New constitution must reflect Party and people’s aspiration; NA leader works with youth union on Constitution; CPIM busy in Hanoi; Vietnam, Australia cement bilateral ties

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Vietnam has denied the information that Vietnam was proposed for being imposed with trade embargo on rhinos.

 A US bankruptcy court judge approved Wednesday the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, which will create the country's largest airline, a spokesman for American's corporate parent AMR Corp said.

A 20-minutes hail on March 27 broke the roofs of thousands of houses in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and injured 16 people. Many people had to hide themselves under beds.

Learning music for over ten years, classical musicians in Vietnam are in danger of being thwarted by not being recognized and appreciated appropriately, and by mechanisms do not allow them to be competitive and grow.

 Pope Francis will stamp his personal touch on Easter celebrations starting by washing the feet of young prisoners on Thursday as he stresses the importance of reaching out to those in need.

A lot of banks would try to conceal their bad debt situation and would not sell the bad debts to the VAMC, a company to be set up by the State to help banks escape from unrecovered debts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The three critical issues in the eyes of tourists to Hanoi consist of sanitation, transportation systems and the behavior of some taxi drivers and employees of stores.

Mekong Delta’s provinces have been urged to get highly ready to fight against the forest fire in the dry season.

General school students have been indisposed to follow apprentice training, because they cannot see the benefits from the lessons.

The investors spent trillions of dong to set up big production factories to serve their ambitious investment projects. However, the factories have been left idle since the day they were built.

Vietnam has intensified the research on gas hydrate on its waters and continental shelf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nong Thi Tuoi, 16, in the northern province of Cao Bang, had to leave school to look after her five younger brothers and sisters.

VietNamNet Bridge – The army is always associated with the regime, the regime is under the Communist Party’s leadership. If the army is not politicized, it will become the robot army.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional festival in Viet Nam is a great cultural activity and is available in all of the country's localities. The festival often attracts mass population of different walks

Tycoons fall hard due to securities investment; Long-awaited security software makes debut; Billion-dollar apartments now available; Semi- conductor association launched

It’s unclear why many huge foreign invested projects capitalized at multi billion dollars have not been updated in the state management agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of women in leadership positions in political organisations, including the National Assembly and Government, has yet to reach its full potential,

 It's circa 2050 and shoppers are stopping off at Ikea to buy fine wine made in Sweden.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese top chess player Le Quang Liem gets additional 7.8 Elo points after the HDBank 2013 international chess tournament and has returned to the 30th place in the world rankings.

Chess GM Quang Liem back to top 30; Viet Nam remain 30th in FIFA women's world rankings; Ha Noi international badminton event underway; Local fighters to compete at Hong Kong karate open

VietNamNet Bridge – The national women’s football team ranks second in Southeast Asia after Thailand in the latest FIFA rankings for the first quarter of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American director Victor Vu, who is widely known for his film “Blood Letter”, is making a short film on the subject science fiction in Vietnam.

Giant hailstones pummel Lao Cai; Pilot skills testing system launched; Heroin trafficker faces death sentence; Mekong Delta to have prenatal, newborn screening; Ten outstanding young people honoured

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Anti-Corruption Steering Committee convened for the second time in Ha Noi yesterday, March 26, headed by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.