Taxi driver jailed for fraud and robbery; Hospital staff in blood test scam get jail time; Former bank director faces trial in Dak Nong; Ha Noi drive to inspect vehicles; Forest fires put out in Lao Cai

 Four oil refineries due to enter operation by 2030; Zero tax levied on two Cambodian import items; VietinBank to loan $7.8m to textile firm; VN forecast to return to fast growth; Work begins on $1.3b thermal power plant in Binh Thuan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors of the People's Hospital 115 in HCM City on March 8 successfully rejoined the penis for a 42-year-old man after his penis was cut off by his wife, with a razor.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Le Cong and his assistants have been replaced by an Iranian coach and young assistants.

Except Vietinbank, other State-owned commercial banks are not allowed to sell more than 35% of the shares. The government has also permitted State-owned corporations to divest from non-core business fields below the face value.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first time a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam was sued and had to pay the high compensation for using pirated computer software.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the latest test in a tank in the afternoon of March 7, the homemade submarine named Truong Sa (Spratly) of an entrepreneur in Thai Binh province could still dive and resurface well in the presence of many people.

 Numerous foreign tourists flock daily to a cultural tourism village in Dong Trieu district, northern Quang Ninh province, to discover the unique cultural identity of the local villagers.

 International women’s cycling tourney opens in Binh Duong; Swimmers, finswimmers to test skills in nat'l champs; Quang Nam beat Ninh Binh 3-1; VN score sepak takraw win; Nam out of Chang Thailand

HCM City stirs-up interest in South African culture; Local students sketch historic Long Bien bridge; Art show celebrates creativity with do paper; HCM City festival shows beauty of Ao Dai; Japan Cherry blossom festival fascinates local youth

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Southern Bank – Sacombank merger deal, once completed, would help Tram Be, one of the Vietnamese most influential tycoons in the banking sector, “kill two birds with one stone.”

Two more new human cases of avian influenza H5N1 have been confirmed in Cambodia, and one of them, an 11-year-old boy died on Friday in Phnom Penh's Kantha Bopha Children Hospital, a hospital representative confirmed Monday.

 British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed in a phone call that they both want to find a "diplomatic solution" to the situation in Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said Sunday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed that the search and rescue operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH 370 must continue round the clock and the search should be expanded to the west.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Why can Chinese game firms distribute unlicensed games in Vietnam and how can they get payment from Vietnamese gamers?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The high schools in Hanoi have reported the record low in the number of students registering to attend the history final exam. This has raised the worry that history would be disregarded at general schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nine century-old trees, glorified as “heritage trees” at the Voi Phuc Temple now have to struggle with the insects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses have been planning their business strategies based on their feelings or the data from unclear sources. They do not know where they should go to find reliable information.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty Indian Buddhist lamas performed hours-long sacred Buddhist dances and chants at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda on Saturday morning as a week-long Buddhist Festival began in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those responsible for a bridge collapse in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau last month that killed eight people and injured nearly 40 others will be prosecuted, said Transport Minister Dinh La Thang.