President Tran Dai Quang has urged the business circles of Vietnam and Bangladesh to devise innovation ideas, thus creating new momentum for stronger trade and investment links between the two countries. 

 The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) scheduled to be inked by ministers of the 11 member countries in Chile on March 8.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has requested the Airports Corporation of Vietnam conduct evaluation of security work at all airports nationwide following a recent incident at Vinh international airport. 

 Members of US Navy ships and aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson visited the Da Nang Nursing Centre for the Mentally Ill on March 6, as part of their first-ever trip to the central city.

 The central coastal province of Quang Binh is calling for domestic and foreign investment in renewable energy, especially solar and wind power.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), the second largest state-run electricity producer in Vietnam, started trading its shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on March 6.

 Over the span of 2017 and the first two months of 2018, Vietnam’s foreign reserves stood at $57.5 billion, six times higher than in 2015, officially attaining the largest scale in the history of the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

 In early March, Vietcombank officially announced adjusting its service fee, especially fees for online bank transactions.

Over the course of 2017, 59 large-scale domestic real estate firms which were listed on the Vietnamese bourse were reported to have inundating profits totalling at VND155.093 trillion ($6.8 billion), up 39 per cent against 2016.

 In 2018, the Ho Chi Minh City real estate sector is expected to attract significant foreign capital inflows thanks to a vibrant market, new legal framework, new high-quality supply, and easier access to bank loans.

Parkson’s demise in Vietnam marks an important transition in the retail sector due to changing shopping behaviours and the rise of shopping malls invested by competitors like Lotte, AEON Mall, and Vincom.

VietNamNet Bridge - Da Lat, located 1,500 meters above sea level on Langbian Plateau, has attracted agriculture investors from Japan, Singapore and South Korea who are growing vegetables, flowers and strawberries.

Vietnamese representative Huong Giang has shown off her hot bikini body at the international transgender pageant Miss International Queen 2018 in Thailand before entering the final night scheduled for March 9.

Singer Huong Giang Idol has dressed up beautifully in a traditional Thai costume along with the foreign contestants of the transgender beauty pageant “Miss International Queen 2018”.

Four security officers at Vinh Airport, Nghe An Province, have been fined after a man with mental problems boarded a plane.

Former heavyweight boxing champion of the world Mike Tyson has joined the cast of Girls 2 directed by Hong Kong director Barbara Wong Chun Chun, a film which has most of the scenes filmed in Vietnam.

 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.

 Choreographer Chun Yoo-oh from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will stage a contemporary dance based on Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), a masterpiece by the great poet Nguyen Du, at the HCM City Opera House this weekend.

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