PhAm KhAnh Phong Lan, head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, speaks to VN News about plans for 2019 and increasing the use of IT in tracing product origins.

 The Ecopark Marathon 2019 is scheduled to take place on April 14 at Ecopark urban area, about 10km southeast of Hanoi.

 Saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi will perform from 6pm to 8pm on March 16 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street in HCM City’s District 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two high school students in the northern province of Ninh Binh have invented a smart chair for disabled people, 

 Multimedia composer and electroacoustic music performer Luong Hue Trinh will host a multimedia concert titled “Vet” (Streaks) at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on March 16, starting at 8 p.m.

 In 2019 and by early 2020, Vietnam’s urbanization rate is expected to reach about 40%, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Urban Development Association Tran Ngoc Chinh.

 Aquatic product export was estimated to touch US$644 million in the first month of this year, a decrease of 3.9 percent compared to the same period last year, of which pangasius fish exports dropped 4.4 percent and shrimps declined 2.2 percent.

 Vietnam has been ranked fifth among 40 destinations worth checking out this year, according to a list released by The Guardian, a UK newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge - Non-cash payment channels such as QR Code, mobile banking, internet banking, e-wallet and non-touch cards have become more popular in Vietnam.

A group of 16 farmers in Tien Ha Commune in the mountainous Tien Phuoc district of Quang Nam Province have joined together in a ‘green herb’ co-operative – a model that helps promote production chains of farm produce and herbs

Fire dancing festival is a special cultural activity of the Pa Then ethnic group at Hong Quang commune, Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang province, showing the spirit of daring to cope with danger, and dispelling diseases.

On the 8th day of the first lunar month every year, locals in Thi Cam village join together at the village’s communal house to celebrate their traditional rice cooking contest.

 An aircraft landed safely at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport after a collision with birds that bent an engine fan blade, local media reported on Thursday.

 Can the 91st Academy Awards be saved? Yes -- at least, grading on the curve that is the Oscar telecast, the mess that the Academy has made of things leading up to this year's show, ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate has disclosed various shortcomings in Song Da Corporation's management work in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Friendship Cultural Palace is selected as the International Media Centre for the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, slated for February 27-28 in Hanoi.

 At least 2,600 international reporters have registered to cover news on the Trump-Kim summit which is slated for February 27-28, according to Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition displaying over 250 photos on Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority people in Vietnam by a Hungarian scientist kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on February 21. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing the use of non-fired building materials is a trend in many countries, including Vietnam.

Nguyen Manh Dung, CEO of Namilux, one of the leading gas stove manufacturers in Vietnam, said his company tied up with a Japanese partner and has adopted Japanese standards in its production for nearly 20 years.