VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Muay Federation opens the 2013 season by sending its best players to the World Muay Championship that will open on March 12, in preparation for the 27th SEA Games.

VietNamNet Bridge – The concerts with the presence of French artist Maryvonne Le Dizes at the HCM City Theatre on March 9 will bring two different music genres to listeners.

Instead of going to fitness centers, a lot of female workers in Ho Chi Minh City are now eager to learn martial arts. This is a new trend which is formed when robbery becomes a big problem in the city.

Indochina Airlines and Air Mekong have been called the “courageous heroes,” because they are the first private airlines that fly in the sky.

The General Department of Population and Family Planning has proposed a VND3,000 billion ($150 million) project to reduce gender imbalance at birth. Part of the funding is to support the families with two daughters.

 An international group of investigators has identified seven new genetic regions associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of blindness in older individuals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banning students from distributing recordings or images revealing exam cheating is contrary to regulations in the Law on Denouncement,

  Portuguese Communist Party chief visits Vietnam; PM holds talks with Hungarian minister to raise co-operation; Vietnam’s first green hydropower plant operational; Vietnam–Cambodia Friendship Year reviewed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Motorbike helmets that do not meet safety requirements will be withdrawn from shops, according to a new regulation in a draft joint circular signed by the ministries

 The United States called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations' budget negotiations.

VietNamNet Bridge - “I have been living in Vietnam for three years but I can’t get used to the way Vietnamese people eating beside sewers,” says Alain, a Spanish who is working for a non-governmental organization in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young poet Nguyen Phong Viet never imagined that his debut poetry collection would cause much of a stir following its publication late last December.

The list of the investors, foreign and domestic, who decide to inject money in the healthcare sector, has been prolonged.

The ad pieces about the sale of meteorites have appeared on some Russian websites. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, these “stones from the sky” have been traded for the last tens of years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese folk painting exhibition recently opened at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in HCM City.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has released a legal document, stipulating that those, who have evidence about exam cheating must not spread out the evidences under any form.

Vietnam has been not only importing the products it needs, but the products it can make as well.

VietNamNet Bridge - Russian media yesterday reported that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has begun a visit to Myanmar and Vietnam, where he will have talks on military and political cooperation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Cuong has announced the launch of the agency’s 2013 stimulus programme,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport businesses will be assigned star ratings to evaluate the quality of their services as part of a transport management project proposed recently

SBS mulls over solutions to survive; FPT to open rep. office in Myanmar; IT firms bemoan poor incentives; Vung Ro refinery enjoys import tax incentives; Hard year in sight for agriculture

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese artists Truong Tan, Tran Luong and Tuan Andrew Nguyen, as well as members of Propeller Group, are taking part in a major contemporary art exhibition of 22 well-known artists

 Catholic cardinals begin talks on Monday ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, following Benedict XVI's historic resignation, as a British cardinal not in attendance admitted to sexual misconduct with priests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – American Photographer Franey Miller’s work featuring a model wearing a costume designed similar to a Vietnamese traditional long dress has faced a strong opposition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks have started charging fees on ATM withdrawals without improving their services.