Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no vaccine currently exists.

 The Sa Giang Import and Export Joint Stock Company has reported a net profit of VNĐ30.5 billion ($1.34 million) on a turnover of VNĐ290.7 billion (US$12.8 million) last year.

 Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) plans to sell more than 158 treasury shares to foreign investors.

 Saigon Heat are close to assuring a spot in the play-off round after defeating the CLS Knights of Indonesia 114-86 in the Asian Basketball League, while playing at home on Saturday in HCM City.

 Vietnamese and Italian designers and architects will gather in Hanoi to celebrate Italian Design Day.

 The property developer Vingroup has officially announced its plan to join in the field of higher education by establishing VinUni University (VinUni).

Tens of houses and several hectares of vegetable crops in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang were reportedly damaged in hailstorms on Sunday. 

 Many banks throughout the country need to recruit more employees for their newly opened branches this year or to replace staff members who quit their jobs before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Spiritual tourism has become an indispensable part in spiritual life for many people. However, currently spiritual tourism is only popular during special occasions like during the spring festival. 

 South Africa says it has finally traced the source of a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people in the past year - said to make it the worst in history.

 Over 2,000 Honda cars from Thailand - the first batches of cars to enjoy zero percent import duty under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) have been imported to Vietnam.

 An inter-sectoral official delegation from Vietnam visited US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on March 3-4 when the ship passed through the international waters near the country’s coast.

 A clay mould in the form of a Bodhi leaf, dating back 700 years, has been unearthed among other valuable antiques at an excavation site in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 Trading volume on the derivatives market reached a record high in February since it started operating in August 2018, the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) said.

 Although the VN-Index didn’t hit the short-term target of 1,130 points last week as expected, it has nevertheless maintained its upward trend and is forecast to open next week’s session with positive status.

 The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has launched a five-month “Green Sundays” campaign to raise awareness of environmental protection nationwide, particularly in crowded residential areas, factories, agencies and schools.

 Commercial banks have adjusted their service fees to individual customers since the beginning of the year in order to focus on the retail segment.

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan held a requiem at Nisshikutsu pagoda in Tokyo on March 4 to pray for the soldiers who died to defend Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago three decades ago.

 Vietnam may export 6.5 million tonnes of rice in 2018, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.

Bangladesh’s daily English-language newspaper The Daily Star has carried several articles emphasising the importance of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s three-day State visit to Bangladesh from March 4.