Only 12% of the alcohol manufacturing facilities in Vietnam meet business requirements and given permits by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Trees in Hanoi were uprooted following strong winds and rain, including one tree that crushed a car on March 31. 

 New diesel vehicles are required to follow Euro 4 emission standards before December 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The border district of Binh Lieu, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has become a new hotspot for tourists in recent years.

 Bitexco Financial Tower is among the Top 10 most attractive places in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ho Chi Minh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The US and Vietnam met on March 27-28 under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to discuss deepening trade ties between the two nations as well as address outstanding bilateral trade issues. 

 It is expected to replace the Decree 86 on the businesses of car and bus transportation issued in 2014. 

 Viet Nam’s Tran Quyet Chien has entered the second round of the Three-Cushion World Cup being held in Luxor, Egypt.

 Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia on Thursday received the 2016 Prince Claus Awards from the Embassy of the Netherlands.

VietNamNet Bridge - While affirming that FDI from China will bring capital and jobs, economists say the FDI flow should be received in a selective way.

 Rubik Zoo, The New District and Saigon Holiday are good suggestions for young people in Ho Chi Minh City at weekend to visit, go shopping and taste delicious food.

Fifteen leading Australian universities and executive training providers next month will participate in the Viet Nam – Australia Executive Education and Training Showcase to be held in Viet Nam for the first time. 

 The HCM City Taxation Department has announced it will submit a specific plan for tax collection from online businesses to the City People’s Committee in early April and deploy the plan in the same month.

 Mongolia will ban the burning of low-grade coal in its capital Ulaanbaatar within the next decade, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said, as the country tries to curb toxic air pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vogue recently released an article featuring outstanding design collections of Asian designers at Tokyo Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017, including ‘Em Hoa’ by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri.

 The People’s Court of southern An Giang province on March 30 sentenced 51 – year – old Cambodian, Rim Ri Linh, to six years in jail for illegally transporting 18 kilograms of gold from Cambodia to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Nai Province has suspended all dredging and sand mining projects in the Dong Nai River.

Asian and European educators meeting in Viet Nam this week agreed that innovative education is the key to ensuring qualified human resources for the sake of countries’ sustainable development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three apartment buildings in HCM City will be rebuilt this year as part of the city’s plan to renovate or replace old apartment buildings by 2020, 

Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation is taking strict disciplinary actions against several officials involved in air traffic service disruptions at the Hai Phong-based Cat Bi International Airport early this month. 

 Rescue forces have found a body identified as a crewman of the Hai Thanh 26 ship which sank at sea off southern Vung Tau City three days ago, said an official from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

 The preparation for the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and the 2017 Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho has been completed, said the organising board.

 Fiscal and monetary policies have been on the right track since early this year, members of the National Advisory Council on Fiscal and Monetary Policies confirmed at their quarterly meeting recently held in Hanoi. 

 Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] said on Friday that net profit edged up just 0.4 percent last year, its slowest annual growth since 2011.

 Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye was behind bars in the Seoul Detention Centre on Friday after her arrest, on charges including bribery, in a corruption scandal that has brought low some of the country's business and political elite.