Dang Thu Thao, Miss Vietnam 2012, has been named on a list of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces in Asia for 2018 as announced by TC Candler Asia.

 The US-based Warburg Pincus wants to sell a third of its holding, equal to 50 million shares, in Vietnamese real estate and retail firm Vincom Retail, Bloomberg has reported.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 on March 20 left for Malaysia to attend the 2019 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2019), which will take place on March 26-30. 

 Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, said at a meeting on March 19 Tuesday in Ha Noi that the ministry chose ACV because of its experience in the field in Viet Nam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,000 cu.m of untreated wastewater is released into Hanoi’s Cau Bay Canal through 26 discharge points daily.

 Vietnam has risen one place to be ranked 94th out of 156 countries in the latest World Happiness Report.

 A ceremony was held on March 20 to receive a certificate recognising Soong Co folk singing by San Diu ethnic group in Lap Thach, Tam Dao and Binh Xuyen districts and Phuc Yen city as a national intangible cultural heritage. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the internet has transformed Vietnamese society for the better, the ‘digital divide’, between different groups still needs addressed, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music from three generations of Vietnamese artists will be presented during the concert Tiếp Và Nối (On the Path of the Ancestors) tomorrow at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM).

 Parts of Northern Australia are being evacuated as the region braces for two cyclones to make landfall in the coming days -- one of which has the potential to be the region's most powerful storm in years.

Two students, Vu Hoang Viet and Vu Thi Phuong Trang, from the HCM City Architecture University want bikes to be used regularly for tourism purposes on some streets and are trying to turn the idea into reality with their Bike-Sharing project.

 An American tourist travelling around Asia has died after jumping from a road bridge in Hanoi on Thursday morning.

 More than 1,000 workers at a wholly Taiwanese-invested company in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have gone on strike to demand for salary and meal quality improvement.

 Hanoi is a fascinating city with a combination of classic and youthful styles, but if you want to explore the Vietnamese people and their culture, you must delve deep into its street food.

Vietnam resolutely protests against Taiwan (China)’s live-fire exercise around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, demanding that it refrain from such actions in the future.

Everyone wants to travel, but it’s something that’s difficult for disabled people as there are several barriers hindering them from accessing tourism services. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People’s Court determined that director Viet Tu has author’s rights while Tuan Chau Ha Noi JSC retains property rights over the stage show Quintessence of Tonkin at a trial yesterday.

 People in the central province of Quang Nam have set up farms and houses to scam compensation money from some local projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifteen major tour-operators from India and 35 Vietnamese tour operators held meetings at a tourism promotion event in HCM City yesterday.

Many families in Hong Linh Commune in Ha Tinh Province still keep water pipes running from mountain creeks. Others in the province’s Thuan Loc Commune prefer to use their wells, just in case tap water dries up.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has submitted a project on a horse racing course to the PM for approval.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid urbanisation and a rising population were two of the difficulties facing the water sector, experts said at a conference held in the capital on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – City authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to further their scheme to develop a smart city, Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, 

American lawyer Nancy Hollander recently handed 450 documents, photographs and other memorabilia concerning the first meeting between the Vietnamese Women’s Union and the US Women Strike for Peace Organisation

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe the goal to increase the number of investors in securities is within reach as Vietnam’s stock market is expected to be upgraded to a secondary emerging market.