VietNamNet Bridge – Currently ranked 225th in the world junior rankings, Viet Nam's top tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien has secured a spot at the 36th City of Florence International Tournament in Italy that starts today, April 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – Using black as the major color, well-known fashion designer Duc Hung introduced his latest collection at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Fashion Week on April 14 at Model Club, 6 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wild animals are protected by Vietnam laws, but restaurants near Huong (Perfume) Pagoda - Vietnam’s most famous pagoda, publicly slaughter wild animals.

Female footballer Nguyen Thi Muon from Hanoi Trang An 1 club was Tuesday dismissed from competition after she angrily protested referee by pushing on his back when the game with Steel Thai Nguyen was going on.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about intellectual property rights enforcement.

After choosing final candidates for the upcoming National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council elections, seven provinces have proposed to organize the elections early, while one province wanted to postpone the elections.

Coffee exports likely to top US$2 billion; Ho Chi Minh City requests tax reduction; Dung Quat accelerates production of bio-ethanol; PVN to charge associates for use of trademark; Vietnam, China businesses boost cooperation  

Ronnie O'Sullivan eased into the last 16 at the Snooker World Championships after beating Dominic Dale 10-2 in Sheffield on Tuesday.

Companies that wish to list on a foreign stock exchange will have to issue new shares in that market if the latest draft decree prepared by the State Securities Commission is approved by the Ministry of Finance.

The first show of season two of Vietnam Television’s “Universal Steps”; the version of the world famous “Dancing with the stars” reality show, took place in Hanoi on April 17, with 10 Vietnamese celebrities and their international partners.

The Michael Jackson Estate has settled a case with a Southern California charity over copyright infringement, media outlets reported on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-one scientific and technological inventions and applications of Vietnamese scientists and businesses have been given awards by the Viet Nam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC).

VietNamNet Bridge – The blue-ear disease is making a comeback, adding more burden to farmers who have still been struggling with foot-and-mouth and bird flu diseases.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Zhijun, who headed a Chinese governmental delegation on border negotiations, in Ha Noi yesterday, April 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Vietnamese securities are very cheap, they are not attractive in the eyes of foreign investors, because the investors fear the high inflation rate will make their assets decrease.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hue's Phu Bai International Airport will be closed for a month from May 13 to allow repairs to be carried out on its only runway.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC) opened in Ha Noi yesterday, April 19.

Golf Club tour to tee off; Martial artists win 11 golds; Vinatex sponsors football tourney; Hoa triumphs in 125cc race

Communists banned from having 5 children; Lao Cai cancels 39 hydroelectric projects; Hanoi hospital did 4 simultaneous transplants; Vietnam carries out free eye surgeries in Laos 

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifteen artists who also teach at the HCM City Fine Arts College and the Ha Noi Pedagogy University are displaying their works at an exhibition in HCM City.

While the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) has not made any decisions about what it will do with two mobile networks MobiFone and VinaPhone, many investors have sent words, intimating that they want to buy MobiFone.

VietNamNet Bridge – Low-income houses, in theory, are built for low-income people, but in practice, these homes do not necessarily go to the intended residents.

Statistics Canada announced Tuesday that Canada's inflation rate rose to 3.3 percent in March, the highest since September 2008.

At least 17 people have been killed in different parts of northwest Nigeria's Gombe state after the presidential election, medical doctors said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for "shared responsibility" of the nation to reduce the budget deficits, and touted the importance of the White House debt reduction plan for the prosperity of the country.