VietNamNet Bridge – It is now the high rice harvesting season in Mekong Delta. However, farmers cannot sell rice, while the price has been decreasing due to low exports. Enterprises have called for government’s intervention to stabilize the market.

Ha Van Hien, Chair of the National Assembly’s Economics Committee said the National Assembly does not intend to adjust the CPI target of 7 percent set earlier for 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - A preliminary list of 183 candidates for the 13th National Assembly, recommended by centrally run agencies, organisations and units, has been endorsed.

The former coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Henrique Calisto returned to Hanoi on March 21 and paid the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) US$44,000 as compensation for his premature termination of the contract due in 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – Earth Hour 2011 has been taking place from March 19 until 26 in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province. The major event will be held on the evening of March 26.

Vietnamese students,who plan to go to Japan to attend training courses under the scholarships, will still be able to leave for Japan in late March and early April 2011 as previously planned.

The higher dollar price plus the electricity and petrol price increases have made information technology (IT) firms, especially small and medium companies, worried stiff.

The average rate of urban residents who have tap water is around 70 percent in Vietnam, according to a workshop on March 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year's HCM City Tourism Day 2011 will highlight special aspects of five popular destinations – HCM City, Da Lat, Binh Thuan, Phu Quoc and Hai Phong, organisers of the annual event said yesterday, Mach 22.

The Dung Quat Oil Refinery No 1 will halt its operation for two weeks, starting from March 23, as previously planned to have equipments verified. However, petrol distributors have affirmed that the petrol supply will not be interrupted.

Underground water is degrading in quality, which is a big problem for nearly all water utilization projects.

By now, three out of four members of world-renowned Backstreet Boys - A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter – have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to make elaborate preparations for their coming tour “This is us” there.  

Vietnamese painter Dino Hien (Nguyen Dinh Hien) on March 18 opened his solo exhibition entitled “Human trees” at Singapore’s famous gallery GJ Asian Art.

Power has been reconnected to all the six reactors at Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the lighting in the control room for the No. 3 reactor was restored on Tuesday, making it possible for more intensive work

VietNamNet Bridge – Health experts have called for greater political and financial support to improve the medical system and strengthen community awareness activities to prevent tuberculosis in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – State policies to encourage overseas Vietnamese students to return to the country after graduation and the status of Vietnamese students in Japan received a great deal of concern during an online meeting yesterday

Lord Mayor of London aims to boost relationship with Ha Noi; Capital city urged to reach growth targets; Images of General Vo Nguyen Giap on display; Spratly Archipelago liberation celebrated

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam would exert all efforts to boost its friendship and multifaceted relations with Indonesia for the benefit of the two countries' people, and for peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

The National Assembly yesterday, March 22, debated proposed amendments to the Law on Civil Procedures, with a majority of deputies recognising the need for the People's Procuracy to participate in all civil lawsuits

The Japanese government on Wednesday urged people not to eat 11 types of vegetable grown near the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeast Japan after levels of radioactivity in the produces were found