VietNamNet Bridge - Gazprom Neft (Russia) plans to buy a 49% stake of the Dung Quat oil refinery and expand cooperation with Petro Vietnam in the production and exploration of oil and gas, the company said on April 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietjet has announced plans to increase the frequency of its flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok from May 18 to meet growing demand for low-cost air travel between the two cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dieng Cheikh Abass scored during additional time yesterday (April 8) to help Becamex Binh Duong pocket their first point at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League. 

 HCM City authorities yesterday suspended Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, director of the Linh Xuan Children Welfare Centre for children with HIV/AIDS.

  Viet Nam will upgrade 38 rehabilitation centres with more than 500 people each as 30 regional compulsory rehabilitation centres across the country.

 Sungha Jung, a highly talented guitarist from the Republic of Korea (RoK) is returning to Vietnam for two concerts on April 18 and 19 in Hanoi and HCM City respectively.

  A two-student team from Danang University overcame 628 peers' projects from across 30 universities to come in first place at an urban energy-saving innovation competition held in March.

  The Indian and Vietnamese textile and apparel industries are more complementary than competing in nature, and so co-operation would result in a win-win situation, the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council of India has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh People's Court yesterday (April 8) upheld a death sentence handed down to the former director of Finance Leasing Company No. 2 (ACL II), who was involved in a major corruption case in 2007.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many of 13 key infrastructure projects in Ha Noi given priority because of their significant socio-economic impacts, have been delayed because of trouble in clearing sites.

 The European Parliament has assessed Vietnam’s level of readiness to sign an FTA with the European Union (EU), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Bernd Lange told a press conference in Hanoi on April 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four persons have been arrested for running a fake certificate ring in Hai Phong City, using forged seals to create counterfeit certificates for English language, the municipal investigation police said.

Vietnam, Cambodia foster media relations, Vietnam, Cambodia news agencies mull over cooperative tasks, Ho Chi Minh City hopes for closer investment ties with Laos, Navigation sector should leverage marine potential: lawmakers

 Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty met with the US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in Hanoi on April 8.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang in Beijing on April 8.

Vietnam and China have issued a joint communiqué on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China from April 7-10 at the invitation of the Communist Party of China General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping.

  Goethe Institute and The Observatory will host an exciting show for artists Lutz Leichsenring, Chi Thanh and Chi Thien of Berlin Club Night, Germany at 8 p.m. on April 12 in HCMC’s District 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Automobile enterprises still cannot decide which business path to follow, either to continue assembling cars in Vietnam or importing cars for domestic sale.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many  secondary school students in Huong Hoa District in the central province of Quang Tri have been found illiterate, with some of the oldest students unable to read or write. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - US telecom group AT&T is aiming for the Vietnamese market by providing monitoring and positioning services for the transportation sector and connecting cars via 3G and 4G technology, cooperating with Viettel.