VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Hanoi on Tuesday sentenced 32-year-old Nguyen Dieu Linh, the owner of a karaoke shop to nine years in prison for violating regulations on fire-fighting prevention and control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tre Publishing House has published Tranh Van Gogh mua de dot (Buying and Burning Van Gogh), a new novel by Ho Anh Thai.

The 2018 Phan Chau Trinh Awards in HCM City on Saturday recognised 75-year-old musician and music teacher Duong Thu for his contributions to musical research and to Vietnamese culture and music.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to supervise foreigners’ compliance with the regulations on their entry, exit, and residence in central Da Nang City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s 10th biennial Book Expo welcomed 1 million readers from the city and neighbouring provinces, an increase of 10 per cent compared to the last event.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of apartment buildings in the capital city are getting restless after a deadly blaze claimed 13 lives in the upscale Carina Plaza in HCM City last week.

 Emerging centuries ago as a sand islet in the middle of the Thu Bon River, Cam Nam Commune has been known by several names: Con Hen, meaning mussel islet, and Con Bap, maize islet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ngoc Hoang is a man on a mission. He turns up at university to study two days of the week but the rest of the time he goes somewhere else - at the farm to help sell turnips.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A music show entitled The Gospel, in memory of late musician Trinh Cong Son will be held on March 30 and April 1 at Ha Noi Culture House of Student, 37 Tran Binh Trong, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not any single day past when you won’t find Nguyen Thi Sinh’s tender to her crops on her farm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unlicensed doctor in the central province of Nghe An was fined VND50 million (US$2,200) for performing an unsafe abortion that killed a local woman.

The coefficient used for land price adjustments, called the K coefficient, will increase by 0.1 in each circumstance, according to a regulation included in a decision by the HCM City People’s Committee.

Bui The Anh of the Military team unseated defending champion Vu Van Son of Ninh Binh to win the men’s marathon event at the National Marathon Tournament, organised by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang has asked the government to plan part of Da Nang Bay as an ‘urban area in the sea’, in an effort to meet the demands of a rising population and to attract tourism investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Something smells funny on Ly Son Island, as the mass trading of fake garlic has hurt the island’s signature trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Oysters are said to be a natural aphrodisiac and if you are really lucky, you might open the shell to find a precious pearl.  

In Vietnam, more than 16,000 people nationwide suffering from heart, liver, kidney and lung failure are in need of transplants. Some 6,000 people suffer from cornea-related problems and are waiting for replacements,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Quang Hieu expressed his concern for the environment, in his essay applying for a scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and emerged victorious.

 VietNamNet Bridge – LucTeam is the first private professional drama troupe in Hanoi. It made its debut at the end of last year with a performance of The Jealousy of Cinderella comedy by French playwright Moliere. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho has launched a project to improve the efficiency of advanced farming models in semi-urban areas.