VietNamNet Bridge – The Thang Long Water Puppetry troupe will perform at the Havana puppet festival from March 23-25, at the invitation of the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

2012 will be a strong year for the robotic sector, the Robotic Industries Association says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Duc Tuan won the “Outstanding Performer” and “The Most Favourite” prizes at the ASEAN Golden Voice Festival, which closed in HCM City on March 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s representative Hoang Thuy entered the top 15 of the Top Model of the World 2012. She also took the Best Catwalk title in the final night on March 10 in Dortmund, Germany.

Thousands of runners Saturday participated in the annual Terry Fox marathon throughout Cuba to commemorate the death of the Canadian young man and raise money for cancer research.

VietNamNet Bridge – Schoolgirl Tran Minh Anh began practicing Aikido at the age of 10. After four years, she is now an assistant for Aikido instructors at the Hanoi Aikido Club.

The recent petrol price increase, which would trigger a new price hike wave, has dazed businessmen, who have been seriously ill already from a lot of difficulties.

Australia promotes rights of homosexuals; Netherlands funds city’s waste water treatment; 4 arrested for appropriating bank loans; Kien Giang islanders run out of clean water

VietNamNet Bridge – A national taekwondo tournament for young martial artists will take place from March 17-21 in the central province of Quang Nam.

The information about the invention of a water-run power generator has stirred up the public. However, Vietnamese scientists are regarding Dr Nguyen Chanh Khe, the inventor, with suspicion.

National Women's Congress set to open in capital today; Party Commission delegates pay visit to the Philippines; Vietnam, Cambodia share ASEAN experiences

VietNamNet Bridge – Sai Gon FC have taken over the top position from Ha Noi T&T after beating Ha Noi FC in a ninth round V-League match on Saturday at the Thong Nhat Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Yasuaki Tanizaki, said the recovery process in Japan is successfully going on one year after the disastrous earthquake and tsunami.

VietNamNet Bridge – Food security, investment trends, agricultural finances and food price changes were hot topics at the Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Consultation in the capital last Saturday.

Tens of bears have been trained intensively to regain their instinct for survival. However, they still have not been released to the forests over the last three years.

VietNamNet Bridge – An efficient power-saving programme helped to reduce the number of power cuts during the dry season in HCM City last year.

Like food, drinks and consumer goods for daily life, educational products have become the “popular goods” available everywhere, especially on online markets with offered attractive discounts.

The plan to restructuring credit institutions in 2011-2015, which has been approved by the government, shows a noteworthy point: Vietnam strives to have one or two banks of regional stature by 2015.

According to Vietnamese information security experts, "mobile viruses" remain "luxury concepts", even with smart phone users increasing within the last 2 years.

Viet Nam needs about VND600 trillion (nearly US$29 billion) to develop a domestic transportation infrastructure by 2015 to keep pace with a goal to become a middle-income industrialised country by 2020, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

Livestock farmers are using feed with illegal additives that pose hazards to people's health, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, noting that the problem was most widespread in the southern provinces.

Junk yards are wasting a large amount of prime real estate in Ha Noi, providing storage for automobiles and other vehicles that have been damaged in accidents, are no longer operational or are not roadworthy under the law.

“Turtle Soup’, by  the Ho Chi Minh City based independent film group Yeti, has won third prize in the Best Film category at the Canon International 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP).

VietNamNet Bridge - Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Home Affairs Minister Nguyen Thai Binh will be questioned over pressing social pressing issues at the upcoming session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on March 12-21.

Three warships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force carrying 600 officers and crewmembers docked at Chua Ve port in Haiphong city on March 10.