Facing a large amount of outstanding late payments in the taxation and customs branches, the Ministry of Finance is working on a draft resolution on handling tax arrears and irrecoverable fines to submit to the National Assembly.

 Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) is co-ordinating with relevant agencies to take timely measures and minimise the risks of a new proposal of the United States on import duties for steel.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has rejected the proposed Cai Cung thermal power plant project, saying that it wants to become a national centre of renewable energy and a large producer of shrimp farming.

 Ly Hoang Nam met no difficulties in entering the second round of the India F2 Futures tennis tournament after beating Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash of the hosts 6-4, 6-3 yesterday in Kolkata.

 The third VGA Union Cup is scheduled to take place at the Long Thanh Golf Course in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 21.

 Two retail and distribution groups from South Korea - K-holdings and Coupang - will co-operate with Vietnamese partners during their trip to Ha Noi on March 22.

 A film on French playwright and director Marine Bachelot Nguyen’s Les Ombres Et Les Lèvres (Gays and Lesbians), a production on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Viet Nam, will be screened in HCM City on Tuesday’s night.

 Do Trinh Hoai Nam from Hanoi has been selected as designer of the year 2017 at the fifth annual Áo dài Festival being held in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cornea donated by 7-year-old girl Nguyen Hai An were transplanted to two people – a 73-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man – on February 26, 2018, four days after the young girl’s death.

 Around 148 new books by Vietnamese and international authors have been released as part of Tháng 3 Sách Trẻ (Youth Books in March) programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has been taking a number of measures to treat wastewater, including setting up several treatment plants.

Members of US Navy ships and aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson visited the Da Nang Nursing Centre for the Mentally Ill on March 6, as part of their first-ever trip to the central city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Health in HCM City has recently issued 16 compulsory standards of operation for plastic surgery clinics in the city.

Beginning this month, doctors must write the identification number of a parent or supervisor on all prescriptions for outpatients under 72 months old, according to a new decree issued by Ministry of Health (MoH).  

Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia – a type of bacteria with the potential to prevent the spread of dengue fever – were released in Vinh Luong Commune, in the central city of Nha Trang yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young people are taking part in special projects that replicate traditional Vietnamese clothes worn by royalty of various dynasties. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though they get less attention than film stars and directors, design artists are among the film crew members who make a motion picture successful. 

Following the incident of “vanished” savings at Eximbank, deposit security will likely be in the limelight at Vietnam-based banks’ upcoming annual general shareholders’ meetings (AGM).

 For people in southern provinces, mứt dừa (candied coconut) is an indispensable dish during Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 With the 2018 annual general meeting season underway, several changes in key personnel at banks have become a hot topic, especially with the amended Law on Credit Institutions already coming into force.