VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Thi Vy and Luu Thi Duyen will compete at the Asian boxing Olympic qualifiers from April 4-13 in Kazakhstan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Taekwondo referee Vu Xuan Thanh has been invited to officiate at the 2012 London Olympics this summer.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said the management board of Hoa Lac High-Tech Park should focus on adjusting the park's timetable to speed up the investment and construction process.

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Syria came under fresh pressure on Monday from states seeking UN action against its crackdown on protesters, as a new Arab-backed draft resolution surfaced amid a heated debate at the General Assembly.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent an urgent message asking four northern provinces to finish land clearance and residential resettlement for the Ha Noi-Hai Phong Highway project by the end of next month.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau People's Committee has agreed in principle to withdraw Good Choice USA-Viet Nam Co's US$1.3 billion investment licence for a tourism project in the southern coastal city.

In the aftermath of riots across central Athens early Monday during a crucial parliamentary vote on an austerity rescue deal, authorities started healing the wounds caused in buildings and the political landscape.

Vietnam has proposed 15 sporting events for the fifth Asian Beach Games, to be hosted by the country in June 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – A garden in Long An Province that was rumored 7 years ago to have an ability to treat various diseases, has been crowded again recently, with hundreds of people coming everyday, authorities reported.

Lanta-Viet, a subsidiary of Russia’s Lanta Tour, has paid its VND10 billion debt to 17 resorts at Mui Ne town in southern Binh Thuan province, 

VietNamNet Bridge – A concert entitled Thuong (Compassion) will take place at the Ha Noi Opera House tonight to raise funds for Vietnamese children with cancer.

A Greek Television station will continue to work with the Vietnamese embassy in Athens to promote Vietnam’s image through diplomatic, business and cultural events organised by the embassy.

Binh Thuan Commune in central Quang Ngai Province's Binh Son District has seen large numbers of dead fish surfacing over the past four days, according to Nguyen Quang Huy, Chairman of Commune's People's Committee on Sunday.

Workers in some state owned enterprises (SOEs) can get very high monthly salaries, even though their enterprises take loss. Meanwhile, the salaries of laborers of other SOEs are so low that they cannot live on the salaries.

VietNamNet Bridge – French pianist Michael Bourdoncle will perform for two nights with the Viet Nam Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Ha Noi Opera House this week.

The 5th Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting began Monday morning in Bangkok.

VietNamNet Bridge – The administrative and political centre of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is set to be relocated from Vung Tau City to Ba Ria Township by the end of April.

Hai Phong has suspended from position Vinh Quang Commune’s Party chief and People’s Committee chairman who were involved in a land revoking case in the commune that drove farmers to shoot at six policemen and soldiers early January.

Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue have started to build two conservation stations in forests inhabited by the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), one of the world's rarest mammals, in A Luoi District.