VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic updates are being displayed on overhead electronic boards at main routes in HCM City on a trial basis to help reduce congestion.

 Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez died Tuesday, Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced, shortly after Caracas revealed that the cancer-stricken leftist icon was suffering from a severe infection.

The government of Vietnam is considering lifting the ceiling foreign ownership ratio in Vietnamese banks in an effort to make Vietnamese banks more attractive in the eyes of foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bird flu has recurred in Hau Giang and Kien Giang provinces, and the epidemic is likely to spread across the Mekong Delta.

Scientists have warned that in the dry season, the saltwater can penetrate far into the interior area the Mekong Delta by 70 kilometers, or five kilometers further than in 2012.

HCM City has begun to make a stronger effort to retain overseas Vietnamese experts and scientists after many reportedly quit due to difficulties with living conditions and other problems.

“You have good learning capability and you’d better attend the exams to economics schools. You would squander your talents if you study at a pedagogical school and become a teacher,” a parent said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based classical singers Hong Vy and Tuan Anh will perform at a chamber music concert at the HCM City Conservatory on March 8 to celebrate Women’s Day.

 Two UN agencies on Wednesday called for the renewal of an agreement that allows the world's poorest countries to access life-saving drugs at costs they can afford,

Vietnam-Myanmar trade up 40 percent; Kazakhstan-Ho Chi Minh City air route opens; Smuggled sturgeon fish from China floods markets in Vietnam; Rice prices unlikely to rise further: traders

 VietNamNet Bridge – About VND3 trillion (US$144 million) will be allocated to speed up the issuance of land use right certificates nationwide this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sustainable exploitation of natural resources, mineral resources in particular, has always been a hot issue and priority for developing countries.

 Sunflower seeds free from dangerous additives; Vietnamese nurses train to work in Germany; MoF targets petrol smugglers; Eye-drop manufacturer to screen students; Biotic model used for environmental management in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Debutant Le Cong Vinh marked his return to hometown club Song Lam Nghe An with the opening goal in a 2-1 victory against Hai Phong on March 3,

Woman cyclist Cao Thi Cam Le held the yellow jersey while her squad was elevated to top team after the third round of the Binh Duong International Women's Cycling Tournament yesterday, March 4.

 Ha Nam to host women's football championship; World Vovinam Championship set for July; Le keeps yellow in Round 2; National Kickboxing Championship opens

Pham Nhat Vuong has become the first Vietnamese billionaire to enter the list of world’s richest individuals, with total assets of US$1.5 billion  as estimated in March 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the last two weeks the domestic foreign exchange market saw continuous fluctuations in the forex rate between the dong and US dollar,

VietNamNet Bridge - To get $40,000 for a delivery fee, a Chinese man transported nearly 11kg of drug from Cambodia to Vietnam and then to China.

Since the lunar New Year, thousands of people have flocked to Tan Son village in Tan Dinh Commune, Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province to see and worship a snake because they believe that it is the God of Snake.