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."

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC, the country’s biggest tourism center, last Saturday announced the best travel firms, hotels, travel websites, shopping venues and tourism service providers in the city.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday that although Japan has raised the severity level of the accident at the Fukushima No.1 plant, the crisis is quite different from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts said there was a new trend in the country's continuing urbanisation process – a move away from city centres to the suburbs to enjoy the fresher surroundings there.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City taxi drivers use inner city roads as parking lots even at the risk of being fined, worsening a congestion that is already constricting many parts of the City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs more funding to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) from hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, and will continue to seek it from local and international sources, a senior official has said.

Manchester United saw off Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford on Tuesday, grabbing a UEFA Champions League semifinal berth in 3-1 on aggregate.

VietNamNet Bridge - Site clearance woes are proving thorns in the side of billion-dollar foreign-invested steel projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of thousands of hectares of coffee plants in the Central Highlands have withered and dried from lack of water.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, Viet Nam will have four representatives in the main round of the Asian Badminton Championship, which kicks off in Sichuan City, China, on Tuesday.

Vietnam revolution history on display in Ha Giang;  Binh Duong TV to make film on Vietnam’s highlights; Hanoians to see real cherry blossoms at festival;  Hanoi to host Vietnam reading festival