The Viet Nam National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in co-operation with Wallonie Bruxelles will be screening films and displaying posters to honour writer Georges Simenon to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.

 The HCMC authorities should review the prevailing legal frameworks and the financial capacity of investors while seeking investments in projects on the city’s prime sites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a new bridge to replace the downgraded Song Hoa floating bridge connecting Hai Phong City with Thai Binh Province.

 The construction of the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport may be completed in just three years, two years ahead of schedule, which is supposed to start in 2020 and complete in 2025, if the land for the project is made available.

 The area of But (Pen) Tower at Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake will be lit up green at 8pm on March 16 in response to Ireland’s “Global Greening” campaign, which aims to observe the Irish national holiday, St Patrick’s Day (March 17).

 Local credit institutions have been praised for combating bad debts last year, challenging other private and state lenders to follow suit.

 To resolve bad debts, Sacombank has just decided to discount two real estate plots it previously put on sale by nearly VND1.812 trillion ($78.78 million).  

 More than 50 of New Zealand’s education institutions will be travelling to Vietnam to showcase their country’s world-class learning environment at the New Zealand Education Fairs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on March 23 and 24, respectively.

 Mobile World’s bachhoaxanh.com food store chain is seeing good prospects thanks to the co-operation with Golden Gate, which owns more than 300,000 restaurants across the country. 

 The decision to use all reserve funds to buy back 600,000 treasury stocks may leave Yeah1 (code: YEG) skint of profit.

 Officials vowed to fight against loan sharks who are wrecking thousands of lives across Vietnam.

Hanoi authorities have proposed to pilot a ban on motorbikes on Nguyen Trai or Le Van Luong street. 

 Several festivals were recently held during the ongoing seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 Google has recently announced a programme helping Vietnamese startups go global.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Hue, Vietnamese Permanent Representative to IFAD, has lauded the fund’s support to Vietnam over the years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The diplomatic sectors of Vietnam and Azerbaijan discussed ways to increase their coordination at a conference in Hanoi yesterday.

Text book selection was on the agenda as the draft revision of the Law on Education was discussed by deputies at the ongoing 32nd session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday.

 Vietnamese violin talent, Nguyen Le, has won the first prize at the “12th International Competition Arthur Grumiaux, Belgium-Brussels 2019".

 Hanoi stood second in Southeast Asia in terms of air pollution just behind Jakarta, according to a 2018 World Air Quality Report jointly conducted by Greenpeace and IQAir AirVisual.

 The Government will soon issue a decision to allow a pilot implementation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in the country before officially developing laws for the new form of business, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.