VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Huu Kien,  an apprentice lawyer with a tenor from the central province of Thanh Hoa, won the finale of the 2013 Vietnam's Got Talent last night, April 21 in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fashion designer Duc Hung and pianist-painter Chau Giang will reunite in a special exhibition held in New York this week.

Nearly 40 bronze, porcelain, gem, gold, silver, cloth antiques and ancient documents of the Nguyen Dynasty are showcased at an exhibition that opened on April 21 in the ancient capital city of Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pham Le Quynh Tram, the first transgender who was recognized by the law in Vietnam has made her debut album. She said that all revenue from this CD will be donated for charity.

Vietnamese netizens are heated up by a video clip featuring a woman and her son who beat and stripped naked a woman on the road in a scene of jealousy for filming. The incident occurred in the presence of many people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 25 boxes containing about 1.3 tons of rotten animal organs on a high quality bus was detected by the police of the central province of Quang Tri on the early morning of April 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The law on the prevention and control of smoking takes effect on May 1, 2013, according to the Health Ministry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) cruised past hosts Dong Tam Long An (DTLA) 3-1 yesterday, April 21, to go six points clear at the top of the Eximbank V-League 2013 national football championship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on April 21 refutes the findings in the 2012 US global human rights report.

This year’s favorable weather is believed to support fishermen. However, the fishing boats of the big groups in the sea city of Hai Phong still have been staying ashore because the ship owners cannot find seamen.

 During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.

Vietnamese fashion designer Hoang Hai has brought his ao dai collection to Italy to showcase in the Hanoi – Florence fashion night, which will be held to celebrate the 40th anniversary Vietnamese - Italy friendship.

VietNamNet Bridge - With $10 billion of overseas remittances in 2012, Vietnam is listed in the top 10 countries that attracted the highest overseas remittances in the world, according to the World Bank.

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 18, the Vietnam Record Organizations awarded the certificate of national record to the authorities of Bac Lieu southern province for having the largest whale shark skin in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Right after being picked up by the groom, the bride had to witness the death of her husband’s ex-girlfriend at her new home while her husband had to go to hospital.

VietNamNet Bridge – At 11 on April 21, the destroyer with guided missiles of the U.S. Navy USS Chung-Hoon nd salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52,) carrying 380 sailors, landed at the Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ilya Glazunov went to Vietnam in 1967, during the Vietnam War. The Russian painter recorded images of the Vietnamese militia, the One Pillar Pagoda, Ha Long Bay...

VietNamNet Bridge – Working on the field, Mr. May confronted a heard of wild elephants. He ran away, but could not escape from the furious animals.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Buddha statue made of precious sapphire of millions of years old -- sourced from Chau Thanh Commune of Quy Hop District, Nghe An Province has been recognized as a national record.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of April 20, a bus carrying 36 Vietnamese tourists overturned in Laos. Three died and 28 other were injured in the accident.

Being in a coffee shop with her friends, Yen, 24, was called out to talk by a young guy, who then suddenly poured gasoline on her body and set on fire. The girl’s body was burned 95 percent.

Teachers and students go to school everyday just to struggle with the difficult math questions or complicated literature issues. Meanwhile, the knowledge is useless for them and unrealistic.

VietNamNet Bridge – With about 300 million textbooks published annually, textbooks account for up to 75 percent of the total books published in Vietnam, according to the Publication Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese keep indifferent to the tourism promotion programs launched by travel firms to lure customers for the two upcoming long holidays in April and May.

Enterprises believe the business climate will be difficult again this year and most of them are content to just survive rather than expand.