Vietnamese peacekeeping sappers are studying the UK’s experience about sexual violence prevention in doing peacekeeping missions at an exchange programme held from March 17-21 in Hanoi. 

 A new dance Bleu Neon co-created by Vietnamese and French contemporary dance artists will be staged at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2 on March 22.

The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team has reported that GandCrab ransomware affiliates which had been spreading globally over the past year had updated to version 5.2.

The Government has set out concrete goals for improving the country’s business environment and national competitiveness for 2019-2021 period in line with international standards, according to its Resolution No. 02 adopted in early January.

 Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper’s reporters have recently been present in trade villages where locals have made fish sauce for a century in the central region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following Domesco, Hau Giang Pharmacy has become the next destination for foreign investors.

Suggestions were raised about a budget increase on research and about more incentive policies to boost scientific and technological research activities among high school teachers as well as students.

 HCM City and Hanoi, two biggest cities of Vietnam, have been facing severe traffic jam and environmental pollution caused by exhaust fume. 

 A share ownership dispute has erupted among members of the family that holds the majority stake in Nam A Commercial Join Stock Bank.

 Singaporean culture highlighted in capital on March 23 and 24.

 Angoulême International Short Film Festival featuring movies from France and other movie industries of countries will take place at the Ho Chi Minh City College of Stage Performance and Cinematics on March 18.

 The police are investigating the alleged use of meat from sick pigs at several schools in Bac Ninh Province as the number of children tested positive for cysticercosis has climbed to 209.

Flower arrangements of two Vietnamese artists for the first time are on displayed at the Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Exhibition, which kicked off in Osaka city of Japan on March 15.

Undergoing hundreds of years of existence of development, scarf weaving in Dong Thap faced risks of falling into oblivion but it has now been revived thanks to the locals’ efforts.

 The agricultural sector gained a trade surplus of US$1 billion in the first two months of this year despite a year-on-year decrease of 1.6 per cent in export value.

After the Government took steps to prevent rice prices from falling in February, prices have started to inch up in the Mekong Delta – the granary of Viet Nam – though not by much.

 A new method of blended learning, which combines classroom and online learning, helps Vietnamese students access standard high school education programmes in the US and Canada. 

 The domestic agricultural sector is working to raise the quality and value of Vietnamese coffee given that coffee export turnover has yet to match the volume. 

Since the beginning of the year the State Bank of Vietam has been increasing the reference rate of the đồng against the US dollar, and the Vietnamese currency has appreciated 0.43 per cent as a result.

 Despite officially going bankrupt, Bong Mieu Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (BMGMC) has yet to close the mine and restore the area due to a lack of finances.