VietNamNet Bridge – Police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man in HCM City on suspicion of murdering four people, including his own parents and grandmother, likely under the influence of drugs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book gathering the experiences, feelings and troubles of 21 expats in Vietnam has been released nationwide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – King Minh Menh (1791 – 1841) proclaimed Phu Xuan (the former name of Hue) the perfect place to put the country’s capital in The Veritable Records of Dai Nam.

 Developing renewable energy is one of the priorities of Vietnam to gradually reduce the dependence on traditional forms of power generation in order to protect the environment.

The new president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, will make a quick five-hour trip to HCM City to award the trophy to the winner of the 9th HD Bank International Chess Tournament. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The water shortage in Vietnam is becoming serious, requiring management agencies to strengthen water sources protection.

Widely considered as the ‘Da Lat of the northwest’, Ngoc Chien commune has become popular among visitors who enjoy taking in the area’s beautiful landscapes of paddy fields, valleys, and picturesque villages.

Valeria Vazquez Latorre, Miss Supranational 2018, and Prathamesh Maulingkar, Mister Supranational 2018, arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 11.

 The HCMC government has decided to advance VND39 billion (nearly US$1.7 million) to the Management Authority for Urban Railways of HCMC (MAUR) to pay the salaries and allowances of its employees.

 The China Pacific Construction Group, a Chinese firm specializing in infrastructure investment and construction projects, has expressed interest in investing in Vietnam’s North-South Expressway project under the PPP format.

Because of the currently slow disbursement of ODA funds, the Ministry of Transport has agreed with proposing the Government and the National Assembly to use state budget for building Rach Mieu 2 bridge to ease traffic jam in the Mekong Delta.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment remained optimistic about Vietnam’s GDP growth target of 6.6% - 6.8% for 2019, VnEconomy reported.

Vietnam has achieved replacement level fertility and maintained the total fertility rate (TFR) - the average number of children born per woman - at less than 2.1 children per woman in almost all the past 10 years. 

In addition to benefiting from import tariff cuts, under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, European businesses will be able to have their products protected in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National team captain Que Ngoc Hai of Viettel has been hit with a four match ban after a bad foul in the derby match against Ha Noi FC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Urban agriculture could be successful in big cities such as HCM City, but farmers face a shortage of available land because of many incompleted projects that have been in the planning stages for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 105 art works by 102 women artists are on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

As the water supply and drainage sector gears towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there is an urgent demand for the training of highly skilled engineers and system operators who are capable of adapting to constantly changing technology, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of special deals will be on offer at the Vietnam Travel Fest 2019 which will take place in Hanoi from March 15 to 17.

A private troupe specialising in cai luong (reformed opera), a traditional art in southern Vietnam, in Kien Giang Province’s Rach Gia District is holding performances and offering free training to youth.