A cold snap has been forecasted to hit the northern region and the northern central region March 8 with the lowest temperature of below 12 degrees in mountainous areas.

A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) study by Assoc. Prof. Dr Tran Van Khanh, which supports prenatal diagnosis of DMD to prevent genetic disorders, has earned the scientist the Kovalevskaya Award 201​7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Railways (VNR) has proposed a project to the Ministry of Transport to repair and upgrade 100 level crossings on the North-South railway route.

VietNamNet Bridge - Euromonitor, in its latest report, commented that Vietnam will be the next major battlefield for brewers. 

The number of people registering to donate organs in Vietnam has increased sharply after a 7-year-old girl donated her corneas to two patients.

 Market trading liquidity of the derivatives market reached a record high in February since it started operating in August 2017, according to the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

 After a long period of hesitation, the Vietnam National Coffee Corporation (Vinacafe) is being pushed towards equitisation once more by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD).

 Ly Hoang Nam and Spanish partner Carlos Boluda-Purkiss came from behind to win their first-round doubles match at the India F2 Futures tennis tournament in Kolkata yesterday.

 The annual international women’s cycling tournament, Bình Dương Open, will be held from March 8-16 with a large number of foreign participants.

 Hanoi Social Security has announced it would coordinate with the city’s inspectors in compiling a list of enterprises that have owed social insurance debt for a long time.

The Politburo has decided to allow Politburo member Dinh The Huynh to leave the posts of standing member of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat and President of the Central Theoretical Council in the 2016-2021 tenure.

 The Hanoi People’s Court opened on March 5 the first-instance trial for nine defendants accused of being responsible for the 18 successive ruptures of the Da River water pipelines in the capital city.

 Viet Nam must exploit its water resources more efficiently if it is to ensure the remaining 4.5 million local people without tap water gain access, while at the same time the growing population and economy put additional strain on water capacity.

 Vietnam’s shares slid on March 5 as large-cap stocks performed poorly when investors sold in pursuit of short-term profits.

 The central province of Quang Nam is reviewing tourism projects on Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island), a tourism magnet in Tan Hiep commune of Hoi An township, following reports on the environmental impacts of some construction activities.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Wayne E.Meyer of the US Navy anchored at Tien Sa Port, Da Nang city on May 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vinh International Airport in central Nghe An Province will be fined VND40 million (US$1,800) after a man without a boarding card was caught boarding a flight. 

 Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) talked with Vietnamese enterprises on how to protect their intellectual property rights overseas at a seminar in HCM City on March 5.

 President Tran Dai Quang engaged in bilateral meetings with Bangladeshi leaders in the capital city of Dhaka on March 5 during his ongoing State visit. 

 The Chiba District Court said on March 6 that it will begin the trial under the lay judge system on June 4 for a man indicted for murdering a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl last year.