VietNamNet Bridge – Education, Cleantech and ICT have been on the top of the agenda during the visit of Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka between March 6 and 11 in Viet Nam.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven unused water towers in HCM City will be demolished, according to the municipal water supply authority.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island welcomed the first arrival of the premier nonstop flight on a B-787 Dreamliner from Sweden yesterday, March 8.

 Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, was among more than 80 observers from 28 countries witnessing the largest-ever foreign military exercise hosted by India.

 State President Truong Tan Sang landed Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar Es Salaam city, Tanzania, on the early morning of March 9 (Vietnam time), starting his State visit to the African country.

The Vietnam Macadamia Association has been officially set up under a decision by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. LienVietPost Bank and Him Lam JSC were two major businesses lobbying for the association.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Early in the morning, boats carrying the special dishes of southern Vietnam gather on the floating market of Cai Rang to serve tourists.

 Twenty-three Vietnamese fish plants eligible to export to US, Malaysia imposes temporary anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese rolled steel, Experts bullish on property prospects, India hits VN with anti-dumping duty

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) decision that intermediate school graduates will not be employed by hospitals and healthcare throughout the country has raised controversy.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped one step to 883rd place in the world rankings - his career best.

The Foreign Ministry instructed the Embassy of Vietnam in Indonesia to work with Indonesian authorities to help the 25 Vietnamese fishermen arrested for fishing in the country’s seas, the Ministry’s Consular Department told reporters.

 For centuries Vietnamese female farmers have been the backbone of the agricultural sector, working hard to produce rice and other essential items for society.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 1987, Mr. Chau, 88, won a national fine art handicraft prize for his bamboo-made lobsters, and since then bamboo shrimps have become the main source of income for his family.

 Anne Chamfort, an astrologer and psychic of international repute, is visiting Vietnam for the first time to launch her Great Book of Secrets in the Vietnamese language. 

 The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed to promulgate the Ordinance on Market Management after a final discussion of the bill.

 Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee was introduced as a candidate for the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021.

 Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 8 for Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Defence Ministry Ralf Brauksiepe.

VietNamNet Bridge - Telecommunication experts said they can see signs of a new race triggered by telcos to add new subscribers.

The average age of the group of people who own assets of over US$10 million in Vietnam is 48, younger than those in China (52), America (56) and the UK (57), according to the Prosperity Report 2016 announced by Knight Frank.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local authorities and investors who are developing road and hydropower projects have promised to plant forests to offset the trees they fell. However, they have failed to keep their word.

 Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) is on a shopping spree hoping to wrap up its takeover of the Vietnam plastics industry by 2020, said speakers at a recent seminar in Saigon.

 'Com chay' (burned rice) is a simple but very crispy and yummy dish of Ninh Binh province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Steel mills now have to struggle to compete with imports from China. If the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) does not take temporary safeguard measures, a series of enterprises will go bankrupt.

 Vietnam will surely become the biggest ASEAN trade partner of China in 2016, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin said on March 8.

 The Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 will open in 30/10 Square, Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 18, indulging visitors in a sea of pale pink and white blooms brought by Japan.