Eurozone and EU finance ministers meet from Friday in Dublin to put finishing touches on the Cyprus bailout, and also to consider extending debt repayment dates for Portugal and host Ireland, as well as tackling how to stamp out tax fraud.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 20,000 hectares of forest had been chopped down for several purposes, mostly for development of hydropower plants, but only around 700 hectares had been replanted as of the end of 2012.

Scientists have urged to build up a nuclear science & technology center, saying that this is an important link of the national program on developing nuclear power, a crucial testing for the capability of implementing the program

ACDL, the Canadian investor of the mammoth $4.2 billion Ho Tram resort project, has stated that it received the new investment license on April 4. ACDL’s Managing Director Nathan Lloyd said this was a “great day” of the project.

Travel firms have been put on tenterhooks when hearing that Vietnam is considering removing the visa waver. They have warned that the move would cause a shock to foreign travelers and would keep the travelers away from Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of river mouths in central Quang Ngai Province have silted up, affecting fishing activities.

 The predicted rise in sea level in the Pacific in future will lead to heavy losses of habitat that will threaten numerous species, a new study showed on Tuesday.

VietJetAir opens Hanoi-Bangkok flight route; Most Vietnamese prefer domestic-made shoes; Gov’t rules out nine low capacity cement projects; Panama to talk double taxation avoidance with VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – The wholly foreign-invested Danang Information Technology Park (DITP) worth some US$278 million got off the ground last Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A steady flow of electricity from new energy projects should ensure that Vietnam avoids the power shortages that often bedeviled business operations last year.

  Job placement services to be enhanced by 2015; Food Safety Action Month launched; Training programmes meet ASEAN standards; Residents without water supply

Preventative work has been carried out at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Noi Bai International Airport, the main gateways to Vietnam for foreign visitors, to promptly respond to the bird flu virus of the H7N9 type.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Ha Long Carnival will kick off on April 27 in the tourism hub of Ha Long in Quang Ninh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Phu Loc District will host the international Laguna Triathlon on April 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – A four-year-old boy died from avian flu strain H5N1 in southern Dong Thap Province, authorities confirmed on April 9, saying that measures were being taken to prevent the virus from spreading further.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The popular artist, comedian and actor Van Hiep died of cancer yesterday at his home in Ha Noi. He was 71.

The multi-billion dollar projects were praised as the prideful achievements of local authorities in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. However, the projects have turned out to be the “pain in the neck.”

 No positive samples of the H7N9 virus have been found in pigs or farms in China so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tax relief for business support is one of the main discussions at the opening meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on April 9.

Going to Tam Ngai Commune, Tra Vinh province, to ask about the family with "only one finger and only one toe,” the local people immediately took us to the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Cong.

Hanoi’s traffic police began imposing fines on motorcycle drivers who carry children of over six years old without a helmet on the morning of April 8. While the parents were busy with the fines, their kids were taken to school by police officers.

Surveys have found out that 70-80 percent of foreigners traveled to Vietnam after they heard about the trips to Vietnam from relatives or friends.

 A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody, police said.

 EU legislators struck an anti-corruption deal that aims to force big mining companies to make public the payments they make to governments where they operate, officials said.

Over 10 tons of Australian dirty beef imports have penetrated the domestic market. Chinese grapes have been selling as Ninh Thuan brand grapes. Consumers have been told to become smarter, or they would buy dirty food.