About 300 people have been arrested in the Indian state of Bihar, authorities say, after reports emerged of blatant cheating in school exams.

 A German tourist has been killed in a rare shark attack off an Egyptian Red Sea resort, police say.

 Vietnam became home to another record holder on March 20 with the presentation of the Guinness record for the world’s longest shrimp spring roll to APOT.asia.

 The work entitled 'Selfie' by author Ngo Hieu from Hanoi won first prize of the photo contest entitled 'Vietnam-Country for Peace' held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union's Central Committee.

 An inspection team will be set up in Hanoi to report on the chopping down of thousands of street trees.

 The Prime Minister has approved a Government programme designed to boost the fight against wastefulness in 2015, which includes a freeze on public servant recruitment.

 Vietnamese engineers have worked to master advanced oil rig construction technology and have now exported their giant oil platforms.

 Thailand beat Vietnam U23 team 3-1 in warm-up match; Ha Noi women trounce Ha Nam in national women's football; Bui The Anh wins national marathon race in Vinh Phuc

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has emerged as both the men's singles and doubles champion of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (I) ITF Junior Tennis Championship (Grade 1) in Malaysia.

 The government’s Decision 80/2014/QD-TTg on piloting information technology outsourcing (ITO) within the public sector, which took effect on February 15, is expected to stimulate a market ripe with potential.

 Football and security officials from Vietnam, the World Football Federation (FIFA), and Interpol have met in Hanoi to discuss measures and cooperation in the fight against negative phenomena and match-fixing in football.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Television and private film companies are cooperating in both human resources and finance to produce TV series that highlight urban life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of co-operation at ministry level is hindering the implementation of last year's Law on Environment Protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player, Le Quang Liem, took the title at the HD Bank Cup International Open Chess tournament in HCM City yesterday, March 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - BKAV, a wholly owned Vietnamese enterprise, has promoted its BPhone smartphone as a super product, but the device remains a mystery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As you get older, you spend hours regretting each minute you wasted in your youth, which flies by.

 Viettel Cambodia aka Metfone, a subsidiary of the Vietnam-based telecom group Vietttel, recently acquired Beeline, the fourth largest telecom service provider in Cambodia.

 In recent years, Vietnamese enterprises have significantly increased their inflow of goods into Myanmar and raced each other to gain a foothold in the market, which is ripe with potential.

Start-ups could earn millions of dollars by providing seedlings, raising Kerria lacca and developing Motorway apps, according to business plans expected to be applied this year. 

 Organisations and individuals can now easily access socio-economic data at provincial and district levels in both English and Vietnamese at the new website www.worldbank.org/mapvietnam, launched by the World Bank recently.

  Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state's rapid rise from a British colonial backwater to a global trade and financial center. 

 State President Truong Tan Sang left Hanoi on March 23 for his three-day working visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Choummaly Sayasone.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent visit to Australia and New Zealand opened new charters in the robust development of friendship and comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the two Oceanian countries.

 President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan chaired a Vietnam-India Business Forum in New Delhi on March 21 during his official visit to India.

 Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung suggested enhancing taxation cooperation among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to deal with budget revenue reduction due to outside impacts, pricing transfer and tax fraud.