VietNamNet Bridge – A 400-year-old village devastated by a tropical storm last October has gotten a facelift in the form of murals.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the Government to handle the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that failed to disclose their business information in 2017.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi early in the morning March 19, concluding his official visits to New Zealand and Australia where he also attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam finished runner-up at the India F3 Futures tennis tournament on March 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The serious encroachment of sand sediment along Lach Bang Sea Port in Tinh Gia District of central Thanh Hoa Provine has been blocking many cargo ships and fishing vessels as they try to approach the port.

Rose Park in Long Bien District spanning an area of 10,000 square metres has become a new tourist destination in Hanoi.

Banks offer preferential credit packages to businesses, State Treasury mobilises nearly US$1.5bn from G-bonds, Vietnamese firms urged to work to win WB, ADB bids, Vietnam Footwear Summit to discuss new growth models      

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s organ transplantation technique is now on equal footing with developed countries, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three giant e-commerce corporations, Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com of China, have arrived in Vietnam. 

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has proposed raising the environmental protection tax to offset the decrease in tax collection caused by tariff cuts under foreign trade agreements (FTAs).

VietNamNet Bridge - The analysis of figures officially made public by the State Professorship Council shows that many problems continue to exist among Vietnamese academic staff.

 Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and almost all members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have surpassed $1 billion annually.

 The availability of credit is an important factor affecting the real estate sector. While the Vietnamese real estate market continues on a positive uptrend, the government has enacted a number of measures to prevent excess from building up.

 Cloth weaving has long been a proud traditional craft of the Mong ethnic people in Vietnam’s mountainous areas. The Mong’s traditional textile patterns have been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

 According to CPTPP commitments, import tax on motor vehicles from Japan will be removed from 2029.

 The Hanoi People’s Court will open the second trial of Dinh La Thang, who is charged with of pouring VND800 billion ($35.3 million) of state-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) into OceanBank despite all the alerting signs on March 19.

Vietnamese taxi associations request a temporary policy to tighten the operations of Uber and Grab to replace the existing Decision No.24/QD-BGTVT on the pilot schemes for ride-hailing services. 

 The Vietnamese horticulture industry presents enormous opportunities for growers and suppliers.

 The heated debate over whether Vietnam should regulate Grab and Uber as taxi services continues.