Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern said there is significant potential to grow NZ - Vietnam relationship further and she will discuss with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc how to harness the potential of the relationship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors in hospitals of HCM City have warned of an increase in diseases caused by streptococus pneumoniae bacteria, reported Tin Tuc (News) online newspapers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dialogue has been held between a working group of the southern Dong Nai Province’s People’s Committee and hundreds of workers of a company whose managers have fled the country.

 Female ambassadors pay working trip to Hoa Binh, Prime Minister hails Lotte’s operation in Vietnam, Prime Minister bids farewell to outgoing Chilean Ambassador, Chile wants to learn Vietnam’s experience in hosting APEC Year

 The ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting in Singapore on March 7-8 reviewed agenda and events of the 32nd ASEAN Summit scheduled for April 25-28 in the island state. 

 The Ministry of National Defence announced a decision on the establishment of the Office of the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences on March 8.

 The annual Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament - Biwase Cup 2018 opened in Thu Dau Mot city in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 8. 

 Arena Cam Ranh will be the first Travelodge hotel in Vietnam and the first Skype by Travelodge, which is the upper midscale brand of Travelodge Asia, a leading hotel chains in the region.

 Official safeguard measures will be applied on DAP and MAP fertilizer products imported into Vietnam as investigations showed that domestic production has been seriously harmed by imported fertilizers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered ministries and State agencies to cut above-the-line expenditures and only spend the new ODA funds on development investment during a meeting on March 8.

 More than 40 leading Vietnamese tourism companies have introduced their products at ITB 2018, the world’s largest tourism trade fair that opened in Germany’s Berlin on March 7. 

 Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (Cuu Long JOC) is focusing its resources to develop the second phase of the Su Tu Trang (White Lion oil field) so that it can be exploited in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Vietnam should encourage other ASEAN members to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a senior official from the Japanese Foreign Ministry said at the Ministerial Conference of the OECD in Tokyo on March 8.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan proposed that the World Chess Federation design suitable cooperation forms to help the city boost the development of the sports, especially in schools.

On special days for women such as March 8, gentlemen often buy their beloved women vivid bouquets. However, there are guys who always give flowers to millions of women.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Donald Trump to meet him, an unprecedented overture which the US leader has said he will accept.

 The participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has reflected a new level of Vietnam’s regional and global integration, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh. 

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP TPP) was officially inked at a ceremony chaired by Chilean President Micelle Bachelet in Santiago de Chile on March 8.

 Vietnam’s national U16 team beat Laos 2-1 in the international friendly tournament ASEAN 2018 in Miyazaki, Japan, on March 8.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors have shown interest in the huge north-south highway project, but are reluctant to make investment decisions.