VietNamNet Bridge – For more than 50 years, the three generations of a family in the central province of Nghe An have been taking care and protecting a natural bird sanctuary with tens of thousands of birds.

Vietnamese students have been caught in a vicious circle: they try to obtain university education at any costs, but become redundant after the graduation. Therefore, they have to continue studying for master degree to become redundant once again.

The nation’s high anti-dumping tax on the shrimps from Vietnam at 25.76 percent has been decided by the US Department of Commerce in the eighth period of review (POR8). But Vietnamese hope they still have the chances to petition for lower tax rates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A focus on training and low-cost tactics are the way ViettelTV, under the military-run telecom giant Viettel, will make inroads into Vietnam’s potential pay TV market.

Madonna is to direct her third film, an adaptation of Rebecca Walker's debut novel Ade: A Love Story.

VietNamNet Bridge – A credit package worth VND120 trillion (US$5.7 billion) would help develop the local property market, said Phan Thanh Mai, general director of the Viet Nam Bank for Construction.  

 VN-Cuba strike book deal; Poems tell a tale of war; Hungarian jazz artists enthrall Hanoi audience; Electronic night with Superpoze; Pink Floyd tribute for Rock City; DJ Vadim to stir up CAMA ATK; Hard Rock Cafe showcases UK vocalist

 Nick Vujicic back to Vietnam; Police detain nurse involved in newborn deaths case; Traffic accidents decline in first 3 months; Ha Noi taxis to have special colour code; HCM City to host Mekong River Commission summit

Sea freight charges to rise next month; Corruption makes for expensive projects; Rice exports reach 1.31 million tonnes in Q1; Russian aviation firm launches office in Vietnam; ODA disbursement on the rise in Q1

VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union is speeding up negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam due to be signed in late 2014. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – An Australian tourist identified by authorities as 56 year-old Wilcon Kayleen was tragically killed in a traffic accident in Mui Ne on March 26.

VietNamNet Bridge – A variety of promotions have been launched for the first period of Golden Tourism Week in the former imperial city of Hue, which runs from March 26 to April 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music researchers are worried about the profusion of new tai tu (amateur) music clubs in HCM City and southern provinces after the music was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible world heritage.

 The Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Sports will set up a Tourism Coordinating Office for the Mekong Delta, said Vice Minister Ho Anh Tuan.

 U19 Viet Nam loses to U21 Lierse S.K.; Minh advances to second round of Hanoi Challenge; Chess masters gather for national competition

 Three of the five largest mobile handset companies in the world are from one country and it's not the US.

 Viet Nam strengthens ties with New Zealand; Prime Minister touches down in Cuba on start of official trip; VN, Spain agree to develop relations; VN, Japan communists boost ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City’s swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc won all 15 gold medals of the National Swimming Championships 2014, which ended early this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Newly-elected Chair of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) – Mr. Le Hung Dung, said player Vincent Kompany of Manchester City FC wanted to open a football academy in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Quang Ninh recently made a proposal for the construction of the Van Don Special Economic Zone to submit it to the Party Central Committee to consider for a pilot deployment.