VietNamNet Bridge - Travel firms are calling for the HCMC tourism authority to spend more time and money to develop highly potential river tours after the first river tour service was launched in late January.

Tourists get to know more about Vietnamese people’s life; 20 countries to join Mui Ne Int’l Boat Racing Festival 2011; Truong Luy becomes national heritage; Vietnam, Laos students showcase photo exhibition

Priorities given to curbing inflation; NA Vice Chairman inspects election preparations; Son La to plant 50 border markers with Laos; Ex US lawmakers make dioxin tour in Da Nang  

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training announced a draft decree stipulating the criteria to move universities and colleges to the outskirts of big cities at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

Leaders of the 17-nation euro zone have agreed on a "Pact for the Euro" aimed at enhancing competitiveness and sustainability as well as the expansion of its bailout fund.

VietNamNet Bridge - A statue suspected of being made from pure gold worth US$3.7 million could be made of copper only.

Russia's geostationary military communication satellite Raduga-1 has likely lost communications with the flight control center, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national pencak silat team is about to group up to prepare for the Southeast Asian Games and other international competitions but athletes don’t want to join the team.

The selection of new head coach for the Vietnamese national football team is on its right track and his name will be publicly announced by the end of this month, said the national coaches’ council chairman Nguyen Sy Hien on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen contestants of the ASEAN Charming TV pageant showed their charm in the traditional Vietnamese ao dai on March 9 at the HTV Theatre, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – While collecting scrap irons from the Huong (Perfume) River in the central city of Hue on March 9, two fishermen found separate parts ancient dug-out canoes in the river-bed.

VietNamNet Bridge - A former lawyer accused of spreading anti-government documents is to stand a first-instance trial in Hanoi on March 24 and is facing a maximum imprisonment term of 12 years.

A Mui Ne surfing school owner plans to ride hundreds of kilometers down the Mekong River on a stand-up paddle board to raise awareness about plastic bag pollution in Asia’s waterways and oceans.

In a recent talk with a couple of media outlets during his trip to HCM City, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the Government will develop more software parks in the next 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a big flood last November, some calabash trees have grown up in Mr. Ba Le’s garden in Phuoc Thuan commune, Ninh Thuan province. A tree has yielded two huge calabashes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Yen Bai province Natural Resources and Environment Department has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

Vietnam to cut sugar tax to 15 pct; Cargo carrier to connect Hanoi, Amsterdam; Binh Thuan to pull the plug on delayed resorts; Mekong Capital invests in chemical distributor; Several ODA projects behind schedule     

VietNamNet Bridge - Truong Dinh Anh was recently appointed as new general director of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT). He talks about his new plans in the new role.

Right after Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong stated in late February that Vietnam may not have to apply rotating electricity cuts in the dry season, the Electricity of Vietnam began cutting electricity in early March.

VietNamNet Bridge – Contrary to all predictions that cars would sell more slowly due to higher sale prices caused by the dong devaluation, and the high inflation rate, cars still have been selling very well.

It is undeniable that the iPad is now the “king” of tablet products. In Vietnam, the cooperation between super products with 3G services has created a new attractive game for “hi-tech players”.

More trees for urban areas; Conference debates promoting Buddhism; VN to build first tsunami warning stations; Chinese man arrested for drug trafficking; Vietnamese honoured as Global Young Leaders

At least 630 people were killed after Friday's great earthquake and ensuing huge tsunami hit northeast Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday.

Vietnam will start to grow genetically modified corn, which will be the first ever biotech product grown in the country if experimental cultivation yields positive results in 2011, says the Director of the Science and Technology Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – It was multifunctional cheap products which created the bustle in the mobile phone market in 2010.