VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on March 1 assigned over ten departments to be involved in the treatment process of the iconic turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake.

HCM City container transporters up rates by 20 pct; Fuel prices should have been hiked higher: ministry; Government gets serious about rice exports;  Vietnam's Feb trade deficit falls to $950 mln: report

Rice exporters say they are facing considerable challenges in 2011 because loyal rice importers have changed the way they purchase rice and input expenses have soared.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many modern cinema complexes including cinema theaters, shopping centers and restaurants are doing lucrative business in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. 

The first flight of Vietnam Airlines carrying 318 Vietnamese workers in Libya landed at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on the evening of March 1. Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan welcomed workers at the airport.

More Russian tourists are coming to Vietnam and using luxurious services. Some complained that they didn’t find places to spend money in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – As Vietnam has become a middle income country, the UK is to stop direct aid to Vietnam, according to BBC News.

Nguyen Tuong Khang, a 12-year-old Vietnamese American, has been invited by a university in Virginia (USA) as a guest lecturer of speaking skills. He is paid $250 an hour.  

UNICEF emphasises investment in youth; Rescue teams to help evacuate Vietnamese workers; Kovalevskaya prize to mark Int’l Women’s Day; Illegal timber found after lorry overturns; E-learning contest hands out awards

VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Henrique Calisto of the national football team doesn’t want to lead the team anymore though his contract signed with the Vietnam Football Federation is still effective until March 2013.

Relevant agencies in Quang Ninh province have inspected 135 travel boats licensed to work in Ha Long Bay and found technical errors on the boats.  

VietNamNet Bridge – As of February 27, clean water has been pumped into the Hoan Kiem Lake, sand bags have been carried to the turtle tower to prepare for the treatment of the old turtle.

The Ministry of Health on February 28 said that three dead cases by type A/H1N1 flu have been recorded so far this year. The flu can become an epidemic in some locations.  

Hanoi authorities on February 28 set up the Council for Treatment of Hoan Kiem Lake’s Turtle, with 13 members, led by veterinary doctor Nguyen Huy Dang.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) planned to increase loans to Vietnam to US$2 billion in the future, said ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda in a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 28.  

Hong Kong movie stars Julian Cheung and Sandra Ng visited Vietnam from February 22-25 as the Ambassadors of ORBIS Kids Sight.

Since March 1, a program on prohibiting high school students from riding motorbikes to school and using mobile phones has been implemented in Hanoi in a trial basis.

A lot of big hotels in HCM City have been introducing their services, programs and events on their websites in order to help tour organizers consider designing MICE tours on demand.

An independent survey conducted by BKAV (Bach Khoa antivirus) in January 2011 shows that computer virus infections in 2010 were not considerably improved, and computer viruses still caused a big loss of 5900 billion dong to users.

The rating of ABC's telecast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards presentation held at Kodak Theatre in downtown Los Angeles overnight has dipped by 12 percent than last year, initial statistics provided by Nielsen showed Monday.