Former U.S. presidential candidate Michael Dukakis praised the reconciliation efforts of Vietnam to the US after the Vietnam War - a "good example" for reconciliation efforts for peace and the trend of building a world avoiding conflicts.

  VN, Russia discuss military ties; Vietnam appreciates Slovakia’s increased cooperation; Paris workshop highlights Vietnam-Paris relations; PM visits Central Highlands mobile police force

 Britain was printing invitations Thursday for 2,000 people for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, ranging from all of the surviving US presidents and British prime ministers to celebrities including "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has officially become a member of the Hague Conference, the most prestigious organisation in the field of international justice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A law on employment should help develop the country‘s labour market and human resources in order to meet the demands of economic restructuring and socio-economic development to 2020.

Despite the successive interest rate reductions, the interest rates in Vietnam are still the highest in the region.

 President Barack Obama urged North Korea to end its "belligerent approach" on Thursday, as a US military intelligence assessment suggested Pyongyang could place a nuclear warhead on a missile.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An installation exhibition with the theme “Collections” by artist Dorothee Berkenheger (Germany) will open on April 13, in central Hue City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for HCM City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.

Water is the national property which has been shared among the people in the community. And when a party conducts the behaviors that cause the harm to the others’ benefit, the others can sue the party for the behavior.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform will be led by Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong.

Vietnam is really a potential market for stem cell services with the increasingly high number of people suffering from dangerous diseases and the people who can afford the expensive services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic tourists, including those buying domestic and outbound tours, have generated much bigger revenues for travel firms than those earned from the inbound tourism segment,

VietNamNet Bridge – One-thousand days since the idea of building mobile schools and provide computer education to children in rural areas struck Nguyen Van Hanh, five such institutions have been set up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – American performer, director and choreographer Michael Parks Masterson will present a free musical show at the HCM City Music Conservatory on April 18.

The HCM City in the first quarter of 2013 witnessed 4 high-rise building project transfer deals worth $600 million, according to CBRE, a real estate service provider.

More than half of the patients who should be treated at the district level hospitals and more than one third of those only needing treatment at the provincial level hospitals go to central level hospitals for treatment. Why?

 As part of China's emergency response to the H7N9 bird flu on technological front, China formally launched a research project on Wednesday for developing a vaccine for H7N9.

EC limits Vietnamese fuel lighters; Real estate firm seeks affordable housing investors; Non-life insurance firms suffer losses while sector booms; Low-cost housing helps revive real estate market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blue-green algae, a type of bacteria, has been detected for the first time in Tuyen Lam Lake, an attraction in Da Lat, a popular tourism destination in the Central Highlands, raising worries of water contamination.

VietNamNet Bridge – On March 29, 2013, the Ministry of Health issued Circular No10/2013/TT-BYT amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No02/2007/TT-BYT on conditions for the drugs business.

The number of workers at enterprises has reportedly not increased over the last 5 years. New workers have been employed to offset the left ones, not to serve the enterprises’ business expansion plans.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers agreed that a new law on plant quarantine and protection would protect domestic production and help improve their quality at a meeting of the 17th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - On April 10, the Center for Elephant Conservation of Dak Lak Province said that an elephant named Buon Nhang died on April 9 because of overwork - serving tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The trial of five local officials involved in a land seizure case in Tien Lang District, Hai Phong City, concluded yesterday, April 10, following a three day hearing.