The International Day of Happiness was organized by the United Nations for the first time on March 20, 2013. Responding to this meaningful program, Vietnam will have its first "Day of Happiness" on March 20, 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – 11-year-old player Nguyen Anh Khoi has shocked the Southeast Asia (SEA) Open Chess Championships being unbeaten in all nine matches of the U16 standard chess to bag a gold medal on June 13.

The environmental police force of Hai Duong seized over two tons of fresh octopuses for lacking quarantine certificates. Not being preserved in the right way, the octopuses decomposed. The police had to pay $33,000 compensation.

Iran chooses a new president Friday in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Admitting that overcharging is now a big problem of Vietnam tourism, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh promised to take measures to curb this problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen strange stone bars in various shapes and colors have been found in Tuy An district of Phu Yen province. They are believed to be part of a dan da (lithophone).

 VietNamNet Bridge - During a biodiversity survey in the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) reserve zone in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, scientists discovered an Annamite striped rabbit.

The arm bones had been kept by Doctor Sam Axelrad for 47 years. He could not believe that half a century after the surgery, the Vietnamese soldier was still alive to receive a portion of his body.

 VietNamNet Bridge – By the end of May, over 3,700 turns of foreign arrivals got VAT refund worth VND 12 billion, statistics show.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous singer and model Ho Ngoc Ha and some other Vietnamese singers will be fined for participating in an online music video which advertised whiskey.

On June 25, the Vietnam sports delegation consisting of more than 100 elite athletes will go to the Republic of Korea (RoK) to participate in the Asian Indoor & Martial Art Games (AIMAG4).

The equitization of state owned enterprises (SOEs) has got stuck.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several more colleges and universities across Vietnam have been recently fined for failing to comply with regulations on joint training programmes.  

 Two people died while trying to flee a wildfire in Colorado that has burned down 360 homes, in the western US state's most destructive blaze ever, officials said.

 EU trade ministers try Friday to reassure France on its prized "cultural exception" so free trade talks can be opened next week with the United States which believes that no issues should be excluded.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 17.3% of domestic helps in Hanoi and HCM City are aged below 18, according to a research conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Society and the International Labour Organisation.

 President Sang’s China visit to reinforce political trust; Vietnam treasures ties with RoK; Vietnam, France escalate decentralised cooperation; Vietnamese, Lao General Depts of Politics boost ties

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh received a huge number of questions focused on improving the reputation of Viet Nam's tourism sector to keep pace with other countries in the region

Commercial banks all have raised the dollar selling price to the ceiling level of VND21,036 per dollar. The State Bank’s Exchange late last week quoted the selling price at VND21,360 per dollar.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Jean Claude Gallotta, the leading French contemporary choreographer, will bring one of the most outstanding ballets in the world to HCM City and Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 28 professional and 32 semi-professional motorcyclists will compete at a national motor racing championship for 125-135cc engines in Binh Phuoc Province on June 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the invitation of the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state-level visit to China from June 19-21.

The subjects to carry out the assessments over the projects’ possible impacts on the environment must have the practicing certificates to be provided by state management agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – While touch-screen smart phones are dominating the market, a lot of Vietnamese still favor old generation BlackBerries with QWERTY keyboard.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mao Dien Temple of Literature in Mau Tai Hamlet, Cam Dien Commune, Cam Giang District in Hai Duong Province with its more than 500-year history has become a symbol for fondness of learning and respect for teachers.