The State visit to Cuba by Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong from March 28-30 aims to consolidate mutual political trust and step up bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and investment in a more pragmatic and effective manner. 

 The 11th annual Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Awards on Saturday honored seven local and foreign scholars in the fields of music, culture, translation and Vietnam studies for their devotions to the cause of Vietnamese cultural and educational development.

 A regional collaboration drill on health response to disasters opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 26, gathering ten ASEAN state members and representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Japanese low-cost airline Vanilla Air announced its official exit from Vietnam's affordable aviation market despite optimistic business performance over the past 18 months due to its failure over local competitors.

 Authorities in the central city of Danang have just allowed two polluting steel firms to resume operation, despite opposition from local people.

 Indochine Arts Ltd. Co. on March 24 opened the first online painting transaction centre in Vietnam, aiming to prevent copyright infringements.

Events in Hanoi & HCMC on March 26-April 1 

 Vietnam Book Day 2018 will be held in Hanoi on April 18-22 to celebrate the culture’s love for the written word.

 Leaders of the central province of Quang Tri are accused of selling calves given to low-income people.

VietNamNet Bridge - Travel firms are thinking of developing astrotourism activities to attract domestic and foreign travelers.

 A doctor who owns a beauty salon in HCM City has been fined VND64 million (USD2,909) following the death of an American man during a loose skin removal surgery.

 A cyber-crime mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) has been arrested in Spain.

 Investigators from the Ministry of Public Security on Monday arrested two employees of Eximbank in connection to the vice director fled overseas after misappropriating VND245bn (USD10.8m) from a customer.   

 Swedish fashion giant H&M - the world's second-biggest clothing chain - has posted a 61% profit fall for the three months to February amid weak sales.

Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge was built in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in 1776 with wooden structure and 7 compartments. It is 17m long, 4m wide and has two wooden railings with balconies.

 Surpassing over 1,000 international candidates, Phan Trung Kien, a student at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, has won the only special prize at the Kyushu Music Concour 2018 in Kumamoto, Japan.

 The Republic of Korea's distribution and food processing companies are shifting to Vietnam from China amid tougher business conditions and strained bilateral relations in the world's most populous market, the RoK’s Yonhap news agency reported.

 Vietnam Airlines and Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFM KLM E&M) inked an agreement for the maintenance of Boeing 787-9 engines worth 500 million USD in Paris on March 26.

 Grab on Monday announced that all of Uber’s motorcycle and taxi drivers in Viet Nam would have the opportunity to work for Grab from April 8th.

 The exchange rate between the dong and the US dollar will be stable and end at VND22,900 per US dollar by the end of 2018, predicts Ngo Dang Khoa, head of Global Markets, HSBC Bank Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tre Publishing House has published Tranh Van Gogh mua de dot (Buying and Burning Van Gogh), a new novel by Ho Anh Thai.

 Retail space is expected be abundant this year in Ha Noi with a total of 157,000 sq.m coming from eight projects under development, according to the CBRE’s Real Estate Market Outlook in Viet Nam.

 The profits of many banks in the first quarter of this year are estimated to rise higher than that of the same period last year thanks to significant credit growth.

 The Government has issued a new decree which it says will help build a "clean and transparent multi-level marketing environment".

The 2018 Phan Chau Trinh Awards in HCM City on Saturday recognised 75-year-old musician and music teacher Duong Thu for his contributions to musical research and to Vietnamese culture and music.