Up to 2,000 households with 7,800 residents in Van Duc Commune of Ha Noi’s Gia Lam District do not have access to clean water following the Health Ministry’s standards.

 An art exhibition with the theme of Meeting 2017 will feature 120 works by eight artists at the HCMC Museum of Fine Arts in HCMC’s District 1 on March 18.

 The organizers of Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 beauty contest has announced to host the event from June 1 to October 30 with its key target to promote environmental protection in the country.

 Less than one-third of enterprises are confident in the competitiveness of their products, whereas a majority of others are feeling the pinch of rising imports, heard a meeting between HCMC leaders and local business executives on March 7.

 Scores of homebuyers at the 584 Lilama SHB Building project in Tan Phu District, HCMC last week continued calling for compensation as they had not taken over their apartments six years after the guaranteed handover date.

 Hanoi has been placed second on the list of the world’s 17 greatest cities for food selected by the UK’s Telegraph.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and labour export companies have discussed cumbersome procedures and challenges facing the sector at a meeting on March 8.

 Nha Trang City in the south central province of Khanh Hoa has welcomed thousands of Chinese visitors each day, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

 Production and business results improved in the first two months of this year, but trade was unbalanced with strong growth in auto and mobile phone imports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported.

Ha Long bay has nearly 2,000 islets spanning over 1,553 squ. km in the northeast sea. It is one of the UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Sites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Indian tourism enterprises met in Ha Noi at a conference on Tuesday to enhance co-operation in the field.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A five-year-old boy from HCM City’s District 10 died recently from choking on jelly cubes, sold in Viet Nam in small plastic containers with a peel-off top.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viettel and VNPT, two of the three biggest network operators, are preparing to export telecom devices in large quantities.

 The Vietnamese Government has granted permission to Aeroports de Paris (ADP) to buy 20 per cent of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) and become its strategic partner.

 Doosan, the construction contractor at Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant, announced that it would take all responsibility for the recent fire.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Transport and Laotian Ministry of Public Works and Transport agreed to carry out the next step of the project to build a highway connecting two countries' capitals this year.

 Many projects in Vung Ang Economic Zone in the central province of Ha Tinh have their investment licences revoked for the long delay or ineffective operations.

Ha Long Bay, Trang An, Tam Coc-Bich Dong, Van Long, and Phong Nha, all are tourist attractions, were featured in some of principal footage from the King Kong reboot.

 The Ministry of Transport has proposed three investment options to construct a north – south highway in a document submitted to the Prime Minister signed by Deputy Minister Nguyen Nhat.

 The real estate sector reported a reduction of 1.45 trillion VND (63.6 million USD) in inventory in February from December, 2016 to an estimated 29.6 trillion VND (1.3 billion USD).

 Up to 10 countries worldwide have approved trademark protection registration for “Buon Ma Thu​ot Coffee”, a brand in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has requested network operators to withdraw and deactivate nearly 20 million pre-activated SIM cards and banned the sales of these SIM cards, however, many stores continued selling them online.

Singapore-based F&N Dairy Investments Pte Ltd has registered to buy shares of Vinamilk for the third time, asking for 21.77 million shares, equivalent to a 1.5 per cent stake of the dairy firm’s capital.

Making conical hats in Ngoc My commune in Quoc Oai district, Hanoi, is not only a way of protecting the local traditional craft but also a good source of income for residents.

 In preparation for the second leg of the V.League, HCM City FC have roped in naturalised player Dang Van Robert.