Vietnamese dairy producer Hanoimilk is reportedly a target for Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food, an Indonesian food producer.

  A total of 28.7 million mobile phones were shipped to Viet Nam last year, 13 per cent more than in 2013, according to the International Data Corporation's Asia/Pacific Quart-erly Mobile Phone Tracker.

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) has proposed purchasing the operational rights to the old terminal of Da Nang international airport, the third busiest airport in Viet Nam.

 The HCM City Police proposed a registration fee increase for motorbikes and non-commercial cars with less than 10 seats, according to Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper.

The World Creativity Science Academy presented the WCSA Academician Certificate to two professors from Vietnam and India on Monday, March 16, in the city of Faridabad, New Delhi, India.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world's second largest TV manufacturer, LG Electronics (Korea), will move its TV production chains from Thailand to Vietnam this year, in order to increase productivity and save costs.

Boredpanda – the leading art, design and photography community website has published beautiful photos of Vietnamese people with mysterious smiles as part of a photo collection titled “Hidden Smiles” by French photographer Réhahn.

 A photo featuring a small girl crying next to a roughly-roasted dog has gone viral on Vietnamese social media over the last few days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dance production honouring the determination of Vietnamese people in their fight for independence and freedom will premiere in HCM City to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sai Gon's Liberation and Renunciation Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen State-owned enterprises and agencies in HCMC last week signed agreements committing to cut energy consumption by renovating equipment and technologies, and making full use of garbage in the next three years

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-five year old Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Dung Thanh Huy is soon to be westward bound, heading to Los Angeles, USA for a special five-day training programme.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country decreased by 1.9% on the year to US$21.92 billion in 2014, according to the Foreign Investment Agency's revised report.

 Vietnam’s Minister of Information and Communication, Nguyen Bac Son, paid a working visit to Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra Corporation, on March 17.

 As many as 80,084 strip cartoons “I’m a little rhino” were presented to primary students in the central city of Da Nang at the international conference to popularise the elimination of rhino horn use.

 Yamaha Motor Vietnam is preparing to organise its first football festival for U13 students from all over the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rice export market has bounced back thanks to higher demand from importers, especially from China, which has made large orders.

 Vietnam’s top female badminton player Vu Thi Trang, was seeded third at the International Badminton Championship – Ciputra Hanoi 2015, which kicked off on March 17.

“In midnight, if you hear a howl from the deep jungle, you can be sure that a poor animal has fallen into trap,” a local man in Da Nang City said. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced their concerns over escalating school violence, but few solutions have been proposed and agencies cannot agree on how to punish the perpetrators.

 Ho Chi Minh City has decided to pilot the multi-storeyed workshop model in local industrial parks (IP), export processing zones (EPZ) and high-tech areas from 2015-18 with a total cost of 600 billion VND (28.2 million USD).

VietNamNet Bridge – Reports from different organisations vary about internet speed in Vietnam, but experts say the tests depend on where and what instruments are used.

 Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 percent by 2030.

Vietnam, Iran work to enhance multi-faceted cooperation, Condolences sent to Myanmar over ferry accident, Hungarian Ambassador honoured with insignia, Parliament’s role in realising MDGs discussed

Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly (NA) Chung Ui-Hwa arrived in Hanoi on March 17 to begin his five-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam supports Australia’s increased role in the evolving regional structure and hopes for further cooperation with Australia and other partner countries to contribute to an actively-developing and well-connected Asia, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.