A plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc targets that 11 percent of Vietnam’s population will have bought life insurance by 2020, and the rate will reach 15 percent by 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ninh Province is taking steps to combat the spread of African swine fever.

 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don’t install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Localities have been urged to develop long-term disaster risk reduction plans to better cope with catastrophes, an official said on Wednesday at a workshop held in Hanoi.

 Besides exploring volcanic remnants on the untouched land of Ly Son island, Quang Ngai province, now tourists can go hunting for rock crabs at night with locals.

 The second Indochina Retail Technology and Innovation Summit, a conference focusing on retail technology, is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

 The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on March 6 asked relevant ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved the dumping of 14.3 million cubic metres of mud off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

A fishing boat from Quang Ngai has been sunk by a Chinese ship near the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands), according to the Vietnam’s National Committee on Incident, Disaster Response and Search and Rescue.

The Vietnamese leadership seems to have been inspired by Singapore and the Nordic countries which would ensure more sustainable and equitable growth.

A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1, according to a case study to be published Tuesday in the journal Nature. Effectively, some scientists believe that the "London patient" has been cured of the viral infection, 

 The US trade deficit hit a 10-year high in 2018, growing by $69 billion, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Census Bureau.

VietNamNet Bridge - The scientists who discovered the presence of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Vietnam work at the Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology at the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture.

Seafood businesses advised to boost official exports to China, HCM City enhances ties with French development agency, Van Don EZ to develop into dynamic economic hub, Chân Mây-Lăng Cô EZ lures $3.26b in investment

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is one of the biggest rice exporters in the world, but it remains highly dependent on the Chinese market.

 Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien talked about priority tasks in 2019 to better manage the pharmaceutical market and to increase the quality of examinations and treatment.

 The central coastal city of Danang is striving to attract more tourists from Europe, especially overseas Vietnamese in Eastern European countries.

 The shortage of space to hold large-scale international fairs and exhibitions is putting Vietnam under pressure, especially as the number of foreign enterprises entering the country to expand their reach and market their products is on the rise.

 Taiwan will resume the issuance of Kuan Hung visas, or e-visas, to Vietnamese tour groups from March 20, after suspending them for over two months. Kuan Hung visa applicants will be subject to more stringent regulations.

 The HCMC government does not have a plan to completely ban motorcycles from entering the downtown area but will develop public transport and gradually limit motorbike traffic in inner-city areas.