Drum ‘n’ bass at Hanoi Rock City; Choral music and tango in HCM City; 15th Hennessy concert in Hanoi; Future shorts at Hanoi Sound Stuff 

The Viet Nam Television singing contest, Morning Star, began on Sunday. Organised bi-annually, the first round will run until June 30 to select the best contestants to go forward to the north, centre and south regional rounds in July.

VietNamNet Bridge - A low-salary, high-pressure environment is driving many workers at scores of Vietnam-based foreign-invested enterprises to strike or change jobs.

The President of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), owner of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan, apologized for a nuclear emergency at the facility which is leaking radioactive substances,

Gide Loyrette Nouel advises IFC on its $307 million investment in VietinBank; Enterprises told to ‘manage costs like you manage quality’;  Vietnam has potential to grow rapidly: British official; Hiep Phuoc wants to hand over power grid to EVN

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT), the owner of the two most powerful mobile networks, VinaPhone and MobiFone, will have to equitize one of the two networks, or merge the two networks into one, due to the new regulations.

The U.S. Congress on Tuesday revealed the 2011 spending bill, specifying where lawmakers will cut billions of dollars from the federal budget.

Oil markets will continue to tighten over the next two years given expected robust growth in world oil demand and slow growth in supply from non-OPEC countries, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – How to make profits once the credit growth rate is curbed at 20 percent has become a headache for all banks. Expanding the scale of business through subsidiaries is one of the solutions.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he and President Dmitry Medvedev may both run in the 2012 presidential election.

Carnegie Hall in New York City threw a gala concert Tuesday night featuring James Taylor and other renowned musicians to mark its 120th anniversary.

Brazil replaced Germany in the third place in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Wednesday, while World Cup winner Spain continues to lead the rankings ahead of the Netherlands.

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Nghia Linh Mountain in the midland province of Phu Tho to light incense sticks and pay homage to Vietnamese ancestors during the Hung Kings’ death anniversary on April 12.

Vietnamese experts train Lao Vovinam team; Vietnam takes part in World and Asian Billiard Champs 2011; Vietnam’s national volleyball teams get foreign coaches; Hai Duong wins rowing clubs national championship

VietNamNet Bridge – The council for treatment of Hoan Kiem turtle has decided to move the legendary turtle from the treatment tank to the “sanatorium”.

VietNamNet Bridge - One of the leading French pianists, Roger Muraro, will perform in Hanoi and HCM City on April 23 and 26 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The need for labor of HCM City’s enterprises in the second quarter of 2011 grew  by 7-10 percent over the first quarter, totaling 87,000, including around 10,000 at industrial zones.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has officially become a competitive aviation market after more licensed airlines have taken off and declared competition with the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines.

VietNamNet Bridge – While all trade moves by foreign securities investors have been regularly updated, the transactions of domestic investment funds have just been reported sporadically.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a member of the African Union (AU) panel on Libya, said here Tuesday that the African Union (AU) was determined to reach a cease-fire in Libya to "preserve the interests of the Libyan people."