After one year, gastric bypass surgery did a better job of bringing type 2 diabetes into remission than an intensive diet and exercise regimen, according to results of a small trial among obese patients.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many scientists believe that reducing the area of wet rice cultivation to shift to aquaculture to utilize the available saltwater resources will be an opportunity for farmers in the Mekong Delta to get rich.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s textile-garment industry is facing major challenges of low labor productivity and a serious shortage of textile and dyeing materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photographer David Hagerman has introduced Da Lat City, especially its coffee on The New York Times. The US magazine has chosen the city as one of top 52 places to go in 2016.

 Hiep Phuoc IP to be expanded, VN firms need to work hard to maximise opportunities from TPP, Forum on support industry to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam aims to fine-tune national power development

 The nomination paper for Xoan singing to be recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity must be submitted to UNESCO before March 31.

 Vietnam has raised the warning level for the Zika virus following the information about an Australian visitor who tested positive for Zika after returning from the Southeast Asian nation.

 VinGallery to host spring art market, Electronic music concert features international artists, UK choreographer performs in HCM City, French singer featured at Saigon Reggae Festival, Colours in the wind for celebration of Holi festival in Ha Noi

 The water discharged from China’s Jinghong Hydropower Station is expected to reach the Mekong Delta region in 19 days, according to Dong Van Tu, head of the Water Resource Directorate’s department of irrigation and dam safety.

 Drought and saltwater intrusion are predicted to continue damaging parts of the Mekong Delta despite China’s release of upriver water, said Chief Executive Officer at the Mekong River Commission Secretariat Pham Tuan Phan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At this time of year, visitors to Dien Bien Province in the nation’s northwest can admire the beauty of kachnar flowers.

 National Assembly deputies discussed in groups a draft working report of the legislature’s 13th tenure and its agencies for 2011-2016 during the ongoing 11th session in Hanoi on March 23.

 President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 23 for Governor of Kaluga, Russia, A.D.Artamonov.

 The Mekong-Lancang Cooperation should promote its important role in boosting efforts by member states to scientifically and sustainably manage and use the water resources of the Mekong River, known as the Lancang in China.

Blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy were imprisoned for five and three years, respectively, on the charge of abusing the rights to democracy and freedom to infringe on the interests of the State.

 In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world's largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several drowning cases at Bai Sau Beach at the resort city of Vung Tau recentlyforced the local authorities to install hundreds of warning boards on the beach.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Stock Exchange has announced news on the auction of shares of SeABank and Tien Phong Bank of MobiFone, one of the top three mobile service providers in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Following Japan, Germany and Spain, the Korean government has begun to study the subway project in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - By 2020 up to 10,980 hectares of land will be used to build 96 golf courses, 2,000 hectares more than the National Assembly-approved plan on handing over 46,800 hectares of land to sports and physical training establishments.