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.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 100 photos featuring the land and people of central Quang Ngai Province’s Ly Son island district, home of the Hoang Sa Flotilla more than 300 years ago, are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

Casual workers miss out on social insurance; Vietnam earns VND53.5 trillion from tourism services in Q1; Drought pushes up coffee prices; Economic difficulties take their toll on large-caps

The Japanese partner in the Ethanol Binh Phuoc project has decided to withdraw from the project on the worry about the slow sale of the biofuel.

The Ministry of Health has approved the H7N9 flu prevention plan in Vietnam, with four situations. Vietnam has not detected the presence of the virus in poultry and humans yet.

On April 7, a group of masked men used an excavator to bulldoze a house on Hoang Hoa Tham Road, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. A 21-year-old boy quickly woke up and escaped from the house.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 charcoal-producing kilns in southern Hau Giang Province's Chau Thanh District and Nga Bay Town are filling the air with soot,

Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Angel Gurria has hailed Vietnam as a success in meeting millennium development goals and taking new approaches to social cohesion and poverty reduction.

A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin released on March 29 has revealed that the effects of climate change in the basin is worse than the global average.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daniel Gazon, who teaches conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Belgium, will conduct a concert at the HCM City Opera House tomorrow, April 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An claimed an away draw at Hang Day Stadium yesterday, April 7, against hosts Ha Noi T&T in a 2-2 stalemate in the fourth round of the V-League.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The VN-Index surged over 500 points last week, reaching 502.58 points on Friday and increasing 2.35 per cent over the previous week.

Major General Nguyen Van Tram - Political Chair of the Military Zone 7, Vice Party Secretary of Binh Phuoc Province - will be the new chair of the province, replacing Truong Tan Thieu who was recently dismissed.