More than 2,000 youngsters in Ho Chi Minh City gathered at a ceremony in the city on March 10 to launch the Earth Hour Campaign 2018.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the WHA Hemaraj Nghe An Industrial Zone project in the central province on March 10.

 Huge investments have been flowing into the agriculture sector in recent years, making it increasingly competitive.

 Banks are expected to make major changes in the selection of their top personnel for the upcoming term from 2018 to 2023 to meet the Government’s new regulation.

 Vietnam and Australia are expected to elevate their relations to a strategic partnership during the upcoming official visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as a result of long-standing and sound partnership over the past more than four decades.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to New Zealand from March 12-14 is a reiteration of Vietnam’s policy of attaching importance to its diplomatic ties with the country.

 The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP TPP) will bring in huge economic benefits for Vietnam, as according to a new World Bank report released on March 9.

 The presence of large foreign companies has changed Vietnam’s economy and the lives of millions of its people.

Foreign-invested auto companies in Vietnam are stopping domestic production and shifting to importing cars to sell in the market.

 The real estate market in the suburban areas will pick up in 2018 as Ho Chi Minh City has nearly completed the traffic infrastructure for suburbanisation.  

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 After a series of conflicts at “premium” apartment complexes, it seems like homebuyers and developers in Vietnam have learned many great lessons for their own.

More and more Chinese have been flocking to coastal provinces and cities in the central region, from Da Nang City to Khanh Hoa province, where they buy land, build hotels, and run restaurants. 

 Vietnamese representative Nguyen Huong Giang won Miss International Queen 2018, one of the world's top beauty pageant for transgender women, held in Thailand on March 9.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung Wha in Hanoi on March 9, expressing his delight at the robust development of the bilateral cooperation in various areas over the past 25 years.

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 Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh had bilateral meetings with ministers of Japan and Chile on the sidelines of the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Chile on March 9.

 Hanif Salim has officially assumed the post of Consul General of Indonesia in Ho Chi Minh City after he received a written approval from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry on March 9.

 The Foreign Ministry of Vietnam and the administration of the Australian state of Victoria signed an agreement on March 9 to facilitate connectivity and cooperation between Vietnamese localities and Victoria.

 The satellite data sharing system, Vietnam Data Cube, has been introduced in the country, promising a satellite image database for Vietnamese earth observation satellite data users.