World leaders flew in for Pope Francis's inauguration mass in St Peter's Square on Tuesday where Latin America's first pontiff will receive the formal symbols of papal power.

While many people are disappointed at actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky’s withdrawal from the race for the Tourism Ambassador title, some new faces have appeared, including actress Lan Phuong and Miss Southeast Asia Dieu Han.

Later this week the Minister of Education and Training and the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court will have to answer questions of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

For the first time after the country’s reunification (1975), some more songs in the song collection entitled “Da Vang” (Yellow Skin) by the late songwriter Trinh Cong Son will be performed again in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security have become involved in the investigation of the death in the city of Vinh Yen, Vinh Phuc Province that caused a stir in public opinion.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hai Phong City Police Agency has identified one of the six victims in the terrifying fire in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the night of March 17, as the culprit.

The Hoan Kiem or Sword Lake turtle is a species of turtle in Vietnam that has had the level of protection improved in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

VietNamNet Bridge - 65 overseas Vietnamese from many countries will offer incense at the Temple of Hung Kings in Phu Tho province and attend the requiem of heroes and martyrs in Cao Bang province.

Vietnamese netizens are upset with a rude photo featuring a young man who posed on the statue of Emperor Ly Thai To, the founder of the Ly Dynasty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 132 universities and colleges nationwide will not organise entrance exams in 2013, down by nine schools in comparison with 2012,

“I like sipping my happiness quietly by myself,” has become the well-known words of Pham Nhat Vuong, the only Vietnamese businessman named in the Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 16th session in Hanoi on March 18 to discuss draft amendments and supplements to several laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha Thanh sealed a silver medal for Viet Nam at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup which finished in La Roche-sur-Yon City, France yesterday (Mar 18).

A 28-year-old woman in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, on the night of March 17 gave birth to five babies by Cesarian at the Tu Du Hospital. This is a rare case of multiple pregnancies, using the measure of injecting sperm into the uterus.

The Chinese coach of the women’s national football team has received two major tasks: defending the championship of Vietnam at the 27th Southeast Asian Games and getting a card to the women's World Cup 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Minister of Finance has just signed a circular on disbursing capital for the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant, for the 2014 to 2021 period.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Agency plans to collect the songs composed before 1975 and the song of overseas musicians to reviewed, licensed and updated regularly on its website.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reasoning economic difficulty, the National Assembly on March 18 agreed not to reduce the number of groups of goods that are entitled to the value added tax rate (VAT) of 0% and 5%.

While digging foundation of a house in Tuy Hoa City in the central province of Phu Yen on March 14, a group of building workers discovered deep underground -- 85 grenades, 15 bullets and some explosives.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 6th Phan Chau Trinh Award for research category will be presented to Vietnamese French Prof. Le Thanh Khoi, 90, the father of Nguyen Le, a world-renowned Jazz / world music artist.