Bougainvillea, yellow orchid, phoenix and yellow scorpion flowers are in full bloom beautifully decorating Ho Chi Minh City streets.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Building reservoirs and embankments is one of the measures for HCMC to control floods and adapt to climate change,

  The Vietnam Charity Polo Cup 2015 will be held for the first time in Vietnam on March 20 at the Golf Club and Long Thanh Urban Area in Dong Nai Province to raise funds for charities and wildlife protection.

To celebrate the launch of a new route between HCM City and Chu Lai (Quang Nam Province), the low-cost airline Vietjet will offer thousands of tickets from just VND9,000 ($0.46) from March 19 to 26.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Market Administration Agency has seized dozens of thousands of milk cartons bearing Ensure Abbott brand illegally imported to Vietnam but is unsure whether it has the legal right to destroy them. 

 Limbless and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic will return Vietnam for the third time on March 22 to take part in a series of activities for local disabled people.

 The citys Information and Communications Department and Intel Security signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday to develop and strengthen security for information technology (IT) infrastructure in the city.

 Property developer Vingroup may acquire an 80 per cent stake in Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre Co. Ltd. (VEFAC) and become a strategic investor in the firm.

 National badminton player Vu Thi Trang struggled during the first round match of the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge yesterday.

Pitra Andika of Indonesia secured the top position after the third round of the ongoing HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament being held in HCM City.

 The European Commission has laid out plans to clamp down on so-called sweetheart tax deals between governments and multinationals.

 The education and training ministry yesterday dispatched an official note to all education and training agencies, asking them not to hold entrance exams to admit sixth-graders in secondary schools.

 A container truck overturned in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, spilling thousands of litres of cashew oil.

 Vice-chairman of Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung has approved a project to build a VND18-billion (US$839,000) car park complex, named Hai Boi, in the city's Dong Anh District.

 Tunisia's president has vowed to fight terrorism "without mercy", following a gun attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis that killed 19 people.

 Travel agents, tour operators and hotels from 24 nations and territories will showcase their products and services at 141 booths during the 2015 Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM), scheduled for April 3-6 in Hanoi.

 Vietnam has triumphed at the recent Asian Cup Rowing Championship which wrapped up on May 15 in Singapore, according to the Vietnam Sport Administration.

 Music lovers in Hanoi can attend a street music event entitled, "The Unlimited", which will be held on March 20 from 6pm onwards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A garbage-filled canal and lake in Tu Lien Ward in Tay Ho District is blamed for a plague of mosquitoes harassing thousands of residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Project Runway Vietnam runners-up Chau Chan Hung and Ha Hong Lam will participate in the 2015 Asia New Generation Fashion Designer Award in Singapore from May 13 to 17.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced its decision to allow the use of three genetically modified maize varieties on commercial scale on March 18 in Hanoi.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Auckland city of New Zealand on March 19, beginning his two-day official visit to the country at the invitation of New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key.

 Vietnam’s Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son and Australia’s Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in communications.

 HCM city has become the first national tourism body to launch a free directory for tourism and hospitality businesses of any size or location.