VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City’s National Historical Cultural Park-Colivan, is in the process of completing the construction and broadening of the park.

HCM City hosts ASEAN Charming TV pageant; Women’s Day promotions at Vincom Center; VTV programme talks business for global audience; Construction begins on Japan-style Zen resort

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has rejected the request of two central provinces of Quang Ngai and Nghe An to increase their numbers of NA deputies of the 13th term.

On March 8, 11 workgroups under the Ministry of Planning and Investment will check public investment projects, particularly to revise activities on cutting down ineffective investments to rein in inflation and ensure macroeconomic stability

VietNamNet Bridge – Ray Edmondson, chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Memory of the World Programme, saw wood blocks printed with Buddhist Sutras that are seeking for UNESCO's World Documentary Heritage recognition

Doctors in India have claimed to have successfully performed a rare robotic heart surgery on a 23- year-old person at a hospital in the southern Indian city of Chennai, local media reported Saturday.

The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to send another space plane X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space, according to Associated Press on Friday.

Five policemen were killed and two others injured when unknown gunmen launched an attack late Saturday night at a police training station in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, reported local media Geo News.

VietNamNet Bridge – The next Duyen Dang Viet Nam (Charming Vietnam), one of the largest music shows in Vietnam, will take place in Buon Me Thuot city in the Central Province of Dak Lak on March 13-14.

British Chancellor George Osborne said on Saturday that the UK government is to announce new enterprise zones in England and vowed to get Britain's economy growing again.

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 10,330 Vietnamese workers in Libya were evacuated, including 7,000 that brought home safely by March 6. By the midweek, all remaining people will be carried home by air.

VietNamNet Bridge – On March 3 night HCM City police raided illegal motorbike races seizing 143 motorbikes in Binh Thanh District alone.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese dong has risen against the U.S. dollar in the past week due to tighter liquidity as the central bank moved to control inflation and enforce banking rules, bankers said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – There is a special café in the central province of Da Nang – Nhip Dap - where homosexuals gather during the weekend to talk, to enjoy music, to learn knowledge about HIV prevention and to be their true selves.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prof. Dr. Ngo Bao Chau, last year's Fields Medal winner, has been appointed Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the falling VN Index and decreasing stock prices, a lot of stake trade deals have still been made on the OTC market. Stock buyers are the ones who put high expectations on Vietnam’s stock market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fifth biennial Sea Festival 2011 will be held in Nha Trang from June 11-15 with Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago as highlight.

Stock brokerages would be allowed to conduct margin trading under a proposed regulation currently being drafted by the State Securities Commission, although margins would be limited to a ratio of 30:70.

Fruit exports increase 9% per year; Vietnam Airlines plans IPO; Proposal for two airports to service HCM City; Vietnam to repay $4 bln debt in 2011; Asia Pacific leads property market

VietNamNet Bridge - State Bank of Viet Nam Governor Nguyen Van Giau, in a press briefing on Friday, urged banks to take seriously the 20-per-cent ceiling for credit growth set for this year.