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Vietnam’s e-commerce to earn $10 billion by 2020

 Vietnam’s e-commerce is forecast to gross $10 billion by 2020. Significantly, e-commerce has offered more opportunities to Vietnamese enterprises even small-scale enterprises to sell commodities to any nation with meager expense.

Foreigners likely encouraged to set up libraries in Vietnam

 Foreign organizations and individuals may be encouraged to establish and operate libraries in Vietnam, according to a draft Law on Library discussed on March 13, VnEconomy reported.

Investors at odds over clashing racecourses

 The South Korean developer of the proposed $1.5 billion horse racecourse in Vinh Phuc complained that the large-scale horse racecourse recently proposed by Hanoitourist and South Korea’s Global Consultant Network Co., Ltd. will kill its project.

Vietnam invited to participate in Thailand’s King’s Cup 2019

 Vietnam’s national football team will participate in the 2019 King’s Cup international tournament in Thailand this June at the invitation of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT).

Coach Park: Vietnam have no fear of Thai rivals in continental U23 tournament qualifier

 The confrontations between Vietnam and Thailand teams at all levels of football always create a special attraction and the clash between both sides in the upcoming 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifier is no exception. 

Airlines checked by shortage of pilots

 Vietnamese airlines are becoming increasingly competitive over trained pilots, especially since new players have announced setting up operations in the country.

PM: Organization of US-DPRK Summit raised Vietnam's profile

 Conference held on March 13 at government office to summarize the organization of last month's Summit.

Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Minister to attend Indo-Pacific dialogue

Indonesian Special Envoy presents invitation to High Level Dialogue on Indo Pacific Cooperation in Jakarta.

Vietnam to play friendly with Myanmar ahead of 2020 Olympic women’s football qualifiers

 Vietnam’s women’s football team will play two friendly matches with the Myanmar squad in their final preparations for the second round of the AFC qualification tournament for the 2020 Olympic women’s football event.

Various Italian cultural activities held in Hanoi in March

 A wide variety of unique activities imbued with the Italian culture are being held in Hanoi during March under the third Italian Design Day themed ‘Cities of the Future and Heritage Preservation’.

EuroCham proposes speeding up VN industry digitalization

 The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has proposed that the Government rapidly digitalize the country’s economy and continue applying information technology to production and various sectors.

Former senior oil execs to be tried for embezzlement in OceanBank case

 Former general director of the State-run PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) Do Van Khanh, 58, was accused of receiving interest payments worth more than VND4 billion under the counter from OceanBank.

Party chief, State President Nguyen Phu Trong to visit U.S. this year

 Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to the U.S. this year at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, the local media reported.

German Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach interested in signing Vietnam youngster

 According to reports in the German media, Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach have set their sights on signing young Vietnam national team star Doan Van Hau.

US Human Rights Report still includes unobjective assessments on Vietnam's actual situation

 Although the US latest report on human right practices acknowledges Vietnam’s achievements in protecting human rights, it still includes some assessments that are not objective and do not reflect the actual situation in Vietnam.

IP infringement trial over Vietnam live show

 Hanoi People's Court on Thursday started the first trial in the intellectual property infringement between a local company and a renowned director over the popular The Quintessence of Tonkin show.

Rare trees illegally cut down in Quang Bình national park

 More than sixty six large trees of rare species were found to have been illegally cut down in the core of a protected forest area in the central province of Quang Bình.

9th HDBank International Chess Open Tournament closes after exciting week of world-class competition

The No 1 seed, Grandmaster (GM) Wang Hao of China, won the 9th HDBank International Chess Open Tournament 2019, which closed on Wednesday (March 13) in HCM City after a week of exciting world-class competition among 304 players.

Cai Lay toll station to reopen

 A toll station in Tiền Giang was planning to start collecting fees again from March 25, more than a year after it was shut down, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Nhật announced.

Localities working hard to cull infected pigs

 Pig-farming Từ Tây Ward in Yên Phú Commune, Yên Mỹ District, the northern province of Hưng Yên, is going through hard times, with farmers forced to cull hundreds of pigs infected with African swine fever every day.