President Tran Dai Quang presented appointment decisions to six ambassadors to foreign countries for 2018-2021 at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 26. 

 The Xin Man (Vietnam)-Dulong (China) border gate pair was officially opened at a ceremony on March 26.

 There has been not any information about Vietnamese victims in a fire ravaging a shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo on March 25, said the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia. 

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and his entourage arrived in Paris on March 26 morning, beginning the official visit to France. 

 Emerging centuries ago as a sand islet in the middle of the Thu Bon River, Cam Nam Commune has been known by several names: Con Hen, meaning mussel islet, and Con Bap, maize islet.

In pursuing its ambitious smart city goal, Hanoi has announced – for the first time – a list of sectors to be prioritised for Japanese investment. 

 Trade deficit with ASEAN put at US$6.51 billion, FPT cooperates with U.S. school to hold leadership course, Chemical firm to up foreign ownership, Hyundai Motors to open VN plant

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ngoc Hoang is a man on a mission. He turns up at university to study two days of the week but the rest of the time he goes somewhere else - at the farm to help sell turnips.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese livestock farmers are under pressure as their products are uncompetitive in comparison with surprisingly cheap poultry and animal meat imports.

BKAV Corporation has delayed its plan to launch a new generation of BPhone models until mid-year when a series of versions for different market segments will be introduced.

 Hanoi's Construction Department and Hanoi Housing Development and Investment Corporation should take responsibility for a large number of abandoned apartments in the city according to an official from the municipal people's council. 

Ngo Quy Nham, a lecturer at the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, says that plagiarism has reached a ‘terrible’ level, and in most cases, plagiarists are not punished. 

 Prudential, Manulife, and FWD were among the first insurance firms to transfer insurance transactions to digital platforms, who are now followed by Chubb Life, Generali Vietnam, and Hanwha Life.

The project on allocating forests to hundreds of enterprises to manage and protect to forestland in five Central Highlands provinces has failed. Forests have been lost and land has been illegally appropriated.

 Like other villages in Vietnam, people of Dam village, also known as Bich Tri hamlet, Ha Nam province, mainly live on agricultural production. 

 There seemed to be a collective gasp of horror as the news spread recently of a mother and her new-born dying as she tried to give birth at home.

 Hai Huong, 66, owns a small grocery store in an alley off Huynh Dinh Hai Street in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District. The shop has helped her run her family for the last 20-odd years.  

Vietnam’s finance and banking sector has attracted quite a number of foreigners to leading roles over the years. This trend is expected to continue.

 Vietnamese, Thai legislative bodies bolster relations, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hails 2017 outstanding youths, Vietnam enhances agricultural cooperation with EU, Belgium, NA Chairwoman meets Indonesian Lower House Speaker in Geneva 

Vietnam-Japan culture exchange opened in Hai Phong, Vietnam through eyes of European painters, Association contributes to France-Vietnam relationship, Mekong Delta asked to improve waterway connectivity