Local fashion designer heads for Audi Star Creation final; Global kites to adorn Vietnam’s southern sky; VN Embassy in the UK receives public screening films; Hanoi heritage club honours youth cultural values

 Russia to begin construction on 6th submarine for Vietnam; Hanoi paroles prisoners on National Liberation Day; Vietnam attends Going Global 2014; Japan awards Sunrise Order to VJFA President; Brunei navy patrol ship visits Vietnam

 Vietnam, RoK to boost agricultural cooperation; Economic forum develops practical solutions for 2014; Japan pulls out of Vietnamese shrimp market; Vietnam’s oldest casino in the red

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Binh, this is the highest level ever. Binh also pledged that interest rates will not exceed 1% from now until year’s end.

 Flooding caused by heavy rains killed at least 102 people in three provinces of northern Afghanistan, disaster officials said Friday.

 A private company declared that it has found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the ocean, but leaders of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are dismissing the claim.

The Integrated Circuits Design Research & Education Center and the Research and Development Center of Saigon Hi-Tech Park have announced their successful design and production of pressure sensor chips.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday, Hanoi police arrested four Chinese to clarify the behavior on charges of using computers and the Internet or digital devices to appropriate assets of others.

Photos of Ha Long Bay from the 19th century are now on display for the first time in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh. The exhibition is a key event in the annual Carnival Ha Long, which started on April 25 and lasts until May 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday, a baby boy in Ha Long was bitten by a bear and lost an arm.

 A motorbike race due to be held in Binh Duong Province had to be cancelled after the chaotic crowd of spectators blocked the track.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 By March 2014, Japan had 2,237 valid projects in Vietnam with a total registered capital of 35.38 billion USD, making it the largest of Vietnam’s foreign investors from 101 countries and territories around the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 1/10 tael of gold can be laminated into a sheet of 1m2. The sheet is then cut into small square pieces of 1cm long to inlay on worshipping items.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite their industrious work and great efforts, Vietnamese farmers remain poor. Their farm produce, including specialties, are purchased at knock-down prices.

 The Supreme People's Court will declare the final sentence of former Chairman of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Duong Chi Dung and his alleged accomplices on May 7. 

 Vietnam expects to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship which will kick off in HCM City on April 30.

 The Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Le Thanh Hai hosted a reception on April 29 for the newly-accredited Archbishop Bui Van Doc.

 Moscow Duma delegation visits Ho Chi Minh City; CPV ups ties with Bangladeshi, Nepalese parties; Russian academician receives Friendship Order

 VietNamNet Bridge – Jogadanz will become the first Indonesian band to be resident at Hard Rock Cafe HCMC from May 1.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries and sectors to intensify the disbursement of public investment, FDI and ODA sources and ensure the efficient use of the capital in order to boost national development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In Saigon, along with Vietnamese sandwiches, many kinds of foreign sandwiches are available, to serve the different tastes of the people.

Da Lat city, dubbed as a “small Paris” or a “city of thousands of flowers”, in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will be introduced to Thai people through their television channels in the coming time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Salary and bonuses provided to companies’ top brass has always been a fixture of attention from the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition showcasing autographs of famous personalities from all over the world will open to the public in Ha Noi on Friday.