Experts have recommended amending e-commerce regulations that would allow authorities to better manage and collect tax as well as develop the sector.

 Japan, one of the global leaders in implementing the 4.0 industrial revolution, is witnessing strong investment from Viet Nam’s information technology (IT) firms.

 The Sao Khue Awards 2018 received 100 nominations from 80 enterprises and units in the two months since the process began.

 The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority has reported that Halotel, Viettel’s subsidiary, has achieved a 10 per cent of market share equivalent to 3.8 million subscribers within just two years of inception.

 Viet Nam’s securities market has a 25 per cent chance of being upgraded to the “emerging market” status from its current “frontier market” level by 2021.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has asked for the Prime Minister’s approval of Vinamilk’s plan for an Employee Stock Ownership Programme (ESOP) in the 2018-21 period.

 Viet Nam is struggling to find solutions, especially ‘green’ solutions to address challenges in water resources management with environmental damage, climate change and unsustainable water exploitation driving the water-related crisis.

 Sixty collectors of wild medicinal and aromatic plants met in Bac Kan on Thursday to report their achievements in implementing a programme titled “Enhancing Management and Benefit Flows in VN's Wild Medicinal Products.”

 Viet Nam lost 2-1 to Pacific Oceania in the semi-finals of the Junior Davis Cup on Friday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 Nguyễn Thị Thi won the International Women’s Cycling Bình Dương Television Tournament which finished on Friday in Bình Dương City.

 Nguyễn Thị Ngoan and Nguyễn Thị Hồng Anh represent Việt Nam at the Karate 1 - Premier League Rotterdam 2018 on March 16-18 in the Netherlands.

 Despite dropping one spot in the world rankings, Viet Nam are still the Southeast Asia’s top football team.

 Football for All in VN (FFAV) has been selected as one of 27 organisations to be part of the first Common Goal collaboration cycle.

 The book 1987, containing stories of those born in 1987 — the first year after the initiation of the country’s famous Đổi Mới (Renewal) policy — has become a best-seller, with 10,000 copies selling out only three months after its release.

 HCM City’s annual Book Festival kicks off on Monday (March 19) at Lê Văn Tám Park in District 1.

 Situated to the southeast of Phú Quốc Island, Nam Du Archipelago in the southern province of Kiên Giang consists of 21 islands and islets.

 The People’s Committee of Hà Nội has approved a plan to build an ecological park of more than 15,000sq.m in Hoàng Mai District’s Vĩnh Hưng Ward.

 Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have reached an agreement on the implementation of a cross-border transport facilitation agreement (CBTA).

 Thousands of households in central Quang Nam Province have been thirsting for clean water for years as most of the wells are seriously contaminated with aluminum and few water supply works have been built to solve the problem.

 All districts will be expected to develop a “smart urban area” plan by 2020, Tran Vinh Tuyen, HCM City People’s Committee vice chairman and head of the smart city management board, said on Friday.

It’s been around 50 years since former US Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle documented the tragic My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968.

 Pham Khanh Phong Lan, head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, speaks to Liberated Sai Gon about the positive results of the board’s work.

 Some 118,290ha of rice fields affected by lack of water and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta will be used to grow other crops or aquaculture this year, according to the Plant Cultivation Department.  

 Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov gave positive comments on the strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam during an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agency. 

 The US National Basketball Association (NBA)’s global basketball development programme for boys and girls (Jr NBA) has returned to Vietnam for the fifth consecutive year.