Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently decided to establish the State Council to review the feasibility report for the first stage of the Long Thanh international airport construction project. 

 Border guards of the central province of Thanh Hoa on March 11 caught a man red handed in the act of trafficking 6 kg of crystal meth from Laos into Vietnam. 

 Vietnam’s steel market is forecast to be in good shape during this year’s first quarter despite high prices, said the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA). 

Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem came out in third place overall with five points at the 2019 Spring Chess Classic in St Louis, Missouri, USA, after brilliantly finishing off Ukrainian master Vassily Ivanchuk in the last round on March 10.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung and Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdala discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties during their talks in Vientiane on March 11. 

The Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) and Els Performance Golf Academy (EPGA) - the first international golf academy in Vietnam, on March 11 signed a cooperation agreement towards promoting golf movements among young people in Vietnam. 

 Gong casting performances are being introduced in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 11-13 as part of the seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to promote local cultural space of the gongs.

 An annual cultural program called “Spring colors across Vietnam” has been recently organized in Vietnam’s National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi. 

VietNamNet Bridge - With reasonable prices of hundreds of million of dong, small cars are now favored by Vietnamese living in big cities.

 As Vietnamese consumers grow wealthier, the demand for supplementary food is increasing, providing fertile ground for honest and dishonest traders alike. Kim Huong reports.

 Boeing has delayed plans to unveil its huge new 777X jetliner this week following the deadly crash of one of the company's aircraft in Ethiopia.

On February 11 Logivan (LOGIVAN Technologies Pte), a Vietnamese platform that connects truckers with shipping companies, secured US$5.5 million from venture capital firm Alpha JWC and two angel investors, 

 The Vietnam National of Administration Tourism (VNAT) has issued documents to warn domestic travel companies of security instability in Egypt.

 Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich chaired a ceremony to welcome Philippine Secretary of National Defence Delfin Lorenzana in Hanoi on March 11.

 An Indonesian woman accused of killing a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at a Malaysian airport in 2017 was released from custody on March 11 after a Malaysia court dropped a murder charge against her.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 32nd session in Hanoi on March 11, under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently debuted a new website available at http://cptpp.moit.gov.vn/ where citizen and enterprises can learn more about the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

 Hanoi authorities have announced a list of 74 sites which violate fire safety regulations.

An Indonesian investor may prematurely halt a major mining project in the country after a dispute with a local contractor resulted in violence. 

The Taxation Department in the northern province of Quang Ninh found that 32 retail shops belonging to zero-dong tours paid a mere VND1.5 billion in taxes in 2017, a modest tax contribution compared to their high volume of sales.