Three new accident-prone sites have been included in a list of sites in HCMC that have witnessed frequent traffic accidents, taking the total number to 19, the local media reported, citing the HCMC Department of Transport.

 The government should increase the rate of return on infrastructure investment in a bid to attract more foreign investors in the industry, experts said.

 The annual event aims to introduce the beauty of French cuisine, a culinary art has been declared a “world intangible heritage” by the UNESCO.

 African swine fever (ASF) has continued to spread nationwide, with ASF outbreaks detected in 19 localities as of March 18, noted Le Trung Hoang, deputy head of Can Tho’s animal health agency.

VietNamNet Bridge - E-commerce in the near future could be controlled globally by several powerful multinational groups, analysts say.

 Technology remains driving force for ecommerce growth: officials, Korean Sourcing Fair 2019 to link Vietnam and S.Korea companies, Ministry forecasts changes in market tendency,

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s catfish farmers have been warned of difficulties ahead as the country is no longer the only big catfish exporter.

 From expansive caves to towering waterfalls, the countries of Southeast Asia truly demonstrate the power of Mother Nature.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Tran Dinh Thien, former director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, talks to Thanh Niên newspaper about the role transparency could play in the country’s unobserved economy.

 Hanoi's Department of Transport said it would launch a campaign to eliminate illegal parking areas in the city.

 Thirteen projects received first prizes in the annual National Science and Technology Contest for high school students in the southern region at an awards ceremony at Tôn Đức Thắng University in HCM City on Tuesday.

 Dalat’s newly-announced city centre construction plan has raised public concern, saying that this would affect local historic sites.

 Around 18,377 Vietnamese were contracted to work abroad in the first two months of this year, including 6,141 women.

 The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and HR Wallingford company on March 19 launched a pioneering dengue forecasting system in Vietnam, hoping to curb the spread of this disease in the country.

 The investigation police on March 19 prosecuted two more persons on the charge of “violations of regulations on the management and use of public capital causing losses and wastefulness”, under expanded investigation into the case of Phan Van Anh Vu.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung thanked the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and its President Jean Todt for supporting Hanoi in hosting the Formula One (F1) race by 2020.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted Jonathan Choi, Chairman of the Hong Kong-Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce, and President of Sunwah Group, in Hanoi on March 19.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China Lu Xinshe in Hanoi on March 19.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted separate receptions for Bulgarian Ambassador Marinela Petkova and Uruguayan Ambassador Rosario Portell Casanova in Hanoi on March 19.

 Vietnam is honoured to be the first representative of Asia to announce the country’s commitment to implementing the United Nations (UN)’s traffic accident reduction goal, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said.

 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have sent a delegation of experts to Vietnam to assess the situation of African swine fever (ASF) in the country. 

 The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2019, themed “Stories by the Rivers”, will take place in the central city of Da Nang from June 1 – July 6.

 A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the 11th Vietnam-New Zealand Political Consultation held in Wellington on March 18-19.

 Luc Van Tan, a HCM City resident, is considering installing solar power panels on his 35sq.m rooftop to save on electricity bills.

Cloud, AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity are becoming more widely accepted trends in Vietnam, according to Mr. Tan Jee Toon, Country General Manager of IBM Vietnam.