The government's pick to lead the Bank of Japan vowed Monday to do "everything possible" to reverse years of growth-sapping deflation, and blasted previous BoJ management for failing to fix the problem.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experiencing a lot of floods, the soil-made Buddha statues of hundreds of years old at the Nom Temple in Hung Yen province are still intact. This temple attracts many visitors.

 Clarinet virtuoso performs with Viet Nam orchestra; Work to restore ancient observatory in Hue; Photo exhibition on AO victims opens in S Korea; Art programme marks Vietnam-China friendship

Khanh Hoa Province organised a solemn flower and incense-offering ceremony on Friday, March 1, to mark the 70th death anniversary of the Swiss-French doctor Alexandre Yersin.

VietNamNet Bridge – The stock market was back on an uptrend by the end of last week but investor confidence has yet to really recover, which drove trading down on both national stock exchanges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Football is finally back on the domestic calendar, with the new season kicking off last weekend at stadiums across the country.

A Taiwan-invested company in Da Nang imported 240 desks calendars and 240 manuals as gifts for their employees. However, these products were confiscated because the Vietnamese maps on these products do not have the Hoang Sa Archipelago.

VietNamNet Bridge - Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Huong, former Deputy Minister of Public Security, Advisor to the Prime Minister on security and religion, retired on March 1.

With a total investment of $2.4 million, equipped with modern fire-fighting technology, the ST 115 ship has hose reels that can spray up to 5,000 - 8,000 liters of water per minute and send fire-fighting foam up to 250 meters high.

A meeting with the title "Towards the beloved Truong Sa" will be held in Da Nang City, with the participation of veterans and relatives of martyrs who sacrificed in the battle to save Truong Sa Archipelago in March 1988.

Experts say some bankers have “swept the board” thanks to a new policy laid down by the State Bank of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Respected artisan Ha Thi Cau – who is considered the "living treasure" of the hat xam art – passed away on March 3, 2013, at the age of 86.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top chess player Le Quang Liem has leaped 11 places to 31st in the latest FIDE rankings announced on March 1.

 The latest Word Badminton Federation (WBF) men’s rankings, announced on February 28, reveal top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has managed to remain in ninth place.

 Japan to train officials; Over 700 Vietnamese labourers return to Libya; VND12 billion raised for Truong Sa students; Lai Chau tightens controls on mining

 Australian broadsheet newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Monday ditched their century-old format for tabloid in a major overhaul at ailing media giant Fairfax.

Despite a lot of efforts, the watchdog agencies still fail to control the formula prices. The market remains chaotic because of low quality products and sky high prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After switching to chess from online gaming, 10-year-old Nguyễn Anh Khôi triumphed at the World Youth Chess Championship 2012.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan beat the drum to open the sixth Red Spring Festival, the nation’s biggest blood donation event, at My Dinh National Stadium in Ha Noi yesterday, March 3.

 Thua Thien-Hue urged to utilise strategic location; President pays working visit to Quang Tri; VN, Laos defence ministries ink 2013 plan; Vietnam attaches importance to ties with Serbia

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has proposed raising the retirement age for workers, especially highly skilled employees and those in management, by 5 years

Forest rangers, the ones assigned the duty of protecting the forests, have been found as lending a hand to illegal lumberjacks to smuggle wood.

A report of Akamai said the average Internet speed in Vietnam has decreased by 21 percent in comparison with 2011.

People-founded schools compare themselves as the state’s “abandoned children,” because unlike state owned schools, they don’t receive any support from the State.

Running out of money, business plans get stuck because of lacking capital, businesses have to sell vacancies on billboards to “keep mouth and soul together.”