Le Thu – the female guitarist who won many international awards and is now teaching guitar in India will have a joint show with Tuan Khang and Hung Phong at the French Cultural Centre, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on the evening of April 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have set up a pilot scheme to install cameras in underground sewers to detect the dumping of any building or other waste into the drainage system.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Ha Noi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 15,707 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VND79.39 trillion were established in the first quarter of the year,

VietNamNet Bridge – In the bustle of the night market on Hang Dao-Dong Xuan streets at the weekend, singer Le Xuan Quynh loses herself in a xam song (folk song for blind beggars) on a stage by the entrance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has started construction on a VND1 trillion (US$ 49 million) rapid transit route for buses. The 14km route, aimed at improving the urban transport network,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violin virtuoso Maxim Fedetov will lead Russian and Vietnamese musicians in two classical concerts in Ha Noi and HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 1, Hanoi police arrested two men who are accused of “making unlawful arrest,” who forced their debtor to put his face into a feces bucket.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition exploring exotic inner-city gardens by Jamie Maxtone-Graham, an American photographer based in Ha Noi, is currently on display at the Manzi Art Space.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many taxi firms in Ha Noi are expected to raise taxi fares by VND600 -1,000 per kilometre in the next fortnight, responding to the recent petrol price hike,

Hanoi authorities have discovered nearly 90 cases of illegal transportation of chicken and destroyed more than 35 tons of chicken and frozen chicken and 170,000 eggs in the past three months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's education sector is busy building more kindergartens to meet the local people's demand but land is scarce and teachers in short supply.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 More than 200 Vietnamese and international scholars, researchers and entrepreneurs gathered in Ha Noi yesterday to share experiences related to sustainable architecture.

Barely 26 per cent of surveyed people in Ha Noi were satisfied with the attitude of administrative staff, indicating that efforts to cut red tape in the city face huge hurdles.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has announced that it would build an eight-storey trade centre near Hoan Kiem Lake amid concerns about limiting development in the historical centre of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen-year-old Nguyen Trung Hieu stares unblinkingly at the music sheet before him and gently rests his fingers on the piano. Then he takes a breath and begins to play, his hands dancing over the ivory keys.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival will take place at eight city venues from Friday to April 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visit Hang Bac Street this week and you'll be immersed in yellow cloth lanterns, colourful flags and white daisy stands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Discussions about wildlife photography and conservation will be held in Ha Noi and HCM City this weekend with the participation of American photographer Gabby Salazar.