President Vladimir Putin announced out of the blue on Monday that "the main part" of Russian armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, telling his diplomats to step up the push for peace as U.N.-mediated talks resumed

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VietNamNet Bridge – The film crew will come to Tuan Chau Island in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 16, to start filming at Ha Long Bay.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bloomberg reported that Lotte Group (South Korea), TCC Holding and Central Group (Thailand) have applied to participate in the auction for the Big C Vietnam chain.

 Vietnam will need VND34 trillion (US$1.5 billion) to deal with the heavy damage caused by drought and saltwater intrusion, according to the Department of Crop Production.  

  The consulate general of Thailand in HCMC and the Thai community in the city will put on a “Thai village in HCMC” event at September 23 Park in District 1 on March 25-17.

 Hanoi Police Department is investigating why police patrol bicycles are being left unused after their piloting in the city since August 2015.

 Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has proposed to cut fuel tax rate to reduce losses due to decreasing world fuel prices.

 Authorities keen to ease traffic congestion caused primarily by large buses picking up or dropping off hotel guests around Pham Ngu Lao area.

VietNamNet Bridge - Mobile network operators have launched a new war to lure subscribers. Their major ‘weapon’ this time is the new number repository with ‘lucky’ prefixes.

  Launch of World Bank report hears Vietnam has major potential for development of digital technology.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many rare and precious animal species live in the forests on Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang. 

The Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation.

 The Vietnamese government is actively implementing the Programme of Action to promote the application and development of information technology to meet the requirements of sustainable development and international integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An ethnic traditional cultural festival is taking place in Buon Don district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. It aims to preserve and promote traditional cultural beauties of local ethnics.

 The grapefruit blooming season in Hanoi is a relatively brief window – a week or two – when they go from just buds to beautiful flowers to falling off and being replaced by green leaves.

 The Chan May Port in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue expects to welcome 46 cruise ships with nearly 150,000 foreign tourists and crew members this year, the Chan May Port Company said.

 On March 12, a light plane XT-912 Arrow crashed on the Yarrangwonga Airport in Northern Victoria, Australia which claimed the lives of two men – an Australian pilot and a Vietnamese cameraman named Quoc Huong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks are rushing to set up more branches and transaction offices after a long period of interruption.

 The United States (US) has levied higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese warm-water shrimp exports during the period of review from February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015.

Vietnamese master Pham Le Thao Nguyen took the crown in the HD Bank Cup International Open Chess Masters women’s category tournament yesterday.

  Midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet has been cut from the national team’s March summons, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 Unilever, Vinamilk, Nestle, P&G, IBM, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Viettel, Suntory Pepsico and Abbott topped the list of Vietnam’s 100 Best Places to Work 2015.

 Vietnamese youth, including graduates, are struggling to find jobs. Some have found jobs but their incomes are not high.

 Various ancient objects and pieces of architecture were discovered in the special national Go Thap relic site in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap during excavations in 2015.