Former chairman and general director of Vietnam's troubled shipbuilder Vinashin will appear in court today, March 27, to account for their alleged business miscondcucts.

Vietnam will establish an information technology (IT) training centre named after the Indian IT city of Bangalore, says Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

‘Golden Art for Golden Time’ by Swiss artist Thomas Sarbach on Sunday opened at HCMC Fine Arts Museum, offering a link between gold and art, contemporary people and history.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has relocated a 10-tonne statue of patriotic scholar Phan Boi Chau (1867 – 1940) in a park by the Huong River in Hue.

Many local tourist attractions have announced to hike prices of admission since Thua Thien-Hue Province recently decided to revise up ticket prices for entry into cultural relics sites, throwing tour operators into a difficult position.

Elephants raced in Dak Lak; Performance marks International Theatre Day; Int’l exhibition held during Hung Kings Temple Festival; Ninh Binh hosts Dong Son historic artefacts' exhibition; Vietnamese film attracts French audiences  

The National Assembly is expected to adopt 13 bills and a draft resolution, and debate 7 other bills in its mid-year session, according to NA Office Chairman Nguyen Hanh Phuc.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) has asked the Government and relevant authorities to postpone the implementation of a series of car fees initiated by the Ministry of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge – As much as 400 ha of protective forest in southern Bac Lieu Province have been encroached on by the sea since 2009, according to the provincial Department of Forest Management.

Amidst increasing concerns about the leaking dam of the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant, some experts have called for a comprehensive check of the facility in order to avoid any possible consequences.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities have decided to get tough on Ha Noi's ever spreading illegal wall advertisments.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fuel price increase commencing from mid March 2012, has triggered a new price wave. Road, sea air transport service providers all have announced the fee increases.

Some 2,000 handicapped-friendly premises in cities hosting Euro 2012 are included in the internet browser entitled "Handicapped-Handbook" coordinating preparations for the football tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dao Ngoc Manh, a victim of a furnace explosion in northern Thai Binh Province's Hop Thanh Company six days ago, lies swathed in bandages, except for his face which is misshapen and puffed with oedema.

Ha Noi Coach Co to put on more buses; Vietnamese bank builds gift school in Laos; Woman looks for job, loses bike in scam; Schoolgirls in Phu Yen mysteriously faint

VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly four months of pregnancy, two white tigers recently gave birth to two baby tigers at the Trai Bo tourist site in the central province of Nghe An.

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of British explorers have discovered a cave that is much more beautiful than Son Doong, which is considered the biggest and most beautiful cave in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Leading information technology (IT) experts from Japan and Vietnam met at a workshop in Hanoi on March 26 to share information and experiences in using IT to conserve electricity and warn of natural disasters.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam currently has only one mental doctor per 100,000 residents. Some provinces have only one mental physician, not a single mental doctor.

VietNamNet Bridge – While preparing to replace his teammate during a match on March 25, a player of the Soc Trang province basketball team suddenly fell onto the floor and died.

VietNamNet Bridge – Football legends Denis Irwin and Gordon McQueen will arrive in HCM City today as part of their Asian tour.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delays in a project to dredge upstream sections of the Ba Lai River in southern Ben Tre Province have hindered traffic circulation and flooded local orchards, creating a lot of difficulties for residents.

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly Council of Ethnic Affairs led by Deputy Head Trieu Thi Nai is on a working visit to Laos from March 24-30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his wife and the Vietnamese delegation arrived in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 26 to attend the Nuclear Security Summit.

VietNamNet Bridge – The one-week HCM City Book Festival closed on March 25, with a total revenue of VND30 billion (over US$1.4million) from selling nearly 5 million books.