Playback Theatre; A Spring Romantic Night – Opera and Ballet; Rock ‘n’ Roll at Hanoi Rock City; Film Screening “Humanity”; Duo d’Accord in Hanoi and HCMC; Ludovico Einaudi in Concert; Film week to screen world’s disaster movies

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists worried that the controversial Xayabury hydro-power project in Laos will make harmful impacts on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Intel Corporation has announced the implementation of a Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program through 2014 to improve higher technological development in Vietnam.  

U.S. stocks slipped sharply on Monday as Standard & Poor's lowered U.S. credit outlook from " stable" to "negative," with all three major indexes losing over 1 percent.

Vietnam and Belgium will launch a joint website dedicated to education to help further strengthen the ties between the two countries and promote the former’s academic environment, Belgian ambassador to Vietnam, Hubert Cooreman, said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – A few people know that there is a “heaven” for frogs in Hanoi, where hundreds of amphibians of nearly 20 species are growing. That place is the amphibian research center in Co Nhue commune, Tu Liem district.

VietNamNet Bridge - The local Department of Planning and Investment has proposed the government revoke an investment license for an Australia-invested project to produce sailboats in Vung Tau tourism city.

The EU will announce a pledge of 110 million euros (about 154 million U.S. dollars) to improve safety work at the Chernobyl site, said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises feel happy with the energy saving solutions, since the solutions have helped each of them save hundreds of millions of dong; much more money than they previously thought.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the great efforts by the central bank to make the dollar less attractive in the eyes of people, people still keep dollars out of habit.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of doctoral theses have escaped the defending council’s eyes, even though they are copied works.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teenager Nguyen Hoang Thien will be competing at the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s 36th City of Florence International tournament from tomorrow, April 20, his agent confirmed yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Basketball Federation has submitted plans to send the men's and women's teams to the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia for approval to the National Sports Administration.

The 95th annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday in New York's Columbia University with Los Angeles Times receiving the coveted public service Pulitzer.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese Genki Festival took place at Hanoi’s Giang Vo Exhibition Center on April 16-17, attracting thousands of people. This was also an event to raise fund for Japan.

Former director of finance leasing company arrested; Child badly hurt after being flung by drunk father; Fire burns two women to death in HCMC; Sewing factory suspended for child labor  

The legendary turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem lake is now healthy and it can return to the natural environment. However, Hoan Kiem lake is still polluted.  

U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made over 1.73 million dollars last year, and paid 453,770 dollars in federal tax, the White House said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three bus passengers were killed and 18 injured, four critically, in a head-on collision in central Ha Tinh Province early yesterday morning, April 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Would-be female candidates for the upcoming National Assembly and People's Council elections gathered in Ha Noi yesterday, April 18, to learn the necessary skills.