Events in Hanoi & HCMC on March 19-25 

 A large area of forest in the central province of Quang Binh has been found to be illegally destroyed for timber.

Economists are optimistic about foreign investment in Vietnam, both foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI), in 2018 and upcoming years. 

 Prime Minister sends congratulation to Chinese Premier, President: press greatly contributes to national achievements, HCM City wants to boost Francophone cooperation, Vietnamese Embassy in Germany conducts citizen protection

 Police in Austin, Texas, have warned the public that a fourth explosion there may pose a new threat.

 As many as 12 state officials in Nam Dinh Province have been punished for visiting pagodas during work hours.

 A crash between a fire engine and a passenger bus in Hanoi killed one firefighter and injured 10 others.

 A young Vietnamese man has just completed a113-day hike almost the length of Vietnam.

 Professor Le Kim Long, former dean of the Education University, talks to the newspaper Kinh Te & Do Thi on the need to end the policy of free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions.

 On March 7 the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No.686/QD-BCT with safeguards against the import of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate fertilisers.

 Vietnamese shares were positive on Monday morning, led by real estate stocks and positive investor confidence.

 Institutions from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have increased their investment in Viet Nam’s financial market significantly, expecting to gain from the market, thanks to the economic growth outlook.

 15 years of community football program in Thua Thien-Hue, Building Da Nang’s trademark as a gateway to heritages, Victims of Son My massacre remembered in US, Floating school built for overseas Vietnamese pupils in Cambodia

 Some 120,138 ha of rice fields affected by a lack of water and saltwater intrusion in the southern region will be used to grow other crops in 2018.

 The Turkish Ministry of Economy has received a request for a second sunset review of anti-dumping measures applicable to Vietnam’s V-shaped conveyor belts (V-belt), according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Turkey. 

 Vietnam’s booth attracted thousands of visitors at the 24th Travel and Vacation Show in Ottawa, Canada, which was held from March 17-18.

 The Cua Ong Temple Festival, which was recently recognised as national special intangible cultural heritage, opened in Cam Pha City, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on March 18.

 The Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has officially announced a crackdown on “using the internet to appropriate assets, organise gambling, gamble, illegally trade invoices and launder money in Phu Tho province and some other provinces and cities.”

 Nguyen Tuan Anh on March 17 launched an outlet to sell baby products and maternity wear of the UK-based Mamas & Papas brand in Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Portraits expressing people’s loneliness and misery are on display at an ongoing exhibition by visual artist Nguyen Cong Hoai.

 More than 70 homes and buildings are feared to have been destroyed in a bushfire in Australia, authorities say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The show Hoi An Memories, the largest outdoor visual arts performance ever in Vietnam, debuted yesterday at Hoi An Impression Theme Park in the central province of Quang Nam.

If Fansipan is known as “The roof of Indochina”, Pu Ta Leng is definitely the second roof that hikers who desire challenges, must try to conquer once in a lifetime.

A 2017 survey by Kantar WorldPanel in four large cities and several rural areas found that multinational brands such as Unilever and P&G have been dominant in the personal and home sectors over the last three years. 

Dem Hoa Le (Wonderful Night), a cultural programme that offers cai luong (reformed opera) and hat boi (classical drama) shows, will be staged every week at Cho Lon Theatre in HCM City’s District 5, known as Chinatown.