The central city of Da Nang is gearing up for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) scheduled for September 24 – October 3, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

  The Vietnamese embassy in Japan is working with the employers of Vietnamese workers there, to ask for improved living conditions and a review of housing rent to ensure their rights, said the Foreign Ministry on March 24.

 Asia should take innovation and creativity as key driving forces for sustainable development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the 2016 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) opened in China’s Hainan province on March 24.

 Vietnam requests Taiwan (China) to respect the country’s sovereignty and not to repeat any action that escalates tensions and complicates the situation in the East Sea, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Mach 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies were divided yesterday on whether to change the definition of a child from someone under 16 to under 18 in the Law on Child Care, Education and Protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently took part in a book launch ceremony featuring music band 365 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Auto joint ventures formed by Vietnamese and Russian firms will be granted a number of incentives but will lose their licenses if they fail to meet local-content requirements.

 Many foreign passengers have had a hard time getting updates about train schedule changes and shuttle buses at Saigon Railway Station after the Ghenh Bridge in Dong Nai Province collapsed at noon on Sunday.

 An Australian man has tested positive for the Zika virus after a 10-day visit to Vietnam. The Ministry of Health has raised alert levels following evidence of the Zika virus in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tan Hiep Village in Cam Tuyen Commune, Cam Lo District in Quang Tri Province is called the "bomb sawing village" because nearly 90% of the villagers used to earn their living searching for scrap metal left from wars.

 The Prime Minister has approved the largest-ever restoration project of Hue imperial citadel costing VND1, 274 billion (US$57 million), announced the People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Province on March 21.

More than 500 industry leaders, Government officials, academics and business professionals will take part in a seminar on smart cities in the southern province of Binh Duong next week.

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the construction of Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV)’s $300 million research and development (R&D) centre in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district.

 Vietnamese hot-shot Nguyen Tien Minh took out New Zealand’s Vincent Tong in just 16 minutes of play to advance to the third round of the SKYCITY New Zealand Open badminton tournament in Auckland City.

 Six Flags Entertainment has announced to open amusement and water parks in Vietnam.

 The first Mekong-Lancang Cooperation leaders’ meeting is a significant landmark in the cooperation among countries in the sub-Mekong region in general and MLC in particular.

 After one year, gastric bypass surgery did a better job of bringing type 2 diabetes into remission than an intensive diet and exercise regimen, according to results of a small trial among obese patients.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many scientists believe that reducing the area of wet rice cultivation to shift to aquaculture to utilize the available saltwater resources will be an opportunity for farmers in the Mekong Delta to get rich.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s textile-garment industry is facing major challenges of low labor productivity and a serious shortage of textile and dyeing materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photographer David Hagerman has introduced Da Lat City, especially its coffee on The New York Times. The US magazine has chosen the city as one of top 52 places to go in 2016.

 Hiep Phuoc IP to be expanded, VN firms need to work hard to maximise opportunities from TPP, Forum on support industry to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam aims to fine-tune national power development

 The nomination paper for Xoan singing to be recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity must be submitted to UNESCO before March 31.

 Vietnam has raised the warning level for the Zika virus following the information about an Australian visitor who tested positive for Zika after returning from the Southeast Asian nation.

 VinGallery to host spring art market, Electronic music concert features international artists, UK choreographer performs in HCM City, French singer featured at Saigon Reggae Festival, Colours in the wind for celebration of Holi festival in Ha Noi

 The water discharged from China’s Jinghong Hydropower Station is expected to reach the Mekong Delta region in 19 days, according to Dong Van Tu, head of the Water Resource Directorate’s department of irrigation and dam safety.