Nguyen Lan Anh of Viet Nam on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships’ girls’ high jump event in the Philippines.

 A representative office of the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) was launched in Vietnam on March 28 as part of the two countries’ effort to boost bilateral tourism cooperation.

 A budget trip is enough to go discover the life of farmers in Thanh Tri, a peaceful commune in Go Cong Tay District in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

 The Do Quyen (water-rail) Flower Festival 2017 will be organized in Sapa Town in the northern province of Lao Cai from March 31 to April 9.

 A Classical and Contemporary music concert featuring the TANA Strings Quartet will take place at L’Espace in Hanoi on April 13.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy, the nation’s premier prosecuting agency, has requested changes in the Penal Code to facilitate investigations into and legal proceedings against child sex abuse suspects.

 VietNamNet Bridge  – The People’s Court of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Nong yesterday handed sentences to a whistleblower-turned-bribe-giver and seven others for taking bribes.

 Rescuers in Can Tho city yesterday faced difficuties when they tried to move all machines, equipment, furnitures of Kwong Lung Meko Company out of its building as the flames re-ignited on the fifth floor.

 Saigon Newport Corporation on Monday said that the company would cut down cargo receiving and delivery time at Cat Lai port to reduce traffic jam in the area.

 A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 The leader of the Drukpa Lineage, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, has presented the Vietnamese people with a large work of brocade silk embroidery depicting Avalokiteshvara, which is on display at the Tay Thien Grand Mandala Stupa until April 2.

 Luu Hong Quang, together with his mentor, People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, is the pride of Vietnam’s classical music sector, as he has earned a lot of the world’s musical prizes.

  It took telecoms giant Viettel four years to complete its 2G mobile network roll-out in Vietnam and eight years for the 3G network. But for the 4G network, it took the company only six months to ensure coverage in even remote areas.

Economic growth based on natural resource exploitation and a cheap labor force has reached the critical point. Economists say Vietnam has no choice but to follow a sustainable development strategy.

 Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang has been named as one of the top 10 most beautiful Asian islands to visit this summer by the tourism site www.topinspired.com.

 A temporary market has recently been set up on the railway in front of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi.

 The Australian Embassy and Consul-General in Vietnam are hosting the second annual Taste of Australia promotion during the month of April 2017. 

 Changeable weather and careless farming in Tra Vinh Province has caused pollution and killed a large number of shrimp in the area.

Luu Cong Huyen has been growing his fingernails for over three and a half decades, and takes great care to avoid any activity that might cause him to accidentally break on of his keratinous treasures, even bathing.

 As rubber prices have risen, rubber plantations in the Central Highlands have faced labour shortages after many were fired as the sector suffered in the past.