VietNamNet Bridge - This decision was made after Ms. Tran Hong Ly, who is said to have an "intimate relationship" with Chairman Tran Khieu, was expelled from the Party.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top lawmakers have agreed that this year they would speed up the issuance of documents guiding the implementation of laws and decrees.

 Distance running greats Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe were among those stunned by the twin blasts that left at least two dead and dozens injured at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Nam held a ceremony yesterday, April 15, to posthumously honour late Acting President Huynh Thuc Khang with the Gold Star Order.

 Consultations with Iran result in praise for bilateral developments; Crime fight needs intensifying; President vows better policies for fishermen; Party delegation visits Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka

 The two explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday has killed three people and injured at least 138, officials and media outlets said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Security instability, unstable job, the specter of diseases like malaria and dengue are the problems that Vietnamese workers have to face in Angola.

Commercial banks continue recruiting more officers, and though the average income decreased in 2012, bank officers still had sky high monthly salaries, which were the dream of the workers in other business fields.

Numerous schools have been opened, more and more training courses have been provided, while there has been no reliable forecast about the labor force demand.

Billions of dong have been spent to develop concrete block brick factories, as the investors believe unburned materials would be the “technology of the future.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indonesia is hasty to investigate a Lion Air jet’s crash into the sea while landing at an airport in Bali last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen traditional craft villages in HCM City will be preserved and developed by 2018 if a proposal by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is approved.

A lot of Vietnamese searching engines, namely xalo, monava, and timnhanh, once stated that they would outstrip Google, but they finally died young, or had to shift to other business.

Though the land in the West Lake area is exorbitant, it has been hunted by the rich. The land price in the area and the old streets’ area is the highest in Hanoi.

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has designed a plan on using bicycles to reduce traffic congestion, to save fuel, reduce pollution and stimulate demand for this mean of transport. The plan has immediately received a lot of mixed opinions.

As the number of tourists has been decreasing dramatically in the economic crisis, travel firms have opened a lot of new routes to stimulate the demand.

Incentives seek to attract rental housing investors; Opportunities in slumping real estate sector; 5bln USD funded for high-speed railway linking VN, Laos; Preferential credits give strength to poor households

 Researchers have discovered 14 new genetic variations that are associated with heart rate, according to a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics.

VietNamNet Bridge - From April 21 to 25, a missile frigate and a salvage vessel of the U.S. Navy will be docked at the Port of Da Nang and have many exchanges activities with the Vietnam Navy.

VietNamNet Bridge - After losing the sixth game, the Binh Duong Football Club’s leaders have sacked the Korean coach Cho Yoon Hwan.

The front and back of the rock at the Thuong Temple, in the relic of Hung Kings Temple in Phu Tho province, have unknown characters and square patterns. It is rumored that the stone is a form of enchantment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of plastic bags consumed in Vietnam is expected to decrease by 65 percent by 2020, compared to the previous decade.

On the morning of April 14, while cycling for fitness, the Chairman of Can Tho City had a stroke and fell down to the road. The same day, he was taken to the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for emergency by a helicopter.

 U.S. scientists said on Sunday that it's possible to greatly slow down sea level rise this century, by cutting emissions of so-called short-lived pollutants that cycle comparatively quickly through the atmosphere.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Tu Liem District, Hanoi recently arrested Trinh Ngoc Duy, 21, a native of Thanh Hoa province, for theft. Notably, the thief had stayed in the house of the victim for more than 10 days until he was arrested.