Vietnam jumps 5 places in FIFA rankings; Viet Nam national team to play friendly with Ha Noi T&T; Kien Giang hosts annual run; Hue to host short-course swimming championships

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a century in the wilderness, Ca tru singers are back in vogue and increasingly being hired to perform their ancient brand of chamber music at wedding parties.

ASEM workshop to discuss water management; Hand-foot-mouth disease spreads; It’s time to improve work safety; Project to build more sustainable learning society

Nguyen Tran Hoang Anh, a Saigon-based humanitarian, is the only Southeast Asian representative on the shortlist for the Olga Alexeeva memorial prize by Alliance magazine in the U.K.

Analysts have warned about the possible oversupply of shares when a series of equitized enterprises would make IPO.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Top leaders of the European Union held broad talks on growth without making concrete decisions on the first day of the two-day spring summit in Brussels, against the backdrop of easing market pressure

Two leaders of the national park of Phong Nha - Ke Bang in the central province of Quang Binh have been dismissed for lack of responsibility in the case in which loggers chopped down three sua trees worth millions of USD in the park.

VietNamNet Bridge – On March 13, the 3rd Miss Ethnic Vietnam pageant was licensed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

According to the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC), Myanmar - the host country of this year's SEA Games - has decided to sell the television rights of all sport events at the 27th SEA Games.

The debt of $600 million, together with interest of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has been agreed by over 51% of the creditors to convert into new bonds, with a term of 12 years.

On March 13, the police of Phu Giao District, Binh Duong province, held in custody Nguyen Chau Soi, 55, to clarify the origin of the guns and ammunition that were found at Soi’s house.

Kon Tum has become the latest province in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to scrap planned hydro-power project, after forests have been lost, villagers left without resettlement options and the downstream river basin severely degraded.

 HCM City leaders visit India; Defence minister visits Australia; NA Chairman values contributions by overseas Vietnamese; Thailand, Vietnam boost naval cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has affirmed that the traditional ties between Viet Nam and Poland during the past six decades are a firm foundation

 Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis has revived a longstanding controversy over his role during the dark days of his homeland's "Dirty War".

In order to become stronger, banks need to be bigger, or they need to increase their capital.

 Japan's parliament on Friday confirmed the appointment of Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor, with the new central bank chief expected to launch aggressive easing to stoke the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee is planning to remove parking lots beneath flyovers to ease public concerns that they are an eyesore and fire hazard.

The mining in Yen Bai province has made thousands of local households live in the fear that one day, their remaining rice fields would be inundated in the mud.

Only 10 out of the 800 operational software firms have ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certificates on information security.

While literary authors now feel more secure because their copyright has been protected by the laws, the authors of on-fiction books cannot be so optimistic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition that examines domestic violence opened on Tuesday in Ha Noi, with art on show reflecting the struggles of abused women from all over the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has proposed using part of the newly established road maintenance fund to build 45 weigh stations but experts have objected to the idea,

In over half of a decade, RockStorm was held five times, with over $200,000 raised from 42 concerts across the country for charity activities. Some shows drew up to 25,000 spectators without using any trick or scandal.