VietNamNet Bridge - The northern mountain region is facing a harsh cold spell and has had heavy snowfall in recent days. 

Mud eruptions occurring in Suoi Da hamlet, Loi Hai commune, Thuan Bac district in the central province of Ninh Thuan during the past two months have stirred public anxiety about a potential earthquake there amid Japan’s devastating tremors.

U.S. stocks rebounded on positive economic reports on Thursday, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq erased most of gains in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the State Bank of Vietnam, in an effort to stabilize the gold market, reassured people that bullion gold remains a legal investment channel, people have rushed back to gold shops to purchase bar gold.

The people’s right to own and trade in gold is protected by the government but gold bullion can only be traded by government-appointed dealers, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said at a meeting on March 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities say they are determined to wipe out a total 550 deformed and super-slim houses in the city this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will entertain the city this weekend with a chamber music and ballet performance by young and veteran Vietnamese and South Korean talents.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government and people hold great admiration for Japan's response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung when visiting Japanese embassy

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, a Hollywood 3D cartoon is dubbed in Vietnamese under a project of MegaStar and the 20th Century Fox.

The streets of Cu Chi, one of the poorest districts in HCM City, are some of the best lit in the city since residents contributed US$760,000 following the United Nations Development Programme's Viet Nam Energy Efficient Public Lighting project.

VietNamNet Bridge – Poor infrastructure and service and a lack of co-ordination between the railway and tourism sectors are making train travel less attractive to tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Architects from the ATEK Group have taken out one of two first prizes under the National Architecture Award 2010 for their design of the Ha Noi-Amsterdam High School.

VietNamNet Bridge – The world famous FA Cup will go on display in Ha Noi and HCM City from March 25-31, following an agreement signed on January 29 by the Football Association of England and the Viet Nam Football Federation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue named 68 new roads in Hue city on March 17. A street along the Huong (Perfume) River is named after the late songwriter Trinh Cong Son.

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VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 new psychology graduates are required in HCM City each year, mostly as counsellors, but the number of students opting for the stream is very low.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mong Tuyen, a veteran cai luong (reformed theatre) actress and an overseas Vietnamese living in France, will perform in Can Tho city next Friday to mark her 40 years on stage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands have braved the rain and came to the historic town of Hoi An to enjoy the opening of the first Viet Nam International Choir Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Popular pop stars and music bands will perform at the HCM City Television Theatre next week to mark the 35th anniversary of the HCM City Young Volunteer Brigade.

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U.S. crude oil price rebounded sharply on Thursday as supply concerns and higher demand expectation lifted the market.

Around 10,000 people who have visited health facilities and evacuation stations in Fukushima prefecture were tested for radiation exposure, local media reported Thursday, citing prefectural officials.

While Japan reels from the double whammy of a major tsunami and an earthquake that set off a nuclear reactor crisis, it is unlikely to derail the global economic recovery.

The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and called for "all necessary measures," excluding troops on the ground, to protect civilians under threat of attack in the North African country.

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