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 Danang, the most popular tourist destination in Vietnam, is waiting for guidance from the Ministry of Transportation on its request to pilot plan to apply technology in contracted passenger transport businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s famous crystal clear blue waters draw millions of tourists, so finding a quiet beach in the middle of a hot summer is a tall order.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally-acclaimed Belgian singer Axelle Red will perform in Viet Nam from March 18 to 20 as part of an Asian tour to promote her latest album.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the sight of the threatening orange and blue bacteria, the students screamed, “Get away! Get away!”

 HCM City’s authorities continue to ask dozens of households in a local apartment building to move out as investor has violated regulations.

 Hanoi's authorities have fined a mobile Bun cha restaurant operating out of a bus parked on Su Van Hanh Street.

 Trade officials from the eleven remaining members of the TPP will hold discussions in the coming weeks and ministers will meet again in May in Vietnam to continue debate over the TPP.

VietNamNet Bridge - Director of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Jordan Vogt-Roberts posted a number of beautiful photos of Son Doong Cave on his Instagram.

Deputy PM  Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and relevant agencies to study the possibility of applying safeguards to protect the domestic automobile manufacturing industry from looming zero-tariff car imports.

 As of Thursday, the military-run telecom group, Viettel has set up nearly 18,000 4G base transceiver stations (BTSs), bringing the technology to 704 districts in 63 provinces and cities.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport and South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote bilateral co-operation in the railway sector.

 A man was arrested in central Nghe An Province on Thursday while attempting to smuggle VNĐ2 billion (US$88,800) to Laos.

 Around 29,759 litres of home-brewed liquor have been seized in Hanoi in the first 12 days of a citywide campaign against illicit alcohol.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Pham Trung Luong speaks to Bnews.vn on how to turn the tourism industry into a spearhead economic sector.

Vo Truong Thanh, former president of Truong Thanh Furniture Group (TTF), and Tram Be, former deputy chair of Sacombank, have committed to compensate for losses incurred by their enterprises as a way to be responsible for their mismanagement.

The recent increase of child sexual abuse cases has raised public concern, which requires authorities to enforce children’s rights and scrutinise the implementation of signed international conventions to ensure the protection of children’s rights.

 The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) took place in Manila, the Philippines from March 15-16 to discuss preparations for the 30th ASEAN Summit.

 Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 21-24.