Scores of decomposing cadavers were being released for burial on Monday as rescuers continued to search for victims of weekend flooding and landslides that devastated a city in southern Colombia, killing at least 273 people.

 Bob Dylan got the Nobel Literature prize-giving he wished for on Saturday, a Swedish broadcaster reported, finally receiving his diploma and medal in a private ceremony in Stockholm a world away from the media storm the award has generated.

 A blast in a St Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 11 people and injured 45 was carried out by a suspected suicide bomber with ties to radical Islamists, 

 $23,711 invested in high-tech Park, CJ Group looks to step up presence in Vietnam, Investment in startups rises 46%, Shipping route between Can Tho and Singapore to be launched soon

 A few years ago, visitors to Bat Trang pottery village in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district would be greeted by a thick layer of smoke emitted from the kilns.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts hope that Vietnam's dollar billionaires will spur the development of several business fields and open new value chains.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, Samsung launched 31 mobile phone models into the market, while Lenovo launched 26, ZTE 24 and Huawei 22.

Several coal thermal power plants are expected to be built in the Mekong Delta under the 2011-2020 plan for national power development. What are the options for energy development in Vietnam?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern metropolis’ breakneck urbanisation has turned much its surrounding agricultural land into urban space, both officially and unofficially. 

 Dao Xa village in Ung Hoa district, 50 km from the center of Hanoi, is famous for making musical instruments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba trao singing has been passed down for generations in the fishing villages of Nui Thanh District, in the central province of Quang Nam.

Public concern is once again inspiring changes to education programmes in schools, with calls for more sex education to be included in the curriculum so that children can better protect themselves from sexual abuse.

 Some 50 Vietnamese startups received $205 million in investment capital last year, a 25 per cent decline compared to 2015.

 Dozens of ceramic wares dating back up to the 14th century have been unearthed in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 Tonnes of jellyfish and seafood affected by last year’s Formosa toxic spill have not been destroyed in Ha Tinh Province’s Loc Ha District, and have started stinking, the e-newspaper Dan Tri reported.

 Vietnam and Japan should join hands to equip their UN peace-keeping forces with sufficient knowledge and experience to complete tasks in various area around the world.

 Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong attended the Governing Council meeting and the General Debate of the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 2.

 Q1/2017: Export of agro-forestry-fishery products posted good increase

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc directed taking measures to promote the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) during the Government’s March meeting in Hanoi on April 3. 

While the number of loudspeakers in Hanoi’s outlying districts and towns will remain unchanged, only five to 10 will be retained in each of the inner-city wards, at necessary locations.