The Ministry of Education and Training plans to set up two floor-mark systems this year with an aim to increase the number of students eligible for enrolling in universities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 2,500-year-old bronze dagger believed to belong to the Dong Son culture has been discovered in a household in central Ha Tinh Province.

SBV says home loan term reasonable; Ministry urges cuts to real estate projects; HCM City to replicate price control initiative; HCM City to host int’l conference on aviation logistics

Responding to the state’s call for afforestation, local people in Dak Lak province spend their time and money to plant the forests and protect them over the last 10 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hand-Foot-Mouth (HFM) disease would spread widely in Viet Nam if the health ministry and communities did not step up preventive efforts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's shrimp exports are to be tested for Ethoxyquin by South Korea, one of the biggest importers of Vietnamese shrimp in Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has requested other countries in the region not to use force against fishermen and other people working at sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has asked localities bordering China to keep a close watch on immigrants and prevent illegal transport of poultry into Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The reality show Iron Chef on Wednesday marked its return for the second season with the announcement of a battle between Vietnamese and Thai Iron Chefs in District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – This afternoon, April 5, the Hai Phong People's Court sentenced Doan Van Vuon and his younger brother Doan Van Quy 5 years in prison each for murder.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam, seeded two, struggled to beat Guo Kai 21-19, 22-20 in the third round of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open on April 4 in Sydney.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri will hold its first art exhibition this weekend.

Vietnamese workers in South Korea are quite calm before the information of a possible war between North Korea and South Korea. However, the Embassy of Vietnam in the RoK is ready to take them home in emergency case.

VietNamNet Bridge - To make illicit profits, the owner of the Gucci - Milano shop in Ho Chi Minh City directed his staff to turn Gucci brand products into Chinese goods to evade import tax.

Chinese businessmen have been collecting the roots of pepper plants in Chu Se district of Gia Lai province, the biggest pepper growing area in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese chess player Vo Thi Kim Phung knocked down the second seed of the U20 Asia Chess Championship, whose Elo is 2250, to rank first in the sixth round.

VietNamNet Bridge - Meritorious Artist Ho Kieng died at 4.15pm on April 3 at Nguyen Trai Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, at the age of 87.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of April 4, Mr. Dinh Nhan - Chair of Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province, confirmed the death of an adult elephant in the forest of the Minh Hoa forest farm.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the near future, traffic rule violators may pay fines at traffic police stations, via ATMs, not having to go to the treasury or banks any more.

 U.S. Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen on Thursday signaled that the central bank's monetary easing policies will continue until the U.S. economy substantially improves.