VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem's win in the recent Aeroflot Open got him an invitation to the 39th Sparkassen Chess Meeting scheduled to be held in Dortmund, Germany from July 21 to 31.

VietNamNet Bridge - The recent collapse of a five-storied building in Hanoi has caused panic since a number of other buildings in the capital suffer tilts due to subsidence and show signs of possible collapse.

The information that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has announced a  quota of 250,000 ton for imported of sugar in 2011, including the 50,000 tons to be imported right after April 15, has made sugar refineries worried stiff.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's exports to Japan are increasing significantly, with many major orders expected to be signed in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vast swathes of agricultural land on the banks of the Chu River in Thieu Nguyen Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been illegally dug up by so-called "sand hackers."

The Australian Foreign Minister paid a visit to the HCMC Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled on April 13. He played the game “walking on two fingers” on the arm of a little girl who lost her leg in a traffic accident and carried her in his arms.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Investment has asked Vietnamese investors with projects in other countries to submit reports on their implementation or business performance by April 15.

Participants at a conference on Libya on Wednesday agreed to establish a Temporary Financial Mechanism for the Interim Transitional National Council of Libya opposition and international community to manage revenues to assist finance

In order to persuade Nokia, the mobile phone manufacturer giant, to set up a factory in Bac Ninh province, the provincial authorities have to offer special investment incentives to the group, something that they very rarely do.

VietNamNet Bridge – The appearance of a lot of new kinds of unreasonable fees has made enterprises miserable because the fees have pushed costs high up.

VietNamNet Bridge - eBay's acquisition in Vietnam’s PeaceSoft company has triggered a new trend of similar deals in the future conducted by foreign institutions in local Vietnamese e-commerce companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hellmut Kapfenberger, a German journalist who wrote a book about President Ho Chi Minh, arrived in the country yesterday, April 13, for a two-week visit.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Viet Nam, extra classes are taken for granted – for children already attending school. But now, five-year-olds who have just "graduated" from kindergarten are being taken to pre-school classes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Construction Department has identified 23 flood hot spots in the city.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal at White Hart Lane on Wednesday, leading Real Madrid easily past Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 on aggregate to reach the UEFA Champions League semifinals.

VietNamNet Bridge - Clean and primitive, Mui Ke Ga (Ke Ga Cape) is the most favorite destination for visitors to the central province of Binh Thuan.

With the power supply situation having been improved, the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has requested electricity corporations nationwide not to cut power supply at least from now until the end of the month.

U.S. stocks ended moderately higher on Wednesday after a choppy trading day, with the Dow and the S&P 500 closing flat and the Nasdaq rising 0.61 percent.

Russia on Tuesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight, accomplished on April 12, 1961 by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, with various events held in several cities.

Although the Ministry of Health prohibits doctors from prescribing nutritional additives known as functional foods that have no medicinal attributes, many famous hospitals still flout the ban.

VietNamNet Bridge – Co-operation between the armies of Viet Nam and China played an important role in boosting the comprehensive strategic co-operation partnership of the two countries, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The atomic energy sector, the attitude of the society to atomic energy and Ninh Thuan’s future socio-economic developments are being discussed at a forum in the south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 13.

VN women set for easy draw; Golfers raise millions for students; Lam re-elected as AFF deputy; Seniors to tee off at Twin Doves

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam wished to strengthen and deepen its close partnership with Australia, said President Nguyen Minh Triet when receiving Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd in Ha Noi yesterday, April 13.

Vietnam Airlines present VND800m to Japan; Vietnamese in Ivory Coast remain safe; Two schoolgirls mysteriously disappear; Authorities warn of toxic soy sauce; Thieves stole VND7 billion worth gold in Lam Dong