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.

Japan's exports fell for the first time in 16 months in March, as the hugely negative impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on Japan's key export sector is becoming increasingly quantifiable,

A painting featuring peach blossoms made by 500 Vietnamese children, a gem-stone painting with signatures of international beauties and ao dai donated by Vietnamese beauty queens will be auctioned at VietNamNet’s show in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Hanoi’s Chairman Nguyen The Thao has instructed government agencies based in the capital city and local people to save electricity in the dry season, many advertising boards are still bright at night.

Viet Nam vows co-operation with regional political parties; Groups urge Libya ceasefire; Embassy acts in Burkina Faso crisis; Prime Minister receives new ambassador from Qatar

Doctors from HCM City's Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have saved a two-month-old boy from a rare form of pleurisy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Council, which completes its seven-year term, held its last session yesterday with members hailing it for strengthening the democratic process in the city.

A plane carrying U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama had to abort landing after coming dangerously close to a military cargo plane at Andrews Air Force Base, local media quoted federal officials as saying.

Cuban President Raul Castro on Tuesday was elected chief of the ruling Cuban Communist Party (CCP).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) on April 19 didn’t release any decision on the Laos controversial Xayaburi dam. More consultation at ministerial levels are needed, according to an MRC announcement.

On April 19, VietNamNet Newspaper and the Hanoi Young Artists’ Association gave to the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi, more than VND680 million ($34,000) in donations for victims of quakes and tsunamis in Japan.

Apple Inc. has sued Samsung Electronics Co. over patent infringement in a latest suit, U.S. media reported Monday.

Vietnamese movie stars to attend 64th Cannes Film Festival; ‘Bi don’t afraid’ wins top prize at US film festival; Vietnam to choose hip-hoppers for Korea contest; Ao dai creations by Vietnamese designers to be showcased in France    

VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition displays 35 artworks in diversified materials like oil, lacquer, water wall, etc. inspiring from spring, a common topic of artists, by Do Hien and Le Thi Hoan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is rushing to complete the compilation of the draft circular on the safety ratios for banking operation, which will set limitations on a bank’s investments in other banks.

Fidel Castro confirmed in an article published Tuesday that he would no longer be part of the top leadership of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC).

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday that he was "totally hostile" to the idea of deploying ground force to Libya, stressing it's the responsibility of the rebels to guide the NATO bombards against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

A festival was held in An Vinh village, in the Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province on April 18, to pay homage to the Hoang Sa flotilla; who guarded Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Paracel and Spratly) islands for hundreds of years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Wildlife At Risk (WAR), on April 19, announced that Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new dragonfly species in Vietnam.