For the first time, the ambiance of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest carnival in the world, is being brought to Hanoi to satisfy all of your senses with sight, sound and taste.

 A Violin Solo Recital will feature Kim Il Yang at a concert at 8pm on March 16 at the Erato School of Music and Performing Arts on 107 Tôn Dật Tiên Street in HCM City’s District 7.

 The Sunspiration City Festival will be held from 9am to 11pm on April 6 at Sala City Residential complex, 10 Mai Chí Tho Street in HCM City’s District 2.

 Vietnamese teams secured wins in the second round of the 2019 Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Junior Fed Cup and Davis Cup on Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Several co-operation agreements were inked during a recent on market expansion for the newly-launched Van Don International Airport in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh early this week...

Residents of Thanh Thuy Commune in Vi Xuyen District said they are still occasionally startled by an explosion somewhere in the mountains nearby, a cruel reminder of a bloody border war 40 years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts say the technological infrastructure in Vietnam is ready for the mobile payment boom.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Captain Nguyen Van Quyet was sent off and goalkeeper Nguyen Van Cong saved a penalty in Ha Noi FC’s 2-0 win over Viettel in the capital derb, of the Wake-up V.League yesterday in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Education & Training has announced the new general education program with detailed curricula for 27 subjects. Of the requirements, students must have 70 periods of physical education each academic year.

 The Hanoi Paragon Hill Resort in Van Hoa commune, Hanoi’s outskirts district of Ba Vi, has been recognised for setting three records by the Vietnam Record Association. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese athletes will take part in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) 2019 which will begin with its first round on March 8-10 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Park Hang-seo will lead the U22 Vietnamese team at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will continue supporting the central province of Quang Nam’s climate change adaptation efforts this year by sponsoring the construction of flood-proof houses and the cultivation of mangrove forests.

 A plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc targets that 11 percent of Vietnam’s population will have bought life insurance by 2020, and the rate will reach 15 percent by 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ninh Province is taking steps to combat the spread of African swine fever.

 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don’t install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Localities have been urged to develop long-term disaster risk reduction plans to better cope with catastrophes, an official said on Wednesday at a workshop held in Hanoi.

 Besides exploring volcanic remnants on the untouched land of Ly Son island, Quang Ngai province, now tourists can go hunting for rock crabs at night with locals.

 The second Indochina Retail Technology and Innovation Summit, a conference focusing on retail technology, is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

 The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on March 6 asked relevant ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved the dumping of 14.3 million cubic metres of mud off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

A fishing boat from Quang Ngai has been sunk by a Chinese ship near the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands), according to the Vietnam’s National Committee on Incident, Disaster Response and Search and Rescue.

The Vietnamese leadership seems to have been inspired by Singapore and the Nordic countries which would ensure more sustainable and equitable growth.

A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1, according to a case study to be published Tuesday in the journal Nature. Effectively, some scientists believe that the "London patient" has been cured of the viral infection, 

 The US trade deficit hit a 10-year high in 2018, growing by $69 billion, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Census Bureau.