An additional five airlines have registered to launch or resume flights to Vietnam between now and the end of this year.

Petrol price rises 900 dong a liter; Garment makers review strategies; Former Hoa Sen Group CEO sues company for slander; Loss-ridden coffee firm eyes brand sale to Chinese company; Petroleum wholesalers seek approval for price hike 

Inspired by traditional markets, spiritual and material exchange places of Vietnamese, a kermis was the focus at the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Festival, which was held at the Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 paintings on various materials depicting the beauty of women and flowers are on display at the Vietnam Women's Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being grumbled by his wife for buying an expensive ornamental bird, a man in the northern province of Yen Bai cut off his hand and put it in a pot to boil.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Doll” Ngan Thuong was informed of winning a ticket to the Olympics 2012 in London last night, April 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Red tide has appeared recently in Cat Ba of the northern port city of Hai Phong, creating an interesting natural phenomenon.

2.2 tons of rotten beef and buffalo meat was put in a hole for burning. However, observers left when the flame did not catch the meat yet. Some men picked up these sacks to put onto a truck and carried them to a pig puddings processing enterprise.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the ambassador of a charity program, the first runner-up of Miss Vietnam Ethnic 2010 Truong Thi May went to the US to raise fund for five charity projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – The economic restructuring plan was put forward for discussion at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s session for the first time on April 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 40km of separation lanes are being installed on key roads, where traffic accidents usually occur, in HCM City, at the cost of VND50 billion (over $2.2 million).

VietNamNet Bridge – Unable to sell products, used car dealers have been pushed against the wall.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will work closely with Japan to bring bilateral cooperation relations to new heights, for mutual benefit and for peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's tennis hopeful, Nguyen Hoang Thien, 17, was the only Vietnamese player left in the third round of the F3 Men's Futures tennis tournament, the third and last tournament

Doctors in Chile warned on Thursday that the death of 36 patients in the country's hospitals since July 2011 might be attributed to a "deadly bacterial spread" despite the authorities' denying.

Trang An tourism in the spotlight; Sofitel Plaza Ha Noi re-opens; HCM City travel firms roll out discounts; Ha Long to curb number of boats; Charity caravan tour of Laos

An official inauguration of training for thousands of volunteers qualified by UEFA to assist the organisation of Polish-Ukrainian Euro 2012 football tournament will take place this Saturday.

Minh craps out in third round; Indoor golf tournament begins; Phuoc to train in China; Hoa finishes third in Thai chess tourney

Quang Binh seizes 370kg of explosives; Vietnamese handicrafts join charity fair in Japan; Ha Noi moves to curb illegal mobile adverts; Driver takes back rotten meat during incineration

VietNamNet Bridge – Communities, despite playing a vital role in climate change adaptation, did not have their own voice in major dialogues, prompting a change in the way we should communicate about climate change.