Around 52 percent of Vietnamese companies and 40 per cent of internationally invested companies will expand their business in the next two years, according to the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2017.

 The authorities’ collecting VND2.5 trillion ($109.8 million) in tax arrears from Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) made foreign investors concerned about taking part in later divestments of state-owned firms.

 New rules imposed by the Penal Code for software piracy, including crippling financial fines up to VND1 billion ($45,400), the suspension of operations, and so on, are expected to mitigate and hopefully terminate piracy in Vietnam.

Nguyen Thanh Nam, former CEO of FPT, the largest domestic information technology group, now chair of Funix Online University, is calling on overseas Vietnamese talents to come back to Vietnam to do business.

 The northeast province of Ha Giang is a popular destination for tourists with its magnificent natural scenery and rugged rocky mountain ranges.

 The European Commission has warned America that its data controls should be significantly strengthened.

 President Donald Trump is replacing US National Security Adviser HR McMaster with Bush-era defence hawk and former United Nations ambassador John Bolton.

A ceremony took place in Hanoi on March 23 to welcome President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in and his spouse, who are paying a three-day State visit to Vietnam.

 The central coastal city of Danang will have two new night markets at both ends of Bach Dang Street along the bank of the Han River in late April, 2018.

 The US will temporarily cease the issuance of a number of investment and religious worker visas for Vietnamese citizens from March 23.

 Dr Nguyen Thi Hiep was selected to be part of the International Rising Talents Programme of the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women In Science Awards, which were presented on March 21 in Paris, France.

Five Vietnamese students will take part in Yown Puraya youth festival which is set to take place in Sri Lanka from March 27 to April 1.

 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and MobiFone Global signed an agreement to boost engineering and commercial cooperation on 4G and 5G networks in Vietnam on March 22 in Hanoi in front of about 100 ICT businesses from Korea and Vietnam.

Scholars, members of the national heritage council and the public were shocked to discover recently that a concrete road has been built inside a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site. 

 An Irish man who was attacked by three security guards at a restaurant in HCM City has made his apology for his bad behaviour after getting drunk.

 Hanoi’s Department of Tourism and the Vietnam-Hanoi Tourism Joint Stock Company have inaugurated a second Tourist Information and Support Centre.

Thirty years have elapsed since Vietnam ratified the Foreign Investment Law in 1987. Foreign investors committed to invest $312.9 billion by the end of 2017, of which $170 billion was disbursed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water found in some 71 per cent of Hanoi’s wells is contaminated with higher than permitted levels of phosphate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The water environment in the world-renowned Ha Long Bay has been under tremendous pressure from the growing socio-economic activities in the area.

 PM: Vietnam expects strong growth of trade with Hong Kong, Vietnam supports constructive efforts to peace in Korean Peninsula, Deputy PM: Vietnam, RoK should step up agricultural cooperation