Heiner Beilefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, presented to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council the main findings of his visit to Vietnam from July 21 to 31, 2014.

 SkyScanner, the world’s travel search engine, has listed Mui Ne among 12 best beaches in the Asia-Pacific region.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 3.25 percent of the total outstanding loans at banks non-performing loans (NPL) at Vietnamese banks as of December 31, as reported by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition entitled ‘Pong-Ping’ of two Swiss artist duo Plonk &Replonk will be displayed at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi from March 24-April 12

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Blooming Bamboo home’ designed by Vietnam's H&P Architects has surpassed 1,500 outstanding projects to be named on a shortlist for the WAN Small Spaces Award in the world’s largest architectural awards.

 8th annual Francophone Film Festival opens in big cities, New TV series explores challenges in globalised world, Int'l delegates participate in friendship spring tour, Youth Union to celebrate National Reunification Day

 The French airport authority Aéroports de Paris (ADP) on March 23 expressed a desire to become a strategic shareholder and buy 25-30 percent stake of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (AVC).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The low-cost airline VietJet on Sunday, March 22, welcomed the 9000th aircraft made by Airbus at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City.

 The prime minister has allowed the state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to sell a 34.7 per cent stake in the Nha Trang Port Joint Stock Company (Nha Trang Port JSC), constituting 8.5 million shares, to Vinpearl JSC owned by Vingroup.

 Microsoft today announced that it will invest $3 million in Vietnam over the next three years as part of the company’s global YouthSpark commitment to empower young people with opportunities for education, employment, and entrepreneurship.

 A huge forest fire broke out yesterday in Ham Rong Mountain of Pleiku City, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, threatening the operation of two transceiver stations.

  State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Binh last week approved in principle the merger of the Maritime Bank and the Mekong Development Bank (MDB).

Several weeks ago, city authorities decided to chop down many trees, saying that they were decayed or deformed, and replace them with young saplings. However, a public outcry ensued and the felling of trees has stopped.

 The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission has told the BBC.

The Vietnam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) has said that the sudden increase in Chinese truck imports could kill domestic production.

 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have struck conciliatory tones at their Berlin summit, but remained vague on how to prevent Athens from running out of money.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will find himself facing stronger rivals when the draw for the US$500,000 Maybank Malaysian Open Superseries from March 31-April 5 is released 

 The number of illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Japan climbed to 2,453 last year, reflecting a nearly 70 per cent jump from 2013, latest data from the Immigration Bureau of Japan said.

 Vietnam’s holiday home market shows signs of recovery with the revival of delayed projects and investors ramping up investments in this segment.

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted a plan to the Government that seeks to develop a Vietnamese rice brand name by 2020.

While some domestic scientists are under the impression that working conditions in the country are not up to international standards, other foreign scientists see nothing but the opportunity to make a difference in the nation’s future.

 Indonesia’s badminton players dominated the International Badminton Championship – Ciputra Hanoi 2015, which wrapped up in Hanoi on March 22.

 Vietnam aims to rank fifth among top air-transportation service providers in Southeast Asia by 2020, reported the online newspaper VnEconomy with a draft scheme on restructuring the sector being developed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

 Binh Dien Long An beat Thanh Hoa; PVF beat Ha Noi T&T, win national U-19 football title; HCM City beat Thai Nguyen 2-0 in national women's football champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new sculpture exhibition in Ha Noi invites the public to think about the significance of boats and water in Viet Nam's history and development.