The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has selected caretaker coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad despite the team’s recent defeats at the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.  

Commercial banks have been told by the State Bank to lower the deposit interest rate to 7.5 percent per annum. However, if they do, they would not be able to attract deposits.

Cambodia party delegation welcomed in Hanoi; Judicial Reform Committee meets in Hanoi; RoK, Vietnam sign anti-corruption pact; Vietnam, France moving towards strategic partnership

The General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on March 27 approved Vietnam’s proposal to host the 132nd IPU General Assembly in 2015.

Young singer Nguyen Hung has done something revolutionary. He has brought together 100 singers and 1,000 students to sing about the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the song Khuc hat dong long (Song of Consensus).

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival will take place at eight city venues from Friday to April 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors of the Tranh River 2 Hydropower Plant in central Quang Nam Province are compensating locals for the damages the plant has caused.

Gold mining company Besra is arranging a north-south trip entitled “The Great Honda 67 Ride Vietnam” next month from Hanoi to HCMC to raise funds for healthcare support for underprivileged women and infants

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam News reporter Le Quynh Anh discussed Viet Nam's role in the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa with parties involved in a recent meeting on the future of rhinos.

Vietnamese parents now hurriedly prepare their children for first grade by forcing them to practice reading and writing in advance.

The government, while vowing to develop science and technology, has promised to give preferences and big investment incentives to science and technology firms. However, in fact, the preferences have not reached the firms.

The luxurious cars, which were imported to Vietnam as the Viet Kieu repatriates’ assets, now are awaiting to be re-exported, after state management agencies have threatened to clarify the real origins of the imports.

Parents have been warned that it would be very difficult to enroll in primary schools this year because of the sharp increase in the number of students to begin going to school.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mount Fansipan is only half as tall as Mount Everest. Yet this mountain, perched at the eastern edge of the Himalayan range in Vietnam’s uppermost Lao Cai Province, is hardly an easy climb.

VietNamNet Bridge – Changing crops very offent and being disorganized is a vicious cycle that erodes the strength and capital of farmer families, said Prof. Vo Tong Xuan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of Danang City revealed it has raised VND14.5 billion so far from sponsors for the international fireworks contest 2013 (DIFC 2013).

The reported inflation decrease in March turns out to be not the good news at all. This, in the eyes of businesses, means the low market demand and the unsalability of goods.

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Tecfidera capsules to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government will continue its effort to improve the country’s business environment in a bid to further raise the efficiency of foreign investment attraction and use.

 HCM City to reclaim coastal land; Governor meets Danang entrepreneurs; Mekong Capital sells stake in phone distributor; Investors’ role should be enhanced in land withdrawal

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visit Hang Bac Street this week and you'll be immersed in yellow cloth lanterns, colourful flags and white daisy stands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of late February, Vietnam had attracted 14,550 valid FDI projects with a total capitalization of US$211 billion, of which almost US$100 billion was already disbursed.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Discussions about wildlife photography and conservation will be held in Ha Noi and HCM City this weekend with the participation of American photographer Gabby Salazar.

 The International Monetary Fund urged countries to reduce subsidies on energy, saying they worsen government's fiscal positions and eventually create more advantages for the wealthy instead of the poor.