Vietnam’s Next Top Model contest is set to begin its 6th season in May 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seventy-nine-year-old former Vietnamese commando Lam Son Nao still feels uncomfortable whenever he thinks about the moment he tried to recover 84 kilos of explosives that had been left near the USNS Core aircraft carrier.  

Jewelry rule backs PNJ market share expansion, Farmers benefit little from rice storage program, HAGL targets 300,000 cows next year, Expert warns of substandard macadamia saplings, Gov’t wants BOT power projects on fast track

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in central Quang Tri Province have agreed to purchase a hydrofoil for commuting to Con Co Island, in an attempt to boost ocean and island tourism. 

 More than 970 trees of 70 different plant species across the nation have been recognised as Vietnam Heritage Trees, a conference was told in northern Phu Tho province on April 19.

 UK magazine, The Guardian, has listed Hai Van (Sea Cloud) Pass in Vietnam among the top 10 great scenic drives in the world.

 Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases have diagnosed Trypanosoma evansi, a kind of blood parasite affecting a large number of wild and domesticated animal species, in a patient admitted to the hospital.

Senior representatives from Australia’s Regional University Network are on a visit to Vietnam from April 20-24 to develop research partnerships with Vietnamese universities and institutes in agriculture, forestry and sustainable development.

 Four Vietnamese migrant workers died due to gas asphyxiation in Magas- the capital town of the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia, local newspaper reported on April 21.

 National carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced on April 20 that the assembly of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been completed.

 Vietnam’s 40-year reconstruction cause after its reunification in 1975 has been hailed as a success story, with major international organisations and media taking note of the country’s rapid socio-economic development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - American singer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry will come to Vietnam to participate in the “Under 30 Summit,” an event held by Forbes Vietnam in HCM City on May 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dollar price has been increasing for a month, while the official dong/dollar exchange rate remains unchanged as the State Bank has committed not to devalue the dong by more than 2 percent in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To realize the dream of manufacturing the first "Made in Vietnam" car, since 2009 the Xuan Kien Automobile Corporation (Vinaxuki) has invested more than VND250 billion in research and manufacturing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy pollution from the Nam Son garbage dump has badly affected the lives of residents in Ha Noi's Soc Son District, officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The major buyers of Vietnamese watermelons are Chinese traders. This is a reason cited by the Ministry of Industry and Trade why many watermelon trucks have been stuck at the Vietnam-China border gates in recent days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pictures of a wedding in Ha Tinh, a poor province in central Vietnam, have attracted attention on social media sites in Vietnam for its extravagance.

 A mindfulness-based therapy could offer a "new choice for millions of people" with recurrent depression, a Lancet report suggests.

 United Airlines banned a security researcher from a flight after he tweeted that he might be able to hack the aircraft's systems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s young tennis player pro, Ly Hoang Nam, has climbed 18 notches from the 32nd to the 14th spot in the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s latest junior rankings.