The Running Bean Coffee, Tee's Coffee and 81 Bia are top new favourite destinations of young people for a cup of joe in Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop and soul sensation My Tam is among five female singers battling it out to win Best Music Album.

A silk painting by master Nguyen Nam Son (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, will be auctioned by the Aguttes company at Drouot auction sale centre in Paris, France, on March 26.

 Three national hi-tech parks in Hoa Lac, HCM City and Da Nang have attracted 218 investment projects with a registered capital of nearly US$10 billion, creating jobs for about 50,000 workers.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) can take early intervention measures against weak credit institutions in the supervision process from July this year, according to a new SBV regulation.

VN is integrating increasingly with the global economy, having signed the CPTPP this month and discussing four other free trade agreements, the annual Economic Scenarios Conference heard in HCM City on Monday.

 Start-ups will be given support from the State budget in localities with no more than 30 per cent of total investment mobilised from investment funds.

 The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will transfer its rights to purchase shares additionally issued by the Vietnam Airlines Corporation through auction at the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

 The Ministry of Health has called for an urgent investigation into an apparently false rumour about the death of a mother and her child in HCM City while having a natural birth at home.

 Many people in Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, have blamed Hanoi Medical University Hospital for discharging sewage and polluting Lu River.

 A truck carrying an elephant without proper safety measures surprised drivers on a highway in Ha Tinh Province.

Along with Carlsberg, the Danish Brewer holding 17.3 per cent stake in Habeco, numerous foreign investors are looking to acquire a stake in Vietnam’s third-largest brewer in order to increase their market shares.

 Convenience store chains are on their way to conquer fast-growing ASEAN markets, but they get little love in Indonesia, the region’s largest market.

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Decree 54 and the draft circular that guides its implementation compiled by the Ministry of Health have both raised controversy: foreign investors say the regulations break Vietnam’s WTO commitments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After their heroics in China, 13 players from the U23 national team have been called up to the senior side.

 Viet Nam’s U15 PVF easily defeated Thailand’s Police Tero 5-1 in the opening match of the U15 ASEAN Dream Football Tournament, held at the SCG Muangthong United Practice Field.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mong Cai City police in the northern province of Quang Ninh stopped seven Chinese nationals from illegally entering Vietnam and moving to Cambodia to gamble, reported vov.vn online newspaper.

The Hoi An Memories show, which debuted on March 18 at Hoi An Impression Theme Park in the central province of Quang Nam, has set two Vietnamese records. 

 The Vietnamese embassies in many countries held ceremonies on March 20 to pay respect to former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17 at the age of 85.