Foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Vietnam have upbeat prospects in 2019, with Japanese investors continuing to lead the countries and territories having investment projects in Vietnam.

 Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World"), often known as the New World symphony, will be performed by the HCM City symphony orchestra at the city’s Opera House at 8pm at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1 on March 9.

 Mozart’s The Magic Flute will be staged at 8pm on March 31 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 13,500 trees were planted along highways nationwide on Tuesday in response to the post-Lunar New Year tree planting festival, 

Bat Trang Ceramic Village is a popular destination among tourists who want to visit and buy delicate ceramic products that can be purchased nowhere else. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Graffiti allegedly by expatriates has sprang up across Hanoi’s Tay Ho District and a 2km flood wall on Nghi Tam, Au Co and Yen Phu streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a plan to organise a design contest for detailed construction planning at a scale of 1:500 for the 23 September Park located in central District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched its “One Planet City Challenge 2019” on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged agencies to work together closely to ensure that construction of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai will begin next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s departments of Transport and Finance have agreed on setting up teams to inspect and handle unreasonable price hikes and violations at parking spots. 

China, Hong Kong and Thailand are the three biggest elephant tusk consumers in Asia (Underwood et al., 2013), while Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are places where trafficked elephant tusks transit before going to China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for Kim Hoang paintings, a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings that originate from Kim Hoang Village in Hanoi, has been increasing over the Lunar New Year.

Banks attract new deposits with lucky money, Vietnam poised to benefit from US-China trade fallout, Coal and transmissions set to drive power infrastructure sector, Provinces to boost shark catfish trade

 VietNamNet Bridge – National football team head coach Park Hang-seo and four injured players met with Vietnamese people at an event in Seoul organised by the Vietnam Embassy in South Korea on Tuesday.

Visiting the rolling green teal hills in the border district of the central province of Nghe An has become a popular tourist attraction in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge - It is too early to say it is a trend, but many rectors of state owned universities have resigned their posts to work at private schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A secondary school student who found a handbag containing VND8 million (US$344) in cash turned it over to her school administrator on Tuesday, police in Mekong Dong Thap Province said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Returning home from South Sudan after a year-long UN peacekeeping mission, Major Do Thi Hang Nga brought back a wealth of experience and memories to last a lifetime.

Incheon United have announced a deal for Vietnamese forward Cong Phuong on their website. The deal will see the talented attacker officially join the club in a one-year loan deal from Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for chief representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Viet Nam Jonathan Dunn in Hanoi yesterday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) is collecting opinions on a new law which would amend a number of articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (2008) and the Law on Public Employees (2010).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said Vietnam will work with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to promote bilateral co-operation in areas that match the interests of each side, 

With an aim to industrialise and modernise the economy by 2020, Vietnam is actively pursuing science and technology innovation as well as the attraction of foreign investment into relevant industries, especially robotics.

 With a modern interface, many new and useful features that are more user-friendly than the old version, Vietnam Airlines’ new application promises an enhanced customer experience.

 Thousands of people have flocked to the northeastern province of Quang Ninh to join in the Yen Tu Spring Festival, which began in Uong Bi city on February 14 or the 10th day of the Lunar New Year.