The Vietnamese swimming team, consisting of two coaches and five athletes, have had to stop their training at US-based Bolles school due to conflicts between the two coaches and US experts, as well as between the coaches themselves.

A Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu paid a working visit to the US and Canada from March 12-16 to enhance their relations and exchange experiences in law-making and supervising.

Visiting chief of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde warned Sunday that the global economy may be on a path to recovery, but there is not a great deal of room for maneuver and no room for policy mistakes.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Volleyball Championships opened on March 16, with up to 21 foreign players.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bad pieces of news have come in rapid fire in recent days, dazing exporters. After the news about the narrowed export markets, petrol price increase, and high interest rates; they now have to pay higher for shipping fees.

VietNamNet Bridge – A sandy hill with trees and flowers was part of a stunning backdrop of a stage built for a puppet show for children by the HCM City Puppetry Troupe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Binh showed their skills in defeating Sai Gon FC 2-0 in the round 10 match at Ninh Binh Stadium yesterday, March 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ticket price to the ancient citadel of Hue will double as of April 16, announced by Thua Thien-Hue provincial authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh and Anh Tien, twin brothers from the central city of Danang, have won the gold medal at the 2012 International Youth Invention Exhibition (IYIE) in Taiwan for their fingerprint identification system. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Filipino musicians will perform tonight at the Ha Noi Opera House in a concert featuring both classical and modern pieces by Mendelssohn, Puccini and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau to host int’l kite festival; Tour honours Truong Sa soldiers; Da Nang to launch bi-weekly street concerts, performances; Vietnamese team balloons across Malaysia

The Ministry of National Defence has allowed Binh Thuan province to host the first Vietnam balloon festival, in 2012, said Ngo Minh Chinh, director of the provincial department of culture, sports and tourism.

Some of the country's protected forests may be under threat if a proposal from the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry's Financial and Planning Department is approved.

Individuals or tour agents lending or hiring out their international travel business licences will be fined up to VND40 million (US$1,900) in efforts to better regulate the tourism sector.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and Russia have inked an agreement on transporting highly enriched uranium fuel rods used by the Da Lat nuclear reactor to Russia.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national television broadcaster – Vietnam Television (VTV) – has bought the TV right of the Euro 2012 at very high price, which is much higher than the pay for previous football events, says a VTV official, Phan Ngoc Tien.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director Cuong Ngo of “Ngoc Vien Dong” (Pearls of the Far East), has won the Emerging Narrative Feature Film Maker Award of the 5th Geneva Film Festival (USA).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Canh Dieu Vang (Golden Kite Awards) 2011, the prestigious film award of the Vietnam Cinematography Association, were presented in the evening of March 17 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of March 16, hundreds of Vietnamese and international friends commemorated 504 civilians in the My Lai massacre in March 1968.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has asserted its legitimate right of launching satellites, saying "double standard is intolerable," the official news agency KCNA said Sunday.

When the water flow is withheld for the hydropower water reservoirs in the upstream waters in Quang Nam province, it is the right time for illegal lumberjacks to devastate the preventive forests.

The sale prices of the third generation iPad products in Hanoi are 2.3-2.5 million dong lower than the initial estimates.

During Hue Festival 2012, the culturally rich, traditionally vibrant and spiritually enriched world of people from the central provinces of the country will come alive under the theme “Cultural Heritage-Rendezvous with Historic Cities”.  

Scientists have once again warned against the 12 hydropower projects along the Mekong River that will cause non-recoverable damages to the river’s ecosystem as well as threaten food security of residents in the riparian countries.

Thousands of chicken have died of bird flu at a poultry farm in Dallu, Nepali capital Kathmandu, according to Dr. Ram Krishna Khatiwada, program director at the Animal Health Directorate said Sunday.