Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family spokesman announced Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Thi Hoang Ngoc ranked fourth in the final of women's 10m air pistol with 155.6 points at the ongoing ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Changwon in South Korea.

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While international delivery firms have many years of experience and good infrastructure, domestic firms have made heavy investment in the field only over the last five years.

For nearly 20 years, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh ran her small restaurant on the sidewalk of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu apartment block on Hoang Sa Street, District 1, HCM City. Suddenly, one day she was known throughout the world.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 90 percent of respondents were unsatisfied with the working style of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment in a survey of administrative reform.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a recent report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, there has been a sharp increase in the number of companies seeking a licence to export rice.

 North Korean workers failed to show at the Kaesong joint industrial zone, a day after Pyongyang said it was withdrawing labour and suspending operations at the Seoul-funded complex.

 President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.

VietNamNet Bridge - This child bride is Dang Ngoc H. (born 22/03/2000), in Binh Thoi village in Binh Phu commune, Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province. Her engagement ceremony was held on April 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed with the Construction Ministry's proposals to expand the flood shelter pilot model across the northern central and central coastal regions.

While a lot of paper plants have to cut down the productivity or stopped operation because of the high inventories, other companies have to gear up their production to satisfy the market demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hai Phong City People’s Court on April 8 commenced the trial of those involved in coercive land reclamation in Vinh Quang Commune, Tien Lang District in 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A beauty contest, named “The Crescent’s Beauty 2013”, will be held from April 15-18 to mark the Vietnam Day for People with Disabilities, which falls on April 18.

The decree No. 73 prohibiting foreign invested schools receive Vietnamese children aged below 5 has raised the strong opposition from well-off parents.

VietNamNet Bridge - With the slogan "Be a little ambassador of Hanoi", each member of the Hanoi Kids club concerns himself/herself as a young ambassador to introduce foreign visitors to Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - A cluster of flowers grow on a dark green rock of about 10kg.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic growth has been lower than expected since Viet Nam joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2006.

After VietNamNet published the story about dogmeat, we have received a lot of opinions from readers, part of whom objected to the French visitor while the rest didn’t. Below are the opinions of the latter group.

Though the real estate market remains cool and the hotel business performance is getting worse, this is still an attractive business in the long term.