VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Volleyball Federation (VFV) has worked out a roadmap to reduce the number of foreign players in the volleyball season this year, and to completely ban foreign athletes next year. However, this plan is not backed.

Vietnam has natural conditions to attract yachts and cruise ships but authorities should make concerted efforts to allow this kind of luxury tourism to thrive, said Singaporean experts in a report on sea tourism prospects.

Chinese businessmen have brought their goods closer to Vietnamese consumers by setting up warehouses to distribute goods in HCM City. Experts have warned that a new wave of Chinese goods flocking to Vietnam would be seen in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – They are an overseas Vietnamese couple – Prof. Le Kim Ngoc and Prof. Tran Thanh Van – who have devoted themselves to science and to their home country – Vietnam.

Concert with Trio Smooth; Screening of “Little Nicolas”; African Reggae Music with Naby; Concert and Classical Ballet “Swan Lake”; Music Night with The Zudrangma; Hue – Lacquer Painting Exhibition; Schedule of Festival of Ideas and Writing in April

Bibica leader reassures shareholders; Agri-firms bemoan hardship; High insurance coverage for luxury outbound tour buyers; Bigger wave of investment from Japan; US to impose countervailing duty on Vietnam’s steel pipe   

Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival 2012: 28 Mar – 14 Apr 2012

Google is planning an online store to sell tablet computers directly to consumers, U.S. media reported on Thursday.

Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka officially ordered the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to intercept a Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) rocket launch if necessary on Friday.

Hung Vuong Volleyball Cup kicks off in Phu Tho; Hung sets sights on three points; Nearly 300 shuttlers join Vietnam International Challenge 2012; Phan Thiet tourney set to challenge players  

American singer Mary McBride hits city; Little cultural ambassador; Street music performance; Sound Stuff Festival opens in Hanoi; Bleachers built for 32,000 spectators to view fireworks; HCMC to hold Tourism Festival next month

Party man to be sacked for gambling; Nearly 18,000 ecstasy pills seized in Quang Binh; Binh Phuoc builds bridge linking with Cambodia’s Mondulkiri; Chicken in Hanoi lays tiny eggs; Hand-foot-mouth affects 18,0000

Ambassador to the US engages in TPP dialogue; Vietnam attends 8th ASEAN People’s Forum; President appoints new diplomatic heads; EU pledges to continue all types of assistance; Forum discusses int’l convention on human rights  

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 29 issued a joint press release following Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to the RoK and his participation in the second Nuclear Security Summit.

Vietnam and India have signed nine memoranda of understanding on cooperation in the application of biotechnology in agriculture, nanotechnology and ICT research and India studies and Vietnam studies.

A doyen of cai luong (reformed opera), 64-year-old Le Thuy is now focused on winning audiences back to the stage and having them enjoy the traditional art form.

All five Vietnamese members at the training course for new FIFA-certified referees provided by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Bangkok between March 26 and 30 have failed to pass the physical strength test.

A cartoon symbolising the extinction of the rhino won top prize at the third The Thao&Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) newspaper's press caricature competition which this year focused on the environment.

A two-city tour of Viet Nam by American Mary McBride and her band will provide residents of HCM City and Hue with a rare opportunity to enjoy country music.

Vietnamese workers owed back-pay by the Malaysian company Asmana would receive a minimum salary for February and overtime pay for January, according to a VietNam News Agency correspondent in Malaysia.