Vietnamese football still tops SEA; National chess event to kick off; Clock ticks down to National Chess Championships; Thuy Dung wins yellow jersey in Thailand

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doan Thi Diem primary school student Nguyen Tony Hoang Nam, who is 10 years old, was excited to discover for the first time the string telephone.

  Japanese folk group to give free concert; Southern provinces celebrate Khmer festival; Foreign embassy staff study Vietnamese language, culture; Experimental music venue opening attracts Swedish, Vietnamese artists

 Parents must ensure helmets for children; Ceremony commemorates Dr. Carlo Urbani; Conversion of commercial houses to be announced; Cancer prevention meets 25 percent of demand

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health experts have warned of the risk of possible A/H5N1 transmission from Salagane to humans when thousands of birds were found dead in Ninh Thuan Province, south central Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - My Thuan Bridge is considered the project that marks the beginning of Australia’s grant of official development assistance at the government level to Vietnam in the early 1990s.

Approximately 140,000 companies are said to be missing, dead or inactive, but they still exist on the database of the watchdog agencies. This shows the big problems existing in the post-licensing works.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday warned central banks to be alert to the potential financial risks of super-loose monetary policy adopted to cope with the financial crisis.

Former U.S. presidential candidate Michael Dukakis praised the reconciliation efforts of Vietnam to the US after the Vietnam War - a "good example" for reconciliation efforts for peace and the trend of building a world avoiding conflicts.

  VN, Russia discuss military ties; Vietnam appreciates Slovakia’s increased cooperation; Paris workshop highlights Vietnam-Paris relations; PM visits Central Highlands mobile police force

 Britain was printing invitations Thursday for 2,000 people for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, ranging from all of the surviving US presidents and British prime ministers to celebrities including "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has officially become a member of the Hague Conference, the most prestigious organisation in the field of international justice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A law on employment should help develop the country‘s labour market and human resources in order to meet the demands of economic restructuring and socio-economic development to 2020.

Despite the successive interest rate reductions, the interest rates in Vietnam are still the highest in the region.

 President Barack Obama urged North Korea to end its "belligerent approach" on Thursday, as a US military intelligence assessment suggested Pyongyang could place a nuclear warhead on a missile.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An installation exhibition with the theme “Collections” by artist Dorothee Berkenheger (Germany) will open on April 13, in central Hue City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for HCM City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.

Water is the national property which has been shared among the people in the community. And when a party conducts the behaviors that cause the harm to the others’ benefit, the others can sue the party for the behavior.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform will be led by Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong.

Vietnam is really a potential market for stem cell services with the increasingly high number of people suffering from dangerous diseases and the people who can afford the expensive services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic tourists, including those buying domestic and outbound tours, have generated much bigger revenues for travel firms than those earned from the inbound tourism segment,

VietNamNet Bridge – One-thousand days since the idea of building mobile schools and provide computer education to children in rural areas struck Nguyen Van Hanh, five such institutions have been set up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – American performer, director and choreographer Michael Parks Masterson will present a free musical show at the HCM City Music Conservatory on April 18.

The HCM City in the first quarter of 2013 witnessed 4 high-rise building project transfer deals worth $600 million, according to CBRE, a real estate service provider.

More than half of the patients who should be treated at the district level hospitals and more than one third of those only needing treatment at the provincial level hospitals go to central level hospitals for treatment. Why?