VietNamNet Bridge – Ten homosexual, bisexual and asexual couples in Hanoi appeared at shopping malls in wedding dresses to call for support for same-sex marriage in Vietnam on May 19.

Three mechanics were fixing a freight elevator on the 18th floor of an apartment building in Dai Thanh new residential area in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi. Suddenly the elevator dropped, killing all mechanics on the site.

Hanoi’s authorities have requested relevant branches to take urgent actions to eliminate pickpockets, vendors. The promise is the debt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi plans to pilot a test-based recruitment for some high civil servant positions this year under the city's target programme of administrative reform until 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being the insomniac I am, I woke at 3am at what most would say is a crazy hour to have your eyes open, but I wanted to see a part of the city that doesn't adhere to a conventional working day.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 52 Asian cities that are most expensive for foreign visitors, HCM City ranks 43rd and Hanoi 38th.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities and experts have held four meetings to discuss ways to restore the One-pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot) but they have yet to reach a final decision.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is 40 degree Celsius at noon and Ha Noi's streets are nearly completely empty. A few people, mainly vendors and motorbike taxi drivers, linger under the rare spots of shade, hoping for custom.

Friends of Vietnam Heritage-a non-formal group of foreign residents living in Hanoi who work voluntarily to promote and preserve Vietnamese cultural and historical heritage-will host a city walk for people to discover Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Television and Tokyo Broadcasting System will jointly shoot a film in June and July this year as a gift to Vietnamese and Japanese audience on the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoa Sen Group has spent VND31.7 billion bringing Nick Vujicic, an Australian motivational speaker born with neither arms nor legs, to Vietnam for meetings in Hanoi and HCM City.

A lot of foreign travelers complained they had their wallets and identification papers stolen when taking a stroll in the ancient streets of Hanoi.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents of small children in the city are worried about the possible misuse of vaccines in Ha Noi after a local health worker was found to retain part of a vaccine shot while injecting a child.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 European Food Festival will kick off at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on May 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four one-year-olds lie on the bed, scrambling for toys. Seeing a stranger come into the dark, dank room, they sit up and stretch out their hands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Summer may be the best season to visit Thay Pagoda in Ha Noi. It's the time to admire the flamboyantly red flowers on the large gao trees in front of the 900-year-old building brighten up the blue sky.

MOL to turn heads; Southern ports struggle in internecine battle; Gas-fired power plants to run on oil; Petrol prices expected to fall for fourth straight time; Mobile phone exports bring in largest turnover

Vietnamese real estate developers now keep curious about what the German real estate tycoon Thomas Kramer looks for in Vietnam and where he would put his money into.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefevre will perform at HCM City Opera House on May 13 and the Ha Noi Opera House on May 15.