VinSmart Company, a subsidiary of Vingroup, announced on March 20 that its Vsmart smartphones would be distributed in Spain by Media Markt.

Vietnam has investors who are willing to develop waste treatment plants, but startups, when contacting local authorities, are told that there is no waste to treat, says Dang Huy Dong, former Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment.

 Vietnam is boosting the growing of speciality coffee in an effort to raise coffee quality and the country’s coffee export value.

 The border guard force of the northern province of Lang Son on March 21 arrested a man transporting 993 meth tablets and about 0.5kg of heroin in Yen Khoai commune, Loc Binh district.

 A specialised route for goods transportation was opened on March 21, linking the Tan Thanh border gate of Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son with the Pu Zhai border gate of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

 An exhibition titled Tim Lai Ky Uc (Finding Memories) opened at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

 Experts have recommended a number of measures to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City’s export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial zones (IPs).

 Vietnam has demanded China pay proper compensation for damage a Chinese coast guard ship caused for some Vietnamese fishermen when they were in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision to form a national steering committee on the prevention and control of African Swine Fever (ASF), which is headed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), the leading mobile phone retail chain, has become the newest player in the watch distribution market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamobile has petitioned the Prime Minister to create a fair policy on frequency brand allocation.

 Vietnam resolutely protests against Taiwan (China)’s live-fire exercise around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

VietNamNet Bridge - The most unexpected news of the 2019 shareholders’ meeting season was the ‘power transfer’ of some well-known businessmen who announced their retirement.

 The ninth International Congress of the Asia-Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

 The Singaporean street hawker Chan Hon Meng, famous for serving the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred meal, will cook at Pan Pacific Hanoi Hotel on Friday evening.

 The first batch of VinFast Lux cars have shipped to 14 countries in four continents for quality and safety tests.

 The Vietnamese rubber industry enjoyed robust growth in exports but experienced a fall in export prices in the first two months of 2019.

 The US-based Warburg Pincus wants to sell a third of its holding, equal to 50 million shares, in Vietnamese real estate and retail firm Vincom Retail, Bloomberg has reported.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 on March 20 left for Malaysia to attend the 2019 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2019), which will take place on March 26-30. 

 Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, said at a meeting on March 19 Tuesday in Ha Noi that the ministry chose ACV because of its experience in the field in Viet Nam.