Dutch center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte scored a resounding victory over anti-Islam and anti-EU Geert Wilders in an election on Wednesday, 

 Wednesday's indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) provides the clearest details yet on what some U.S. officials say is a symbiotic relationship

In the last 30 years, since the Foreign Investment Law took effect in 1987, foreign direct investment (FDI) capital to Vietnam increased from $0.324 in the first year to $24.373 billion in 2016. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local administration and provincial agencies are investigating illegal logging in the Bac Tra My District’s protective forest.

 International Master (IM) Nguyen Anh Khoi of Viet Nam in a surprise win yesterday defeated Grandmaster (GM) Zhou Jianchao of China at the HDBank Cup International Open Chess event.

 Vietnamese coach Hoang Anh Tuan hopes Việt Nam can make a big surprise at the coming FIFA U-20 World Cup, after the draw for event took place at the Suwon Artrium, South Korea yesterday.

 The Tokyo-based band VM5 will host a music show at Yoko Café on March 26 as part of the VM5 Asia Tour 2017.

 The International Comedy Festival will be held in HCM City on March 20, 21 and 22 with three shows at different venues.

Viet Nam is experiencing a worrying spike in the use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and other types of synthetic drugs. Users suffer from a range of mentally destablising conditions - psychoses, hallucinations,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty eight out of 108 (44 per cent) cut pork meat samples collected at wet markets in Hung Yen Province were found to contain the disease-causing bacteria Salmonella.

 The French corporation Aeroports de Paris (ADP) is in negotiations with the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to purchase ACV shares.

 Viet Nam’s leather and footwear industry will maintain its strong growth even if the TPP does not materialise, the Viet Nam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) has said.

 The domestic coal sector is going through a tough time owing to serious competition from cheap imported coal, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has launched the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SMEs) Development Fund for 2017.

 Over 300 Truong Sa war veterans meet in Phu Yen, Young vocalist sings her way to top of ASEAN competition, Vietnam-ROK cultural festival to take place in HCM City, USAID supports Vietnam to fight wildlife smuggling

 The Rotten Grapes – the one and only English-speaking comedy club in Hanoi, invites everyone to their improvisation comedy show on Saturday.

 The Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will present a Spring Chamber Concert tomorrow night with famous compositions by Bach, Beethoven and other international and Vietnamese composers.

 Famous Belgian pop singer Axelle Red will present a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 20.

 Military sappers in the Tay Giang District of Quang Nam Province yesterday found and defused three bombs left from the wars in the communes of Lang, A Nong and Bhalee.

VietNamNet Bridge - The smart home created by the Japanese painter Fujiko Fujio in the famous cartoon Doraemon in 1969 has become a reality in the 21st century.