The tourism administration yesterday sent a document to tourist management agencies, tourist operators, international travel agents and hotels about bird flu in China, advising people to keep away from infected areas.

Hanoi-based Viet-Duc Hospital yesterday said that it had performed four transplantation cases thanks to donation of brain-dead people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If a travel agent offered you a tour where you would pay him for picking up trash, you’d be excused for thinking he’d lost his marbles.

 The Government wants Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to become a hi-tech manufacturing corporation, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

 Britain’s TUI Travel and Italy’s Alpitour World, two famous European travel firms, will launch weekly chartered flights taking tourists from the UK and Italy to Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province late this year. 

 Those who feel tired and hungry after a walk in Nguyen Hue pedestrian square can drop at 8Ielts Café to enjoy a drink while admiring a view of Nguyen Hue Boulevard at night, and discovering the bustle and hustle of city nightlife.

 First runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Tran Huyen My has agreed with a media company in Myanmar to take a leading  role in the movie “Bridge over cloud.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was an endearing sight – a little boy accompanying his mother as she walked the streets, picking up trash.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated 12.5 million people will be eligible for agriculture land tax exemption, leaving merely 77,000 people still subject to this tax.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City wants to expand the use of online public services to simplify administrative procedures and reduce their cost for the public, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, 

Pham Thi Cuc, who lives in Hai Ninh Commune in the central province of Quang Binh’s Quang Ninh District, had hoped that her life could change if her husband worked as a guest worker overseas.

Every year on the 17th March, Ireland and its people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s National Day. With up to 70 million people around the world having Irish ancestry and many more friends of Ireland, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Superior People’s Court has ordered an official investigation into suspicions of embezzlement by a fugitive former State official, Trinh Xuan Thanh.

 The owner of a Bun cha restaurant in Hanoi has renovated an old bus and turned it into a restaurant.

VietNamNet Bridge - Travel firms are wondering if there will be a new wave of Chinese travelers flocking to Vietnam if they cannot go to South Korea. Some media agencies reported that China has prohibited its citizens to travel to South Korea.

 The police in HCM City are investigating a nursery owner and her sister who are accused of abusing children at a local nursery.

 With its low cost of living, young tech-savvy workforce, and digital infrastructure, Southeast Asia is fast becoming a hotspot for startups and digital nomads, according to the latest report by real estate consultants JLL.

 A majority of people in Hanoi’s inner-city districts have pledged not to encroach on pavements since Hanoi started its fight against the violators. 

The Vietnam Energy Association said Vietnam has huge potential for renewable energy which can account for 43% of total energy used in the country by 2050 if it is invested wisely. 

 CNN has included the Con Dao Islands chain, located off Vung Tau City and 230km from HCM City, on a list of crowd-free Asian getaways.