 children during swimming lessons. The current modest teaching staff cannot provide safe swimming lessons to primary and secondary students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of closing eyes to the intellectual property (IP) infringement or trying to settle disputes through conciliation, Vietnamese nowadays tend to bring the cases to court.