Zumba party to dance its way to Ha Noi; Ha Long to host cherry blossom festival; Indian expatriates celebrate Hindu festival of colours; Ethnic groups celebrate their cultural day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.

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 The regulations on advertisements for food under the management of the Ministry of Health are promulgated under the Circular 08/2013/TT-BYT dated March 13, 2013 (Circular 08).

VietNamNet Bridge - Good news has come to Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem. His position in FIDE’s latest rankings for April 2013 is 27th, three grades up from March.

Four babies in the quintuplets born at Tu Du Hospital no longer live in the incubator. Doctors said the health conditions of the remaining baby, who suffered from severe respiratory failure a few days ago, was also improved.

Scientists have released a preliminary report on archaeological excavations at the Con Co Ngua relic in Ha Linh commune, Ha Trung district, Thanh Hoa province.

They had got married for only 20 days when the bride’s family went to the groom’s house to ask for the bride back. This story happened in Long Nguyen Commune, Ben Cat District, Binh Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The campaign to select a new Tourism Ambassador for the 2014-16 tenure will run until October 30, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFF CC) has so far collected 8 million opinions from the people about draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French tennis players won both the men's doubles and singles events at the Viet Nam Men's Futures F1, part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men's Circuit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large-cap stocks have been included for the first time on the list of shares with alert status on both national stock exchanges – indicating that economic hardships have begun to squeeze even big businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign animal feed-maker law breakers may be kicked out of the Vietnamese market.

Chairman of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group - Phung Dinh Thuc – has said that the Japanese partner in the Binh Phuoc Ethanol Project wants to withdraw from the project, while the group does not want to buy back the shares.

VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Hoang Chien, who is the boss of the biggest cock fighting grounds in HCM City, has been arrested after over one year being hunted by police.

On March 29, after more than two months the Hai Phong Party Committee announced its decision to expel him from the Party, Hai Phong Police Agency announced to dismiss Deputy Director, Colonel Nguyen Binh Kien.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Executive Board meeting held last week finalized the number of candidates for the new executive board of 44 people.

Being empowered to manage the musical heritage of late composer Pham Duy, his son – Duy Cuong – has confirmed that the family creates all conditions for Pham Duy’s music to come to the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual pilgrim festival worshipping Hung Kings, ancestors of the Vietnamese people, will be held between April 13 and 19 in the northern province of Phu Tho.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Lyrids meteor shower, with about 20 streaks per hour, is the most notable astronomical phenomena in Vietnam this month.