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.

 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.