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“The national brand needs a conductor. The conductors would be people responsible at the highest level to the country,” said Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and the EU. 

 Vietnam’s central coast city Da Nang has become one of the region’s hottest resort cities, where luxury hotels with giant pools and upscale rooms line the beach, Nikkei Asia Review reported. 

A volunteer nurse in the northern province of Bac Ninh has devoted 30 years of her life to care for leprosy patients, earning the affection and respect from those with the ‘cursed disease’ who were shunned by society.

Heaven’s gate, Cat Cat village, and Fansipan mountain are some of the must-visit check-in points found in Sa Pa, in the northern province of Lao Cai, this March.

 As March comes with dry weather and sunshine, Hanoi’s busy streets are dotted with the red colour of 'hoa gao' (bombax flowers), creating attractive scenery for both locals and visitors.

“The national brand needs a conductor. The conductors would be people responsible at the highest level to the country,” said Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and the EU.

 A ceremony took place at the Ly Thai To Statue Square in downtown Hanoi on March 15 evening to celebrate the 2019 International Francophone Day (March 20).

 Flower arrangements of two Vietnamese artists for the first time are on displayed at the Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Exhibition, which kicked off in Osaka city of Japan on March 15.

 Many banks have recently announced they will recruit a large number of personnel to meet their business expansion plans in 2019.

 Vietnamese intellectuals in the Australian state of New South Wales will engage in many activities at hi-tech parks in Vietnam on March 26 and 27 so as to seek ways to apply their researches’ outcomes in the homeland.

 The 2018 report on global air quality released by AirVisual and Greenpeace Southeast Asia assessing Hanoi as the second most polluted city in Southeast Asia is partial and inaccurate.

 The recent incident about YouTube terminating the Content Hosting Service Agreement (CHSA) with Vietnam’s media group Yeah1 will cause the company to lose its revenue share from its YouTube third party/partners’ channels.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from March 18 to 24.

 As of present, Dai Dung Metallic Manufacture Construction and Trade Corporation is the only Vietnamese enterprise partaking in the building of football stadiums for the upcoming World Cup event.

 The outbreaks of the African Swine Fever (ASF) were observed in 17 provinces and cities in Vietnam, according to the Department of Animal Health’s latest report on March 14.

 The People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City will make Nguyen Hue walking street and Le Loi street in the downtown area better to serve city dwellers’ need of entertainment and public activities, said a leader of the committee.

 The uptake of self-paid vaccines amongst parents in Ho Chi Minh City is high; however, waiting for foreign-made self-paid vaccine has risked the lives of children and the community because they have not immunized as per schedule.

 Deputy chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen presided over a meeting with relevant agencies on the progress of major projects to ease traffic jam in areas surrounding Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 15.

 The Hanoi Taxi Association has written to the prime minister expressing disapproval of a recent Transport Ministry proposal to define transport services that use automobiles with fewer than nine seats as either a taxi or contract transport.