Tra fish exports to US see 10 percent price hike; Hanoi devises solutions to curb inflation; Vietnam-UK trade turnover approaches US$4.4 billion; Real estate firms adopt sideline businesses amid slump

 US President Barack Obama announced a $100 million project to map the intricate inner mysteries of the human brain, targeting cures for diseases like Alzheimer's.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Financial Supervision Committee has forecast that Vietnam’s inflation rate in 2013 will be controlled at less than 7 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday, April 2, ordered a stricter ban on the transport and trade of poultry through border gates.

On April 2, Professor Michael Stanley Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor, led a group of American scholars to visit late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet's family and the Ho Chi Minh City National University.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cheers from fans and an indomitable fighting spirit were not enough for Viet Nam's young tennis talent, Nguyen Hoang Thien, to advance to the second round at the Viet Nam F2 Futures,

The authorities of Kon Tum Province recently sent an urgent dispatch to many local agencies to ask them mobilize their staff and local people to watch and cheer football games of the National U19 Football Tournaent 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra will play music by Tchaikovsky, with guest conductor Shinozaki Yasuo and pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc, at the Ha Noi Opera House tomorrow and Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower plants in the central province of Quang Nam have been urged to discharge water to prevent severe droughts in the area.

After an accident, Ms. Nguyen Thi D suffered from an odd disease – her set of teeth stuck together and she could not open the mouth. For nearly 30 years, she could not eat like normal people.

Withdrawing capital from the business fields in which they don’t have advantages and experiences--after a period of incurring loss, economic groups have recovered their strength.

VietNamNet Bridge - As being planned by the transportation sector, in the next seven years the number of motorcycles in Vietnam will be about 36 million units. However, the latest statistics show that the current number is more than 37 million.

U.S. stocks bounced back on Tuesday from Monday's pullback, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and S&P 500 closing at all-time highs, bolstered by strong gains in health insurance companies.

The Hai Phong City People's Court opened trial on April 2 of the case in which Doan Van Vuon and his family members were accused of murder and violence against people on duty while they were forcibly acquiring his land.

  President urges diplomatic sector to exert more efforts on peace building; Paris workshop discusses East Sea potential; Vietnamese, Russian security leaders hold talks

VietNamNet Bridge – Sand is always a part of the lunches and dinners of the local people in the titanium rich area.

 Epic medieval-fantasy drama series "Game of Thrones" will return for a fourth season, US cable channel HBO confirmed.

A source from Admiralteyskie Verfi has confirmed that the first two submarines, in the total of six atomic submarines being built at this shipyard, will be transferred to Vietnam later this year or in early 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 1, Hanoi police arrested two men who are accused of “making unlawful arrest,” who forced their debtor to put his face into a feces bucket.

To ease the pressure on football players, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has changed the goal for the U23 squad at the upcoming Southeast Asia Games: moving to the finals, instead of winning the gold medal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Anti-smuggling inspections will be conducted with a higher frequency at maritime boundaries, and land borders between Viet Nam and Cambodia, China and Laos.

The draft corporate income tax law stipulates the jurisdiction of the government in deciding the investment incentives for the big investment projects.

Responsible tourism, especially environmental tourism, has been springing up in recent years. However, travel firms have complained they are meeting too many barriers to develop the new type of tourism.

NFSC has said he can see the possibility of slashing the ceiling deposit interest rate further to 7 percent, thus paving the way for the lending interest rate reduction to 10 percent per annum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top musicians from ASEAN countries, art groups and the Hanoi community around will gather at a much-anticipated music festival on May 11.