National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on March 27 that it has launched a new air route connecting Nha Trang city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa with Seoul capital city of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietjet and Safran Aircraft Engines on March 27 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on comprehensive collaboration under the witness of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Vietnam and France have agreed to chart a new course for the bilateral relationship during the talks between Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on March 27.

Vietnam and France have agreed to chart a new course for the bilateral relationship during the talks between General Secretary of CPV Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on March 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Hanoi on Tuesday sentenced 32-year-old Nguyen Dieu Linh, the owner of a karaoke shop to nine years in prison for violating regulations on fire-fighting prevention and control.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese shipping firms have been losing their domestic market share to foreigners.

Alarmed about the increasing adolescent abortion rate and the average age of the first sexual experience, experts have urged parents to begin giving sex and gender education lessons to their children at an early age.

The renewable power market has heated up in the last two years. Investment promotion conferences have been held and more projects have been registered by both Vietnamese and foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Within three hours, more than 100 volunteers from IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) recently collected 2.5 tons of waste on Ang Du Beach of Ha Long Bay.

 Hoang Trung, director general of the Plant Protection Department, talks to the newspaper Countryside Today on his department’s resolve to eliminate low quality fertiliser from the market

In the reviewed period, there were 26,785 newly-established enterprises with total registered capital of VND 278,489 billion, up 1.2% and 2.7% in terms of number of enterprises and investment capital, respectively.

 A regional training workshop on public weather services opened in Hanoi on March 27 for countries participating in the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)’s Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP).

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey has promoted the country’s sight-seeing destinations, culture and cuisine at the third international travel fair Travel Expo Ankara.

 The export of farm, forestry and fishery products in March reached 3.1 billion USD, bringing the total export value of the items in the first quarter of this year to 8.7 billion USD, a rise of 9.6 percent from the same quarter in 2017.

Vietnam hopes French enterprises will do successful business in the Southeast Asian country in the long run, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong said. 

Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong highlighted the bright prospects for Vietnam-France relations in his recent article published by Le Monde newspaper on the occasion of his ongoing visit to France from March 25-27.

Spokesperson of HCM City police Nguyen Si Quang on March 26 said criminal proceedings started against a case of serious blaze which burned the local apartment complex Carina Plaza on March 23.

The State visit to Cuba by Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong from March 28-30 aims to consolidate mutual political trust and step up bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and investment in a more pragmatic and effective manner. 

 The 11th annual Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Awards on Saturday honored seven local and foreign scholars in the fields of music, culture, translation and Vietnam studies for their devotions to the cause of Vietnamese cultural and educational development.