VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism associations of Ha Noi and HCM City signed on Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on carrying out a tourism promotion programme this year.

Farmers, fishers reflected in oil; Art show to be held at Goethe Institute; Vietnam Ethnic Groups Cultural Day opens; Italian exhibition highlights Vietnamese culture

According to the city’s social-economic report of the first quarter 2013, more than 104,000 new vehicles, including over 26,000 cars, were registered during this period. On average, the city had nearly 300 newly-registered cars per day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight hotels with 1,400 rooms, many of which are managed by international operators like Intercontinental, Marriott, Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Candeo, are scheduled to start service in Hanoi this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking at a meeting on crime prevention and control in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 15, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said police must strengthen efforts to curb crime in both the cities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's younger directors are expected to shine at the National Competition for Young Talented Theatre Directors that begins in the city next Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Within about 30 minutes on the morning of April 17, four accidents occurred on the Saigon Bridge, HCM City. The accidents made 12 cars deformed and caused traffic jams.

Committees in charge of housing projects set up; Over EUR1.2 million for reproductive health care of working women; City to improve medical stations; Australian Questacon show to stimulate sci-tech interests

Rice market awaits news on Filipino buyers; Property trading to be put under tighter control; HSBC Vietnam unveils profit for the first time; HCM City says to choke off slow-moving projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – A mother in HCM City has denounced a local kindergarten teacher for using sleeping pills on her two-year-old child.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of salaganes died last week in Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuan province. The information made hundreds of salagane-breeding households in HCM City anxious.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen traditional craft villages in HCM City will be preserved and developed by 2018 if a proposal by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is approved.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal administration plans to spend VND300 billion (US$14.3 million) this year on further developing E-governance in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students in Vietnam are increasingly opting for online university entrance exam training courses than going to exam training centres, according to local education experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for HCM City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.

HCM City Traffic Police Department have opened training classes for traffic police officers on how to smile to and apologize people when they deal with administrative violations in the street.

 Bird flu H5N1 virus causes new death; Toll fees to double at My Loc Station in Nam Dinh Province; HCM City to reclaim wrongly used land; Bridges shelter illegal businesses

VietNamNet Bridge - A cluster of flowers grow on a dark green rock of about 10kg.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 100 photos featuring the land and people of central Quang Ngai Province’s Ly Son island district, home of the Hoang Sa Flotilla more than 300 years ago, are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

On April 7, a group of masked men used an excavator to bulldoze a house on Hoang Hoa Tham Road, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. A 21-year-old boy quickly woke up and escaped from the house.