VietNamNet Bridge – Urgent measures are needed to conserve mangrove forests, which have been rapidly disappearing in the past few decades, experts said at a forum organised in Ca Mau Province last Friday.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Using Chinese production line and equipment, a fertilizer plant of the Ninh Binh Nitrate Company has been taking losses, while eight northern provinces periodically suffer outages because of Chinese transformers.

Russia has been ordered to pay about $2.5bn (£1.5bn; 1.9bn euros) to former shareholders in defunct oil group Yukos by the European Court of Human Rights.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In most provinces and cities there are “king” trucks that are under the guarantee of local officials, according to the chair of the Vietnam Automobile Transport Association.

 Three workers at Phong Phu Corporation in District 9 on Monday were treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for severe chemical burns after an accident at the company's factory.— Photo tienphong

Rescue workers in western India are working to locate survivors of a landslide that has claimed at least 30 lives and buried up to 200 people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They are Pham Cong Danh , chairman of both Thien Thanh Group and VNCB, Phan Thanh Mai, former board member and general director of VNCB, and Mai Huu Khuong, former board member in charge of finance,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new regulation on examining trucks’ unloaded weight at registration stations has caused problems for transport firms because they cannot fulfill registration procedures within one week.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two men were seriously injured after they used an explosive to help them catch fish.

 Fansipan-Sapa cable car to open in 2015; Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years; Mui Ne among most beautiful beaches in Asia; Vietnam Airlines offers cheap tickets on overseas routes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Discussions have recently raged over the incentives offered to Formosa Plastics Group’s $10 billion steel and Son Duong deep-water seaport complex in the central province of Ha Tinh.

VietNamNet Bridge – One more new English standard has been added to the primary school curriculum, causing even more confusion among parents and students in HCM City.

Flea market goers can find a wide variety of antique bicycles, cars, musical instruments, silver cups, pots, or even pencils every Sunday near Cao Minh café at No Trang Long street, Binh Thanh district, Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese farmer is creating a mini helicopter in accordance with international standards to prove that Vietnamese people can do anything.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taking photos of the national flag has become popular at amusement centers in HCM City, which attract young people, workers and foreign visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Ho Phi Long received a warning from the government of the central province of Binh Thuan after he refused to accept the deputy director position of the provincial Department of Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vinalines is facing the fine decided by the Vietnam International Arbitration Center for its violation of contract terms for a pier at Van Phong international transshipment port project in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Vietnam Record Book Center, Mr. Cao Vien (born 1908) and Mrs. Vu Thi Hai (born 1914) in the central province of Nghe An are the eldest couple in Vietnam.

 Famous French chef to demonstrate skills in Vietnam; Berlinale Short Film Festival to debut in HCM City; Vietnamese photographers win gold medals at int'l contest; Online music video promotes unique xam melody; Female DJs to perform in city