Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long fielded questions on measures to improve the progress and quality of draft laws and legal documents at the ongoing 22nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee in Hanoi on March 19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visits to New Zealand and Australia from March 12-18 have created milestones, lifting relations between Vietnam and the two countries to a new height, said a senior diplomat.

 Seventeen outstanding research works and press stories on the East Sea were honoured by the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) during a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 19. 

 The International U19 Thanh Nien Newspaper Cup 2018 will take place at the Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai from March 22-30.

Vietnam’s frozen Tra fish fillets will be subject to antidumping duties of 2.39 – 7.74 USD per kilogramme from the United States, according to a US decision which the Ministry of Industry and Trade claimed unfair.

 The Drug Crime Investigation Department (PC47) under Ho Chi Minh City Police has busted a major drug trafficking ring, seizing a total of 9.4 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.

 Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Vu Hong Nam and Assistant Foreign Minister Ali Suleiman Al-Saeed of Kuwait co-chaired the third Vietnam – Kuwait political consultation in Hanoi on March 19. 

 Russians vote across Vietnam, High-tech shrimp breeding brings higher profits, Typhoon Damrey affected houses to rebuild in central region, Ha Tinh border guard busts drug smuggler from Laos

NA Standing Committee wraps up 22nd session, HCM City vows to support private sector, HCM City welcomes Japan’s high-quality infrastructure investment, Vietnamese, Cambodian customs bolster cooperation

 Saigon Heat defeated Westports Malaysia Dragons 115-103 at their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match in the CIS Arena in HCM City on March 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 19, a special exhibition commemorating an important element of the US movement against the American war in Vietnam will open in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A large area of forest in the central province of Quang Binh has been found to be illegally destroyed for timber.

Economists are optimistic about foreign investment in Vietnam, both foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI), in 2018 and upcoming years. 

 As many as 12 state officials in Nam Dinh Province have been punished for visiting pagodas during work hours.

 A crash between a fire engine and a passenger bus in Hanoi killed one firefighter and injured 10 others.

 Professor Le Kim Long, former dean of the Education University, talks to the newspaper Kinh Te & Do Thi on the need to end the policy of free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions.

 On March 7 the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No.686/QD-BCT with safeguards against the import of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate fertilisers.

 Vietnamese shares were positive on Monday morning, led by real estate stocks and positive investor confidence.

 Institutions from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have increased their investment in Viet Nam’s financial market significantly, expecting to gain from the market, thanks to the economic growth outlook.

 Some 120,138 ha of rice fields affected by a lack of water and saltwater intrusion in the southern region will be used to grow other crops in 2018.