The increasing amount of smart urban areas and green buildings has triggered demand for environmentally-friendly building materials in Viet Nam, experts said.

 A pair of maps indicating areas at risk of flooding along 28 coastal provinces and cities in Viet Nam has been officially put into use.

 Becamex Bình Dương head coach Trần Minh Chiến has quit the club.

 Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm won the seventh round of the 2019 Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship in the UAE on Friday morning.

 The Viet Nam Golf Tourism Association (VGTA) was officially founded yesterday with the aim of boosting the national golf tourism industry.

 A series of dance performances, film screenings and workshops will be held during the third Krossing Over Arts Festival in HCM City from April 5-11.

 The number one seeds went through to the quarter-finals of the Yonex Waikato International badminton tournament after their victories yesterday.

 A company in Hà Nội has released a platform called iPub to facilitate online publishing.

 The Government needs to simplify administrative procedures and provide clear legal guidance to attract more investment in the rapidly-growing health sector, experts have said.

 Viet Nam National Drama Theatre will perform Nghêu Sò Ốc Hến (The Stories of the Clam, Oyster, Snail, and Mussel) in a tour around European countries from March 31.

Every year when spring is about to end and summer is waiting to come, Gao or red silk cotton flowers are in full bloom, brightening up the northern region of Vietnam.

 Tran Dieu Anh, a student from the Vietnam-Japan University has been selected as the first goodwill ambassador for Japanese cherry blossom in 2019 after a competition held in the framework of the Japan cherry blossom festival - Hanoi 2019. 

 Vietnam’s population is in the process of rapid aging, with people aged 65 and above estimated to account for 13 percent of the total number by 2020, according to a report.

 Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has kept a position on the list of the global 100 best airports by the UK-based airline and airport review and rating organisation Skytrax.

 A new regulation concerning recruitment quotas for public tertiary education institutions in Viet Nam has been at the centre of debate among educators and lawmakers.

 Weak development plans and a lack of investment were the main reasons cited for the poor performance of Việt Nam’s public library system by a recent survey.

 In response to reports of broken glass and concrete along Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông elevated railway, the Ministry of Transport on Thursday reassured the public that damage would be checked and fixed soon.

VietNamNet Bridge - “After a long time of thinking about why Vietnam still has not become a powerful country, I have come to the conclusion that the lack of aspirations is a crucial cause,” writes Huynh The Du.

Five education quality accreditation centers in Vietnam have accredited 55 percent of training establishment since 2016, the date of their establishment. However, experts see problems in the way accreditation is implemented.

 Three artists from Germany, Antye Greie-Ripatti, Gil Delindro, and Julius Holtz, will hold a concert of sound installations and live-acts called “Berlin Signals” at the Goethe Institut Hanoi on April 22.