The Vietnamese State will create all possible conditions for the system of intellectual property to grow and make maximal contributions to socio-economic development, affirmed President Tran Dai Quang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duy Nguyen impressed the public at the Fall-Winter Fashion Week recently with new suits that used brocade made by the H’Rê ethnic minority people from Teng Village in Quang Ngai Province. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of capital and lack of technical assistance for farmers in the Central Highlands region are hampering efforts to replace old, unproductive trees on coffee farms. 

 Vietnam has joined other 35 countries in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2017 (LIMA 217), which opened at Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre, Langkawi, Malaysia on March 21.

 Vietnam’s Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung paid a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from March 16-18 to promote bilateral cooperation in labour.

A Vietnam – Israel defence industry forum was held in Hanoi on March 21 by the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s General Department of Defence Industry and Israel’s International Defence Cooperation Division. 

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Nguyen Trung Thanh recently presented his letter of credential to the republic’s President Danilo Medina.

 The World Bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 22 - 24, according to World Bank Vietnam.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee continued its eighth session in Hanoi on March 21, commenting on the draft revised law on fisheries.

 With the release of a new video app called Clips, Apple Inc is inching one step closer to fully engaging in the messaging world, where its huge base of iPhone users could help it compete with Snap Inc's Snapchat and Facebook Inc's Messenger.

Foreign capital keeps flowing to Vietnam, but it has been disbursed for only some stocks. This shows that the Vietnamese stock market is still attractive after the US increased the prime interest rate.

Comics over the years began to disappear gradually, now accounting for only one percent of the market. However, many young artists and producers have recently revived Vietnamese comics with large-scale projects.

The US’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership may make certain impacts on Vietnam’s short-term plans but will not affect the country’s long-term goals and integration direction.

VietNamNet Bridge - The increase in population and different kinds of production in the country have led to an increase in solid waste. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of foreign television channels from Japan, South Korea, China, India, Russia and Thailand are being provided to Vietnamese watchers via OTT (over the top) apps. 

 No one element of an investment attraction policy determines success.

 World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva to visit Vietnam, VIB wins two international awards for MyVIB app, Central bank establishes committee to boost fintech, Mobile World trialing lottery ticket sales

 Quang Ninh to shut lime kilns by 2018, Gasoline-stealing gang busted in HCM City, Vietnamese painters encouraged to promote cultural diplomacy, Pregnant woman saved from uterine rupture

 The real estate market in Lao Cai Province is not developed, but has good potential, leading property services provider Savills Viet Nam Co Ltd said on Monday.

 Quang Ninh Province has permitted the FLC Group to study to invest in the high-end entertainment and services complex in Van Don Special Economic Zone.