Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich chaired a ceremony to welcome Philippine Secretary of National Defence Delfin Lorenzana in Hanoi on March 11.

 An Indonesian woman accused of killing a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at a Malaysian airport in 2017 was released from custody on March 11 after a Malaysia court dropped a murder charge against her.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 32nd session in Hanoi on March 11, under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently debuted a new website available at http://cptpp.moit.gov.vn/ where citizen and enterprises can learn more about the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

 Hanoi authorities have announced a list of 74 sites which violate fire safety regulations.

An Indonesian investor may prematurely halt a major mining project in the country after a dispute with a local contractor resulted in violence. 

Cisco System, an American multinational technology conglomerate, predicts that in 2020 there will be 50 billion devices connected with one another via the Internet, namely Internet of Things (IoT).

Fresh graduates with good qualification of local universities or their peers with relatively good qualification of foreign universities and those with MA/PhD degree will be directly employed to be civil servants in ward public offices in HCMC.

The Hanoi People's Committee finds it necessary to restrict private vehicles to solve traffic congestion and environmental pollution.

A sharp decline in Samsung Vietnam’s profit was due to unfavorable business operations of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen, Samsung Electronics Vietnam Bac Ninh and Samsung Display Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has appointed To Anh Dung, Director General of the Personnel Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assistant to the Foreign Minister, as the new Vice Foreign Minister.

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Vietnam has set the deadline for installing electronic toll booths in all expressways nationwide by the end of 2019 in an effort to boost transparency in toll collection. 

The booming ecommerce market in Vietnam is expected to beat the previous revenue forecast of US$10 billion and reach US$15 billion by 2020, a trade official has said. 

 Local coffee farmers and enterprises should produce specialty coffee with higher added value to help local farmers earn better profits, the local media reported.

A mother in the remote mountainous province of Ha Giang gave birth to her baby on the edge of a forest on March 9 as she had trouble reaching the hospital in time.

 Although the uptrend of the VN-Index is expected to be maintained this week, if there is no strong supportive information, it is believed the index would probably move sideways.

Experts said erasing uncollectible tax arrears was necessary but transparency must be ensured throughout the process to prevent losses to the State budget.

 The Government plans to inaugurate a National E-document Exchange Platform on March 12, a move towards paperless Cabinet.

 "Hai Phuong” or “Furie” has become the first Vietnamese film to be released in the US, receiving significant compliments from movie-goers and critics.