VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi’s March consumer price index (CPI) increased by 2.41 percent over last month and 13.56 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of people have come to the Bong Mieu gold mine in the central province of Quang Nam to illegally seek gold. On March 14, one died and one was seriously wounded owing to the collapse of a trench.

U.S. President Barack Obama, currently on a Latin America tour, said Saturday that he wants to open more markets around the world to promote business and create jobs for Americans.

Lowering charges to attract more clients is not the way telecom service providers are operating this year. Instead, mobile network operators have launched a lot of new service packages that target specific groups of clients.

The National Police Agency said Sunday that the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 8,133 people dead in Japan by 12:00 local time (0300 GMT).

Banknetvn, KFTC to boost cross-border transactions; Kohler opens biggest showroom in Vietnam; Ministry: CPI to increase two per cent in March; Cashew sector aims to earn $1.4b in exports  

The United States Saturday launched the first Tomahawk missile attacks against the Libyan air defense from warships deployed in the Mediterranean, the Pentagon said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan will hold a dialogue with 90 young intellectuals at the Government Office on March 23. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Women only knew that their husbands had infected them when they were pregnant.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese national women’s football team pounded Hong Kong 4-0 on Friday in Taiwan in the group A opening match of the 2012 London Olympics Asian qualifiers.

HCM City-based Grandmaster and world number 44 Le Quang Liem will play for the first time for Germany's Werder Bremen chess club in the country's chess Bundesliga. Viet Nam News spoke with him prior to this trip.

VietNamNet Bridge - The second Universe Dancing Contest for Artists in Ho Chi Minh City will be held on April 17 with participation of ten contestants. 

The Party Politburo has made public its expectations on the country’s socio-economic performance in 2011, identifying containing inflation, stabilising the macroeconomy, and ensuring social welfare as top priorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Mountain Shadow,” the first part of the “Ten years after Trinh Cong Son” series of music shows took place at the HCM City Opera House on March 18.

After more than 10 days investigating, police have arrested four young men for allegedly slashing beautiful female students on their thighs or buttocks using a razor or a small knife in Tay Ninh province’s Tay Ninh town in the south.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17 saved two elderly men and an old woman, all over 70 years old, from a 41-year-old man who allegedly forced them into begging everyday in Go Vap district and pocketed all the alms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese people have been rushing to cross the border to Vietnam to collect iodine salt, because they heard that it could protect people from radioactive infection.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Seven Vietnamese kickboxers made the finals of the World Amateur Muay Thai Championships in Ayutthaya, Thailand, but they only managed to bring home two gold and two bronze medals.

VietNamNet Bridge – The catastrophe in Japan doesn’t affect the nuclear power projects in Ninh Thuan but it gives Vietnam food for thought on how to manage and select nuclear technologies, say experts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the big difficulties in the economic downturn, life insurance companies still had a prosperous year 2010.

Software companies have called on schools to strongly reform the training of foreign languages for IT sector. They believe that it is necessary to compel the schools, which provide the labor force for the software industry, to teach in English.

Luxuries like fine cosmetics, high-end cell phones, super cars and others now flood Ho Chi Minh City market amidst concerns over rising prices and government measures to reduce Vietnam’s trade deficit.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors in Vietnam have pointed out that underground fees are the biggest problem for them when doing business in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year has the highest number of track-and-field athletes participating in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), aiming to win 8-10 gold medals.