The Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam (DRV) has proposed installing 300 Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lights running on solar energy along some national highways and expressways from 2016 to 2018.

 Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh yesterday reaffirmed Viet Nam's position in support of peace, stability and nuclear disarmament on the Korean peninsula.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s meat market is expected to be hit by the entry of many more European products following the enforcement of the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in early 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese singers have returned to perform in their homeland after Tet, mostly in live shows on large stages instead of smaller venues like bars, hotels and nightclubs as they had done in the past.

 Viet Nam's hospitals will employ only graduates for the posts of nurses, hospital orderlies, medical technicians and pharmacists from 2021.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport last week had a meeting with Russian ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov to discuss a plan to launch direct air service between Vietnam and Vladivostok.

 The annual International Women's Cycling Tournament is expected to bring to fans exciting races as strong teams with more than 70 powerful cyclists have agreed to join the event.

Vietnam Idol's new season will begin in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 20, in which contestants between the ages of 16 and 30 will participate.

Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have collaborated to develop an environment-friendly and sophisticatedly deproteinised natural rubber.

 A set of twins in the northern Hoa Binh Province were found to have different fathers, following DNA  tests done by the Ha Noi-based Centre for Genetic Analysis and Technology.

 The Prime Minister has given the green light to the pilot establishment of the Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) Chain.

 The US Boston College has allowed the FPT University to translate and publish its education magazine in Vietnam.

 Experts and policy managers from East Asian countries are discussing how to build environmentally sustainable cities at a high-level seminar that opened in Hanoi on March 3.

 Vietnam has proved itself as an active and responsible member of the UNHRC, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc said, adding that the country joined other member nations in addressing human rights-related challenges of the humankind.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese retail chains are hurrying to expand their networks in anticipation of stiff competition with foreign giants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of Vingroup Pham Nhat Vuong is still the only Vietnamese on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, ranked 1,011th. This is the 5th time Vuong was named on this list.

Vietnam’s tourism sector received good news in early March, which signal a promising year with eventful events. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixteen out of 600 listed companies which have released financial reports reported  huge pretax profits of VND1 trillion and more.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With prominent biodiversity of a special wetland, the U Minh Thuong National Park in Kien Giang Province was recognised as the 2,228th Ramsar site in the world.

 Coming to Da Lat in spring, you will have a chance to enjoy the cold weather and being on a fairy land among drifting and bobbing clouds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sa Phin is one of the busiest ethnic minority markets in northern Ha Giang Province.

 Cambodia outdoes Vietnam in EU garment market share, Vietnam exports over 1mln tons of rice in two months, Vietnam concerned about US’s tra fish inspection rule, HCM City reports 55.5 % drop in FDI in 2016

 Local people dressed in colourful traditional costume paraded through the streets of Lang Son City on March 1 at the biggest festival of the year in Lang Son Province.

 Kelly Trang Tran, Mrs Vietnam World 2015, has announced she has departed the US and is on her way to Dongguan, China to represent Vietnam at the Mrs World 2016 pageant taking place March 1 -12.

 Nine animals belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.