“There are no regulations to canvas through the Internet, but I personally think that it is possible to make online electoral campaigns,” said Secretary General of the Election Council Pham Minh Tuyen.

Goodluck Jonathan from the ruling People' s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Nigerian presidential election, announced the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence on Sunday that the U.S. Congress will raise the nation's borrowing cap.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that Britain and Ireland will continue to work "extremely closely" on shared economic and security issues.

Two suicide bombers on Monday detonated their explosives-loaded cars at the entrance of the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, leaving at least five killed and 20 wounded, an official source said.

The first international Muay Thai Tournament took place in the central city of Phan Rang in Ninh Thuan Province, on the evening of April 16. Vietnam’s Duy Nhat and Ngoc Linh were the champions of the men’s and women’s 57kg categories.

VietNamNet Newspaper will bring “Be Strong Japan”, a music show to raise fund for Japan, to HCM City this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - The second winner of the first season of Vietnam’s Next Top Model in 2010 Tuyet Lan entered the top 15 models of the Asian Model Search in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investor pessimism over the impact of high inflation on the nation's economy continued to depress share values and trading volumes on both of the nation's stock exchanges last week.

The concentration of radioactive isotopes in the air in many provinces in Vietnam has reduced sharply, reported the Ministry of Science and Technology on April 17.  

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By 2020, motorbikes will make up 30-35 percent of the total vehicles of big cities in Vietnam. However, this means of transport will be gradually restricted to reduce accidents, traffic jams and air pollution, said the Ministry of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Customs (GDC) is planning to put the enterprises, which do the outsourcing for foreign businessmen, under a stricter control in an effort to prevent tax evasion.

The information that basic wage will increase by VND100,000 ($5) a month as of May 1 2011 doesn’t please government employees, but it makes them worried because goods prices will also rise.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Youth Union on April 17 organized the first “Faith and Light” Festival to honor ten outstanding blind people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the market was bustling in 2010 with many new products appearing, which caught some attention from consumers, there was nothing especially excellent in the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Communal-level authorities in Ha Noi's rural areas say they are struggling to draft their socio-economic development plans due to an overload of work and shortage of funding sources.

Le Thu, who was honored as the outstanding Asian guitarist at the International Guitar Competition 2010 in India, will participate in the fifth North-South Guitar Exchange show on April 22 in Hanoi.

Around 20 students from universities in Southeast Asian countries will come to Vietnam to join students of the HCM City Banking University, in a project to assist farmers in the Binh Phuoc province.  

Trai Thien, the air cargo carrier and shipping service provider, has not paid salaries to its staff for the last five months. No ship can weigh anchor and steam off to the high seas, and no aircraft can take off at this moment.