VietNamNet Bridge – Judges have chosen 49 out of 143 performances of the stage round for the semi-final round of the Vietnam’s Got Talent, the first season.

Petrol importers slash retail commissions; Ethanol petrol sales stop rumour rejected; Quang Ninh attracts FDI in clean technology; Coal industry seeks $15b for development by 2020; Prospects for Vietnam’s agriculture in 2012  

With the confidence of satisfactory business results in 2011, many foreign credit institutions in Vietnam have proposed that the State Bank of Vietnam to loosen the credit growth policy for them.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the seventh Dao Xuan (Spring Arrival) performance on February 24 in Hanoi, visual artist Dao Anh Khanh used five artists, who appeared on the stage with patterns painted on their bodies.

Recognized as a World Natural Reserve, the Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Area in Can Gio District is a popular destination for tourists to discover water life, biodiversity and local culture.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 15-year-old glass-bone patient named Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh surprized the audience of the Vietnam’s Got talent show in an episode broadcast on February 26 with her professional and cute singing.

It is time to ponder upon something that is neither politically sensitive nor excessively private, but depressingly touchy nonetheless – funerals.

Ten people were killed and a dozen others injured Monday morning when a suicide car bomb went off near the gate of an airport in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, police said.

After BIDV, Vietinbank has raised its voice, stating that it is ready to join the bank restructuring process.

HCM City to host 2012 cherry blossom festival; Vietnamese painter shows off new imaginative style; Vietnamese beauty shines in France; Goethe Institute spotlights short films; “Buoc nhay hoan vu” season 3 reveals judges  

"The Artist" won in 5 categories of the 84th Annual Academy Awards Sunday night including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being hospitalized to the HCM City Hospital of Tropical Diseases on February 24 in high fever and respiratory failure, Truong Phu Son, 22, is diagnosed of catching type A/H5N1 influenza.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artisan Pham Tien has been displaying his best stone sculptures on the Han River bank since last month as the central city of Da Nang promotes its Fourth International Fireworks Competition on April 29-30.

VietNamNet Bridge – 15-year-old contestant Le Nguyen Quynh Anh has sent a letter to the National Assembly, accusing the organizing board of the Vietnam’s Got Talent of arranging the show, which made her suffer from “spiritual violence.”

VietNamNet Bridge – Lee Kirby, a British, and two Americans, Kyo York and Richard Fuller, will join a show to commemorate the 73rd birthday of late songwriter Trinh Cong Son.

David O’Sullivan, Director General of the European Commission’s External Relations, will make a working visit to Vietnam from February 28 to March 2. VietNamNet had an interview with Sullivan before his trip to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Emerging singer-composer Le Cat Trong Ly leads the pack in the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards according to the Vietnam News Agency's The Thao va Van Hoa (Culture&Sport) daily.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based Viet Nam Televison (VTV) and HCM City Television (HTV) officials have promised to improve the quality of their dramatic and comedic series, including paying film studios for their production activities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a US$123 million project on sustainable management of protective forests.

VietNamNet Bridge – Strugglers Navibank Sai Gon scored their first win at home this season when they beat Thanh Hoa 2-0 in the seventh round of the Eximbank V-League 2012 on Saturday.