VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been named in top 10 cheapest countries to travel in 2016 by the Richest, a leading entertainment and lifestyle website.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fishermen in the central province of Quang Binh found a dead whale on shore along the coast in Duc Trach Commune in Bo Trach District in the morning of March 23.

 Three famous Korean bands are expected to excite Vietnamese fans at a Spark Concert to be staged on April 17 in Hanoi.

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 Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has asked the central province of Binh Thuan to raise its alert level for Zika virus, in order to have suitable countermeasures in place.

Local sportswear manufacturer Dong Luc Group and Vietnam Professional Football Company, the manager of V-League, signed an agreement on ball provision for the football tournaments in 2016-17.

 Outstanding contributors to the development of Vietnam’s culture and education were honoured at the 9th Phan Chau Trinh awards presentation ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on March 24.

 Nominations for the Devotion (Cong Hien) Music Awards 2016 were announced by the The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) Newspaper on March 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Billboards will only be displayed on the outskirts of Hanoi and the Culture and Sports Department will not grant billboard licences in the city centre this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent survey has found that people in 10 selected Vietnamese provinces and cities are generally satisfied with local public administration services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of musicians will participate in a music programme tomorrow night at HCM City’s Acoustic Bar in memory of 42-year-old rocker Tran Lap, former leader of the rock band Buc Tuong (The Wall),

The HCM City’s Department of Transport’s Public Transport Management and Operation Center and Koa Sha Media Vietnam, a Japanese-based out-of-home ad agency, this week signed a contract to launch a pilot project to offer ads

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to inspect the conditions of bridges and ensure safety after a barge hit the Ghenh Bridge recently on Dong Nai River, causing it to collapse. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Belgian Embassy held a ceremony in Hanoi on late March 23 in commemoration of innocent victims of the bomb attacks in Brussels one day earlier.

 China helped push global green energy investment plans to record heights in 2015, offsetting a sharp fall in Germany,

 Chief Justice of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh is paying a working visit to China from March 23-25.

 Hanoi wishes to receive Amsterdam city’s assistance in building an environment monitoring system, clean energies and sharing of experience in climate change adaptation, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

 Vietnam welcomes the official visit to Cuba by US President Barack Obama, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on March 24 in reply to a reporters’ query on this visit.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015 alone, Nguyen Thi Nga, who is believed to be the richest Vietnamese businesswoman, spent billions of dollars on big business affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge - While some experts are pessimistic about Vietnam’s capability of building military submarines, others believe that building the ships is within reach and that Vietnam needs to build its own subs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many child abuse cases have been discovered just within one month. On education forums, parents are expressing their anxiety about the unsafe schooling environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution situation in HCM City has no effective warning system that would allow the city authorities to take timely action.

 International branding experts have damned Vietnam’s national brand building efforts at a recent meeting in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists to Bac Ha District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on weekends will have the opportunity to drop by the Saturday night market, a unique cultural aspect of ethnic people there.

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