VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students and guest workers in Japan have been found safe after the biggest earth quake in Japan’s modern history and high wave tsunami hit the northeast region on March 11.

The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose after hitting its lowest level in nearly three years a week earlier, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the early of the 1990s when the wave of overseas music flocked to Vietnam, Trinh Cong Son and his friends established group “Friends”, aiming to orient the local music market by new romantic and vital songs.

Following the earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale on Sunday jolted near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, an quake of 5.6-magnitude struck the region, the U. S. Geological Survey said.

Lan Ngoc, leading actress in “Floating Lives” won the Best Actress while Dinh Toan who played King Le Long Dinh in “Thang Long Aspiration” received the Best Actor titles at the Golden Kite Award 2011 ceremony in HCM City on March 13.

The Japanese government has made all efforts to prevent a nuclear disaster on Sunday as a reactor of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant is close to explode after the devastating 9-magnitude earthquake on March 11.

The prolonged lackluster stock market with the continued falling VN Index has put securities companies in dire straits. There are now two choices for the companies, either struggle to exist or leave now.

VietNamNet Bridge - Electricity of Vietnam is pushing its nuclear power projects ahead after choosing its foreign dance partners.

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has instructed Ho Chi Minh City authorities to start moving some universities to the suburbs this month.

As gold remains very volatile this year, Dau Tu Tai Chinh Newspaper has interviewed experts about the market trend and their advices about how to trade the precious metal during a fluctuated market. 

Canadian women introduce 17 stories to Vietnamese public; Japanese Genki arts festival to be held in Ha Noi on April 16; National painting contest to portray the perfect playground

Out-of-form Ha Noi T&T is determined to stop the rot when they take on other struggling team Dong Tam Long An (DTLA) at Hang Day stadium today in the early sixth round fixture of the national football championship, V-League.
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VietNamNet Bridge – Parking lots on pavements and roadways have caused traffic jams in many new streets of Hanoi.

The zenith of the Nguyen Dynasty was reached during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang (1820 – 1840) who was known not only as the Nguyen Dynasty’s most powerful king but also for his hundreds of royal concubines and 142 children.

VietNamNet Bridge - Technology giant HP will open a software research and development center at Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) next week.

Domestic gold traders are trying to seek a way out amid the Government’s intention to restrict or even ban gold bar trading on the local market, and one of their immediate answers to this is to switch to jewelry.

Intensive preparations were in the pipeline for construction on the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant to start in 2014, said Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) head of the nuclear power preparation committee Phan Minh Tuan.

Viet Nam is trying to reform administrative procedures to create more favourable conditions for clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, as the country lags behind other developing countries in their implementation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vo Thi Quynh Nhu, a student from the VMod Institute, HCM City, won the first prize of a lingerie design contest held by Triumph Vietnam.

Airport seizes daggers, swords from passenger; Water factory asleep over price row; Commandos to catch sacred turtle in 2nd mission; Vietnam, Laos join in ore mining, processing; Powerful Japan quake won’t affect Vietnam