Green Drinks 2011; Concert with World-Famous Conductor Lior Shambadal; Chamber Music Concert; Videologue – A Brief Report on Japanese Video Art; Opera “Carmen”

 Celebrating President Ho Chi Minh’s 121st birthday (May 19), three photo exhibitions of his life are organized in his hometown - Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, Hanoi’s Ho Chi Minh Museum and Hue city.

VietNamNet Bridge – A pharmaceutical and an auditing firm in the central city of Da Nang have been detected to use cracked software by inspectors of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hi-tech Crime Prevention Police Bureau.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign language faculties of many universities have been fallen into the “living death” because they do not get enough students.

At least 12 people were killed and some 50 others wounded by two bombs which exploded coordinately in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, a local police source told Xinhua.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese enterprises make heavy investment to develop high quality new products, but they do not know how to make them reachable to consumers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal taxis that deceive visitors by carrying the names of established taxi operators continue to be a major source of headache for HCM City authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US’ fast-growing river cruise company Avalon Waterways plans to add the Mekong River to its list of destinations, a top executive has said.

Water levels in the southern U.S. Mississippi River have continued to rise, despite authorities opening a spillway in Louisiana to avoid flooding of major cities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many pepper farmers have taken advantage of the internet to ensure quick access to world pepper prices and other useful market information.

VietNamNet Bridge – From 2011 to 2015, HCM City will implement 30 projects to cope with climate change, focusing on natural resource, waste, energy and land management.

VietNamNet Bridge - The country’s first CDMA network S-Fone is expected to receive a joint venture certificate to allow it to liquidate its contract with foreign partner South Korea SK Telecom in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – Low-quality motorbike helmets are being sold throughout cities despite offering very little protection, according to market watch inspectors.

On our trekking trip to explore the lives and customs of the Pako people, we were lucky enough to meet elder Quynh At who is honoured as a ‘living treasure’ of the Pako people in Le Trien hamlet, Thua Thien – Hue province.

Greek and European Central Bank officials on Wednesday rejected a scenario of restructuring the Greek debt, saying that it would only worsen rather than solve the current crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Individuals who detect and denounce corruptors may be awarded the Braveness Medal and cash bonus that is 30 times higher than the common minimum wage rate.

FC Porto defeated Braga 1-0 in an all-Portuguese Europa League final for the precious title on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi authorities have reduced its estimated investment to control traffic jams from $13 to $9.2 billion. The city plans to complete the construction of many great works in the next five years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is following a process on easing the dollarization and it hopes the dollarization would be stopped by the end of 2013, according to Dr Le Xuan Nghia, Deputy Chair of the National Finance Supervision Council.

VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Sa Lon (Big Spratly) island, 254 nautical miles from Cam Ranh port, part of the Truong Sa island district in the central province of Khanh Hoa, is standing out at sea as an oasis.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem is leading the 46th Capablanca Memorial 2011, together with Navara David from the Czech Republic and Andreikin Dmitry from Russia.

In the West, the life of many retired politicians becomes busier than the time they were on active service. How about Vietnam?

A group of leading marine scientists here Tuesday suggested to create no-take reserves for at least 30 percent of Canadian oceans as well as ensure connectivity among marine protected areas (MPAs) in Canada.

VietNamNet Bridge – After a period of time under control, small ads have developed again, blurring streets in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will continue to prioritise the prevention of non-infectious diseases during 2011-15.