Vietnamese fashion designer Hoang Hai has brought his ao dai collection to Italy to showcase in the Hanoi – Florence fashion night, which will be held to celebrate the 40th anniversary Vietnamese - Italy friendship.

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 18, the Vietnam Record Organizations awarded the certificate of national record to the authorities of Bac Lieu southern province for having the largest whale shark skin in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - With $10 billion of overseas remittances in 2012, Vietnam is listed in the top 10 countries that attracted the highest overseas remittances in the world, according to the World Bank.

VietNamNet Bridge - Right after being picked up by the groom, the bride had to witness the death of her husband’s ex-girlfriend at her new home while her husband had to go to hospital.

VietNamNet Bridge – At 11 on April 21, the destroyer with guided missiles of the U.S. Navy USS Chung-Hoon nd salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52,) carrying 380 sailors, landed at the Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ilya Glazunov went to Vietnam in 1967, during the Vietnam War. The Russian painter recorded images of the Vietnamese militia, the One Pillar Pagoda, Ha Long Bay...

VietNamNet Bridge – Working on the field, Mr. May confronted a heard of wild elephants. He ran away, but could not escape from the furious animals.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Buddha statue made of precious sapphire of millions of years old -- sourced from Chau Thanh Commune of Quy Hop District, Nghe An Province has been recognized as a national record.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of April 20, a bus carrying 36 Vietnamese tourists overturned in Laos. Three died and 28 other were injured in the accident.

Being in a coffee shop with her friends, Yen, 24, was called out to talk by a young guy, who then suddenly poured gasoline on her body and set on fire. The girl’s body was burned 95 percent.

Teachers and students go to school everyday just to struggle with the difficult math questions or complicated literature issues. Meanwhile, the knowledge is useless for them and unrealistic.

VietNamNet Bridge – With about 300 million textbooks published annually, textbooks account for up to 75 percent of the total books published in Vietnam, according to the Publication Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese keep indifferent to the tourism promotion programs launched by travel firms to lure customers for the two upcoming long holidays in April and May.

Enterprises believe the business climate will be difficult again this year and most of them are content to just survive rather than expand.

The Hanoi Industry and Trade Department is seeking the approval by the city’s authorities for its plan to encourage Hanoians to travel on bicycles to help ease the environment pollution.

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Curiosity has been raised when Highlands Coffee still keeps quiet, while the US Starbucks has entered Vietnam with noisy media campaigns and Trung Nguyen has triggered a war of words with the US giant.