VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen contestants of the ASEAN Charming TV pageant showed their charm in the traditional Vietnamese ao dai on March 9 at the HTV Theatre, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – While collecting scrap irons from the Huong (Perfume) River in the central city of Hue on March 9, two fishermen found separate parts ancient dug-out canoes in the river-bed.

VietNamNet Bridge - A former lawyer accused of spreading anti-government documents is to stand a first-instance trial in Hanoi on March 24 and is facing a maximum imprisonment term of 12 years.

A Mui Ne surfing school owner plans to ride hundreds of kilometers down the Mekong River on a stand-up paddle board to raise awareness about plastic bag pollution in Asia’s waterways and oceans.

In a recent talk with a couple of media outlets during his trip to HCM City, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the Government will develop more software parks in the next 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a big flood last November, some calabash trees have grown up in Mr. Ba Le’s garden in Phuoc Thuan commune, Ninh Thuan province. A tree has yielded two huge calabashes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Yen Bai province Natural Resources and Environment Department has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

Vietnam to cut sugar tax to 15 pct; Cargo carrier to connect Hanoi, Amsterdam; Binh Thuan to pull the plug on delayed resorts; Mekong Capital invests in chemical distributor; Several ODA projects behind schedule     

Right after Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong stated in late February that Vietnam may not have to apply rotating electricity cuts in the dry season, the Electricity of Vietnam began cutting electricity in early March.

VietNamNet Bridge - Truong Dinh Anh was recently appointed as new general director of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT). He talks about his new plans in the new role.

VietNamNet Bridge – Contrary to all predictions that cars would sell more slowly due to higher sale prices caused by the dong devaluation, and the high inflation rate, cars still have been selling very well.

It is undeniable that the iPad is now the “king” of tablet products. In Vietnam, the cooperation between super products with 3G services has created a new attractive game for “hi-tech players”.

More trees for urban areas; Conference debates promoting Buddhism; VN to build first tsunami warning stations; Chinese man arrested for drug trafficking; Vietnamese honoured as Global Young Leaders

At least 630 people were killed after Friday's great earthquake and ensuing huge tsunami hit northeast Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday.

Vietnam will start to grow genetically modified corn, which will be the first ever biotech product grown in the country if experimental cultivation yields positive results in 2011, says the Director of the Science and Technology Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – It was multifunctional cheap products which created the bustle in the mobile phone market in 2010.  

Professor Ngo Bao Chau, last year's Fields Medal winner, talked to Tien Phong about what he is going to do in his new position in order to help develop Vietnam’s sciences.

The State Bank of Vietnam has decided that banks must not have a credit growth rate higher than 20 percent this year. Meanwhile, small banks complain that the regulation is not fair for them.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's northeastern Honshu Island Friday, and a six-meter tsunami warning was issued.

VietNamNet Bridge - The coffee festival in Buon Ma Thuot City in Daklak Province started on Thursday and lasts until March 15.