Vladimir Putin, who was Russian president in 2000-2008, has secured a new term in the Kremlin in Sunday's presidential election. Following are key points of Putin's policies.

The gold price has been stable around the 44.8 million dong per tael in recent days. Meanwhile, the interbank dong/dollar exchange rate has been unchanged for the last nine weeks.

Up to 65 out of 79 buildings in HCM City do not have adequate parking space. As a result, vehicles have to park on the pavement--causing traffic disorder, said the director of the HCM City Department of Transport, Tran Quang Phuong.

Due to the lack of capital, farmers in Mekong Delta have given up tra fish farming, thus resulting in the dramatic fall of the production. If the situation cannot be improved, Vietnam may be no longer the biggest exporter in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has instructed universities not to enroll students for the vocational training (2-year training). However, a lot of universities still try to retain the training level.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s singers Duc Tuan and Thanh Ngoc and 18 Southeast Asian singers will compete in the ASEAN Television Golden Voice Festival 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Widespread and unco-ordinated exploitation of mineral resources has resulted in huge losses and negative environmental impacts and threatened the health and safety of industry workers,

VietNamNet Bridge – It is obvious that Vietnamese mobile phone brands have been dislodged from the home market. They have lost the low-cost product market segment and cannot squeeze into the smart phone market.

China plans to lower its GDP growth rate in 2012 to 7.5 percent amid the gloomy world economy and complicated domestic situation, according to a government work report.

Senior officials in charge of economic, security and socio-cultural communities in ASEAN member countries met in the Phnom Penh on Mar. 4 to prepare agendas and documents for the 20th ASEAN Summit and related Summits

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Right at the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, which is believed to be a prosperous year for businessmen, some big tycoons get involved in some scandals which have helped them get more famous.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ca Mau wreck is an old ship which was discovered in 1998 in Vietnam’s Ca Mau province. This ship was sunken while transporting Chinese ceramic products from Guangzhou to Europe.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the ancient town of Hoi An, in the central province of Quang Nam, farmers often go to the street to learn English from foreign tourists.

A huge forest fire has been raging in Hoang Lien Son National Park in Sa Pa District in the northern province of Lao Cai for the last three days, and all attempts to quell it have so far failed. 

VietNamNet Bridge – While the number of personal vehicles in Ha Noi is increasing rapidly, the capital is still fumbling with solutions to tackle the dire shortage of parking facilities.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s traffic police on March 4 detected three tons of rotten chicken on a 50-seat bus. The driver said that he was hired to transport the meat to a primary school.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Hoa is not excited when her friends propose going to the museum with them. A bank employee, she has hardly ever visited museums in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – All households in Viet Nam will have access to digital television by 2020 under a programme recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City buries much of all its solid waste instead of classifying and processing it, thus affecting the environment, and officials are calling for seeking investment from more sources and greater use of technology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T regained the lead in the V-League after beating Hai Phong 2-1 yesterday, March 4, on home turf in the capital city.

SBV has affirmed that the banks’ profitability is not really high, if compared with their huge stockholder equity. However, bank shares are always being hunted, while foreign investors are ready to inject money in Vietnamese banks.

U.S. President Barack Obama stressed on Sunday that he firmly believes in a diplomatic resolution of Iran's disputed nuclear program, though he did not rule out a military action as a last resort.

Vietnam ranked 6th for the first time at the World Team Three Cushion Championship, which concluded in Germany on March 4.

Russian presidential candidate and incumbent Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won about 64 percent of the votes after over 95 percent of ballots was counted early on Monday,