In order to speed up the selection of Vietnam’s national ceremonial costumes, the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Tourism has assigned the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition to quickly find suitable samples.

Commercial banks have quietly reduced the deposit interest rates because of the low demand for loans. Investors have been in a divided mind as to where to pour money to since all the investment channels remain unattractive.

 Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are prepared to turn out in force in Washington on Tuesday, when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a landmark case.

By the end of March, the Road Maintenance Fund collected more than VND1 trillion ($50 million) of road maintenance fees of automobile owners. The fee for motorcycles is not fixed yet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Quy Phuoc - the swimmer from Da Nang city - has set very impressive achievements at the swimming - diving tournament 2013 that was held in the ancient city of Hue last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee – Mr. Nguyen The Thao – says that there are nearly 6,000 apartments in the city are unsold.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of Buddha statues which have survived for centuries are on display at the National History Museum, 25 Tong Dan Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam yesterday protested the actions of some Chinese ships in chasing and firing on a Vietnamese fishing boat fishing in Vietnamese waters off its Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yuzuru (Twilight Crane), a famous Japanese opera adapted from a folk story, will be staged at Hanoi Opera House on March 29 and 30.

“People tend to take reasons to keep local interests. If determining the ultimate benefit as national interests and the interests of farmers, we can do it,” Professor Vo Tong Xuan said about the export of rice.

VietNamNet Bridge – A man was found dead at the foot of a pine tree, after a loud explosion when it was about to rain. Next to the body of the victim was a broken cell phone.

 Vietnam strengthens ties with Qatar; President Sang congratulates Pope Francis I; Vietnam, Italy promote relations; Vietnam journalist delegation welcomed in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s traffic police officers will begin imposing fines on motorcycle drivers carrying kids without a helmet from April 8.

S’pore investor sells golf course stake to local partner; HCM City calls for investors into wastewater project; Handicraft exports to hit US$1.6 bln in 2013; RoK, Japan to build a thermal power plant in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese singers To Loan and Manh Dung and pianist Tam Ngoc will perform a mix of German arias and Vietnamese songs in a concert at the Goethe Institute on Friday.

 Cyprus reversed a decision to reopen some banks on Tuesday after world markets took fright at the implications of the multi-billion-euro bailout deal it has struck with international creditors.

It’s still unclear if the automobile manufacturing would be listed as a priority industry. The answer to the question will decide the scale of the market and the prices of the products.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed at a recent exhibition that the government was putting huge capital in modernizing research laboratories countrywide,

VietNamNet Bridge – Impassioned representatives from ethnic groups living in poor and vulnerable communities have voiced their opinions about land management at a series of public consultations on Viet Nam's land law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa Province tops the country in terms of the largest number of graduates who have failed to find employment.