ASEAN Business Forum opens in Bangkok; Thai businesses keen on investing in Vietnam; Cambodia-Vietnam trade increases; Trade unions urged to protect migrant workers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Headed by National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the committee on drafting amendments to the 1992 Constitution held a meeting with key Ha Noi leaders yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest fires seared through hectares of trees in the Central Highlands and southern regions, forcing localities to take urgent preventive measures.

 Many big state-owned enterprises are planning to invest much more than they did last year despite the gloomy economy.

Commercial banks can find all favorable conditions at this moment to run the credit programs to fund house purchases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, said it has changed the schedules of nearly 1,000 flights on domestic routes from February 25 to March 30,

VietNamNet Bridge – Romanian Sabin-Cosmin Goia and Argentinean top scorer Gaston Merlo scored twice to help SHB Da Nang beat Myanmar’s Ayeyawady United 2-1 in a group stage match of AFC Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year got underway in Ho Chi Minh City on February 27 to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission on February 27 worked with the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group on strategic solutions to speed up the oil and gas industry development strategy

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese television broadcasters agreed at a meeting on February 27 that they would ask for sharing of the British Premier League (EPL) TV rights from the French group Canal Plus.

On February 27, the Super Cup organizers sent a written request to the Ministry of Public Security on the investigation of the match-fixing suspicion in the game between Saigon Xuan Thanh Cement and SHB Da Nang FCs on February 23.

Vietnamese students remain the 8th largest group currently studying in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual Open Doors report.

 President Barack Obama warned the US economy would take a "big hit" and other countries would also suffer when harsh automatic spending cuts come into force within 48 hours.

The homes of students of the Thuan Mang junior secondary school in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province, are far from the school so their parents built tents near the school to facilitate the studies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The changes in the criteria and the method for bad debt classification will surely make the bad debt ratio increase sharply.

Vietnamese people who live abroad for two years upward will be wiped out from the family record book, according to the draft Residence Law that was submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 26.

Carrying the younger grandchild on her back, holding the hand of the older grandchild, the woman and her grandchildren crossed the 2 km slope down to the highway, and then walked for another 4 km to school.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the list of 10 movies nominated for the Golden Kite Award 2013 there are not the films that were released during the lunar New Year holiday, which earned very high revenue.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artists of the two countries have brought to the exhibition "Vietnam – Republic of Korea, the arms of friendship" paintings with bright colors and the spring breath.

 Japan on Thursday nominated Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda as the next governor of the Bank of Japan, a key post in Tokyo's bid to overhaul the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite homeowners’ efforts, many nha vuon or garden houses of Tien Giang Province need more restoration to prevent them from falling into disrepair.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singers from the Que Huong Club at the Labor Cultural House in District 1 in HCM City held a performance to introduce traditional musical instruments to young students of Minh Dao Primary School

VietNamNet – Pocketing the gold medal is the target that the General Department of Sports and Physical Training has set for the Vietnam Football Federation and the U23 men’s football squad at the upcoming SEA Games 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on February 26 chaired an online meeting with localities to discuss measures to cope with drought conditions