Within three weeks, from March 6 to 20, Viet Nam witnessed three waterway accidents. Of those incidents affecting An Thai Bridge in Hai Duong Province, Con Do Bridge in Ha Tinh Province, and Ghenh Bridge in Dong Nai Province,

VietNamNet Bridge - While many general schools in inner Hanoi have become overloaded because of a population increase, dozens of land plots reserved for schools cannot be used.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh is the top seed at the Finnish Open badminton tournament, which begins on April 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of Indochina langurs (Trachypithecus phayrei crepusculus), the largest ever, has been discovered in Thanh Hoa province. 

 Ready-to-eat tomatoes, and lettuce, grown without soil, and consumed unwashed, are the future in Vietnam and people will soon have the chance to experience this form of ‘smart agriculture’.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located in Phu Tho Province, Xuan Son National Park is a perfect pick for those who are interested in discovering the pristine beauty of Mother Nature, the pure atmosphere of forests and mountains

HCM City’s Tran Huu Trang Theatre in co-operation with its partner Tien Giang Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will stage a cai luong show to celebrate 110th anniversary of  the late playwright Tran Huu Trang’s birthday,

The US economic presence in Vietnam has been increasing steadily since the normalization of Vietnam-US relations since the 1990s. Russia, which was once the largest trade partner of Vietnam, has also returned.

  In an article published on March 28, the VOV Online Newspaper cited PM Nguyen Tan Dung saying that staff recruitment for civil servant positions has seen various problems since the process was done at a local level.

 Vietnamese securities companies are in a hurry to seek a suitable system to work with when the first-ever derivatives market is launched by this year-end, according to local media.

 Twenty-seven artists and technicians from Opera Australia will delight music lovers in Hanoi with the famous opera La Bohème to be held at the Hanoi Opera House on April 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s areas affected by saline intrusion have been urged to switch to other crops or breed shrimp or fish.  

Almost 67 percent of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in Vietnam are operating in low-value manufacturing sectors with out-dated machinery, which is a major reason for the severe pollution problems the country is facing.

 Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped 16 notches to the 870th slot in the latest ATP World Tour rankings.

 The National Assembly (NA) may loosen travel terms, making it easier for US citizens to travel to Vietnam for tourism or other business related purposes.

 Assistant to the Foreign Minister, Vu Quang Minh, and Deputy Secretary of the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, Dato Muhammad Sharulkram Yaakob, co-chaired the Vietnam-Malaysia Senior Officials’ Strategic Dialogue in Hanoi on April 4.

  The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) of the Transport Ministry will investigate an incident in which an Angkor Air aircraft slid off the runway after landing at HCM City’s airport Saturday evening.

  Over 37,000 hectares of forests in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc island were put on level-five “extremely dangerous” alert for forest fires, stemming from prolonged drought, acute heatwave and a dwindling supply of water.

 Vietnam pledges to step up collaboration efforts with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre’s member nations in preventing and detering illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

 Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and enterprises committed to providing assistance for Vietnamese communities hardest hit by drought and saline intrusion at a conference on April 4.