On the occasion of amending the Constitution, Vietnam should carry out some reforms, such as allowing the people to directly elect the President and combining the Party General Secretary and the President into one position.

On Mar 14, 1988 a fierce sea battle took place between Vietnamese soldiers and Chinese troops around Co Lin, Len Dao and Gac Ma, which are part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

The Enterprise Law and relating laws stipulate that enterprises must not use the same names registered before by other enterprises. However, it does not mention how to punish the violators.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has the potential to develop crop biotechnology to help ensure food security, says Nguyen Van Tuat, deputy director of Viet Nam Academy for Agricultural Sciences.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attached importance to enhancing multi-faceted cooperation with the UK and the EU, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in Ha Noi yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese expert Kazuyoshi Tanabe, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF), said how to attract fans to return to V.League’s football matches

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high-ranking leader has said that local artisans should be honoured and encouraged to promote traditional Dong Ho folk painting preservation and development.

VietNamNet Bridge – When eager travellers arrive in Vietnam, they usually have a familiar list of places that they are determined to visit - Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sa Pa and maybe Ninh Binh.

Serious mistakes have been found recently in a lot of reference books for students. How can teachers teach their students if they themselves don’t have good basic knowledge?

Only billionaires can hold the controlling stakes of a commercial bank. Meanwhile, Tram Be and his family members are now the biggest shareholders of two banks – Sacombank and Southern Bank.

VietNamNet Bridge – The experience gained from a pilot energy-efficiency plan in Cao Trieu prawn farming area in Quang Cong Commune, Quang Dien District, Thua Thien - Hue Province as well as the experience from Thai Binh Province

 VietNamNet Bridge – The establishment of an inter-ministerial team to look into drug pricing and manage production and retailing should be sped up, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

While Article 4 on the role and leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the draft amendments to the Constitution is being widely discussed, the building of the law on the party must be promoted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – WHO scientists have joined investigations into a rare skin disease in central Quang Ngai Province's Ba Dien Commune.

HCM City’s trade promotion focuses on regional countries; Gov’t pledges support for Samsung; Big home loan rate cuts unlikely: experts; Funds prioritized for key traffic projects in city

 VietNamNet Bridge – Active trading of exchange-traded funds (ETF) helped lift shares on the two national stock exchanges last week, with both stock indices rising.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment--Nguyen Minh Quang, many businesses have made fat profit from urban land acquisition due to loosened management.

 Longest cake marks Francophonie Day; National labour safety week launched; Disadvantaged women to get job training; 500 guest workers in S Korea overstay visas

Commercial banks have continued to pump capital into key sectors in an attempt to stimulate the economy, but they have also limited the provision of credit to real estate and securities areas,

The HCMC government has agreed to use 1.2 hectares in September 23 Park in District 1 to develop a theater for symphony, opera and ballet which has two auditoriums with a total seating capacity of 1,700.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Italian symphony orchestra “I Solisti Veneti” will play a single concert at the Hanoi Opera House on March 21 to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Italy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Family Year 2013 was jointly launched in Hanoi on March 16 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Women’s Union.

The 47th Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation conference will be held in Hanoi on March 19-21 to foster innovations in education and training to meet the growing demand for high-quality human resources.

The Directorate of Fisheries of Vietnam (D-Fish) is considering suing the US Department of Commerce in a US federal court for its unfair calculation of anti-dumping margins on Vietnamese frozen fish fillets.

Although the Ministry of Transportation proposed to not fine the owner of a vehicle that is not registered under his/her name, from April 15, the Ministry of Public Security will fine this type of violation.