Events in Vietnam's major cities from March 15 to 31. Daily updated

 PM’s instruction averts Mekong Delta saline intrusion, First national press festival underway, Dong Thap hosts regional Francophone Festival, Da Nang to upgrade roads for APEC 2017, Implementation of 2016 minimum salary under review

 Disney’s “Zootopia” cruised to another box office victory this weekend, picking up $50 million and barreling across the $100 million mark domestically.

 Z.com, a Japanese GMO Internet Group providing Internet solutions, signed a deal with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on March 11 to sponsor the national football team.

 Hai Phong monopolised the top spot of the 2016 V-League standings with 12 points as they extended their winning streak to four matches following a narrow 1-0 fourth-round win against QNK Quang Nam on March 12.

 Veteran Nguyen Van Thong, 52, from Bo Trach District in Quang Binh Province recalled the battle against the Chinese invaders at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Archipelago on March 14, 1988.

 The 2nd season of Vietnamese X-Factor will be aired on television in coming time.

 Vietnam, New Zealand, Paraguay, Aruba, and Nicaragua are five new markets for Zara, a brand of Spanish fashion corporation Inditex, in its bid to open between 280 and 360 new stores this year.

  After their arrival in Vietnam last weekend, T-ara Eun Jung and Qri from Korean girl pop group wore Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) to attend a meeting with their fans at a studio in Ho Chi Minh City on March 14.

About 300 scientists and information technology experts will participate in the eighth Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS) in Da Nang from March 14 to 16.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the competition in the market has become ‘scorching hot’ in the last three years, many home appliance distributors have decided to join hands with foreigners to receive support from powerful partners.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors at Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta will be amazed at the immense plains, blooming lotus ponds, the flower village of Sa Dec and the Lai Vung pink mandarin gardens.

 SBV: Still much room for property loans, Minh Nguyen strategic deal geared towards Samsung, $446.6 million addition to Danang tourism scene, Ha Noi lists qualified housing projects, VN’s cashew exports expected to stay stable

 Vietnam has been drawn in Group A along with Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines at the 2016 AFF Women’s Championship, to take place in Mandalay, Myanmar from July 26 to August 4.

 Green Monday Vietnam, a large-scale vegetarian buffet which is part of a Humane Society International-supported global campaign, will be launched in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 A group of local Vietnamese has launched an organization to introduce and support the Korean culture wave of hallyu, which has been earning widespread popularity across Vietnam.

 Hairdresser Michael Barnes, of London hairstyling fame, will appear along with supermodels Pham Huong and Ha Anh on March 23 at a free public fashion event of five emerging local designers in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households living on the corridor of Red River dyke system in Hanoi will likely be moved as part of the flood prevention plan, authorities and experts have said.

 A group of young people have become a link between benefactors and poor workers through voluntary programs in Hanoi.

The local market has seen some of the most attractive shares offered in initial public offerings (IPOs) in March.

 Vietnamese-based Hoa Binh tourism company recently inaugurated its representative office in Berlin, Germany.

 The beauty of the central coastal province of Quang Ngai, homeland of the Hoang Sa Flotilla, has been featured through 150 art works at a photographic exhibition which opened in Hanoi on March 12.

 The international cycling championship Vietnam Victory Challenge 2016 wrapped up in Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 13.

 Chinese chess grandmaster Wang Hao (elo 2,707) has become the champion of the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rate of unemployed university graduates has been blamed on inadequate training.