VietNamNet Bridge - As capital from the state budget and international donors is on the decrease, Vietnam is seeking new capital for infrastructure development  through PPP (private public partnership).

Khmer people’s grey sedge waving in Kien Giang is an age-old craft. Local authorities have launched a project to preserve sedge fields to ensure a sufficient supply of materials for local craftsmen.

 Vietnam is boosting its presence in the EB-5 program to become “the most active participant”, according to the Wall Street Journal.

 The Vietnamese government requested ministries, branches and localities to continue strictly enforcing provisions of traffic law, promoting projects on traffic safety and easing traffic congestion.

 The average premium to GDP ratio by 2020 would reach the maximum of 3%, and 3.5% by 2025.

As of present, 17 out of 31 join stock banks have their shares listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and the Unlisted Public Company Market.

 Ly Son-Sa Huynh geopark, located in the central province of Quang Ngai, will be submitted to the UNESCO by November 2019 to be recognized as the UNESCO Global Geopark. 

 Two Lao citizens were arrested on March 6 when they were en route to illegally transport drugs into Vietnam.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh on March 6 introduced the Bengali language version of the book “Ho Chi Minh’s Biography”, published by The Gioi Publishers.

Four Paws, an international animal welfare organisation, opened a bear sanctuary in Ky Phu commune of Nho Quan district, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on March 7. 

 The ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7, drawing more than 300 players from 28 nations and territories.

 Saigon Heat suffered an unlucky loss to Mono Vampire by a score of 89-83 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Wednesday at Stadium 29 in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Thousands of locals and tourists joined the first ever Pác Bó Returning to Roots Festival held at the Pác Bó revolutionary base in Ha Quang District, the northern province of Cao Bang on Wednesday.

 An exhibition of photographs shot by female members of the HCM City Photographers’ Association is open to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.     

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 2 km from the centre of Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province, Minh Thanh Pagoda is an impressive Buddhist architectural complex, which tourists should not miss when visiting the locality.

Quang Ba, Hanoi’s biggest flower market is becoming busy before International Women's Day on March 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Cairo Puppet Theatre will perform the Isis and Osiris play through water puppetry, a unique art form of Vietnam in Hanoi on March 8 and 9. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest festival for Buddhists in Vietnam is the Tet Nguyen Tieu or Ram Thang Gieng (First Full Moon of the New Year).

 Domestic and foreign visitors will be treated to free coffee at the seventh Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival to be held from March 9-16 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 The Viet Nam premiere of multimedia concert Streaks (or Vet in Vietnamese) will take place on Saturday, March 16 at L’Espace.