Urological surgery and kidney transplant project to begin; Enhancing women’s role in int’l integration process; Vietnam-Japan friendship hospital to be built in HCM City

  Deputy PM welcomes Taekyeung College President; Czech Republic eyes cooperation with Cao Bang; Communist Party delegation pays a working visit to China

Vietnamese rice exporters had delivered 1.45 million tons out of the total 3.57 million tons of exports by the end of the first quarter of the year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will host the 19th meeting of International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Standing Committee on April 25 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Minh Phuong scored on a dramatic last minute free kick to help reigning V-League champions SHB Da Nang edge out Ayeyawady of Myanmar 3-2 in their fifth Group G qualifying game

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star My Tam was named Singer of the Year in the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards, which took place in HCM City's Hoa Binh Theatre last night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The wedding of a male and a female twin was held recently in Vinh Hanh commune in Chau Phu district, the southern province of An Giang.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah after his arrival in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei to attend the 22nd ASEAN Summit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate on Monday announced it would check if the State Bank of Vietnam had fulfilled its responsibility towards gold trading and gold mobilization and lending.

The shocking thing happened in My Thanh Bac commune, Tien Giang Province. The man whose penis was bitten to bleeding is TTH, 64 years old. The one who bit TTH is Mrs. NTL, 38 years old.

VietNamNet Bridge - At the upcoming meeting, the Hanoi People’s Council will consider seven petitions on the vote of confidence and organize the vote of confidence for the positions elected by the People’s Council.

Carrying an Australian woman and her two children from the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to Hang Trong Street (Hanoi), a cyclo driver claimed VND1.3 million ($60). The driver was summoned by the local police station on April 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi described a map recently released by the People's Republic of China as "completely valueless".

Office workers, unskilled laborers and state employees all complain that their salaries are so modest and cannot cover their basic needs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of the daily life of Vietnamese people taken by John Ramsden in the early 1980s will be on display at Hoxton Arches Gallery in London from May 2-5.

The government of Ninh Thuan has announced an H5N1 bird flu epidemic on swallows at Thanh Binh Theater in Phan Rang-Thap Cham City, following a demand from the Ministry of Agriculture to prevent the flu from spreading to other localities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Following the official announcement of this year’s YxineFF, the annual online international short film festival will kick off today, April 24, HCMC, Danang and Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Les Miserables concert of the Rhapsody Philharmonic’s “I Dreamed a Dream” series will be staged in Hanoi on April 27–28, raising funds to help treat children with harelips and cleft palates.

In late 2012, the local people on Nhim Island and Dau Tieng reservoir were happy to receive the new members – Nhan storks – a variety named in the Red Book. However, the life of the nice birds has been threatened by the poachers.

Ethical lessons taught at general schools don’t help students much in their lives.