A trip to the elaborately decorated Phu Chau Temple is a nice respite from the relentless pace and concrete jungle of central HCM City.

 HCM City will allow business activities on pavements in some streets in the Pham Ngu Lao Ward in District 1 according to a new draft plan.

Results at Lam Dong Aluminium-Bauxite Complex show that the complex has incurred a loss of nearly VND3.7trn ($162m) after three years of operation

 Hanoi’s People Committee has requested its agencies and units to pay special attention to protect documents related to the national secret.

Vietnam’s listed steel companies can achieve higher growth in 2017 despite a volatile and predictable international market if they optimise operations and exploit missing links in the sector’s supply chain.

 33-year-old defender Truong Dinh Luat has rejected calls to join the national team in competing at the upcoming Asian Cup qualifiers, announcing his retirement yesterday instead.

 The latest releases of Kim Dong, Women and Youth Publishing House will be introduced to readers at Spring Book Festival 2017 at Viet Nam’s Women Museum on March 15.

 HCM City has announced plans to invest VNĐ3.6 trillion (US$158.4 million) in the construction of a levee along the canal complex of Tham Luong, Ben Cat and Nuoc Len.

 HCM City will publish air and water quality indexes on 48 electronic screens across the city, starting later this month, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Pham Hong Loan of Gach-Phan Bon Con Voi won the sixth stage of the Bình Dương International Women’s Cycling Tournament on March 13.

 With housing demand remaining strong, banks are optimistic 2017 will be a big year for mortgages.

 Over 400 years ago, the Lao migrants got help from the Thai ethnic people in Muong Va commune, the Laos-bordered province of Son La, to build a tower that became a national ancient architectural relic of Vietnam in 1995. 

 The 2nd India Buddhism culture day in Vietnam will be organised at Thien An Pagoda in Tam Dao district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc, on March 16 and 19.

 Hollywood film director Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he is honoured to be Vietnam’s tourism ambassador and will do his utmost to help Vietnamese tourism take off.

 The Central Highlands region is expected to attract more than VND230 trillion ($10.1 billion) worth of investment in the period of 2016-2020.

 Vietnam’s total export earnings hit $13 billion in February, raising the total in the first two months of this year to $27.3 billion, up 15.4 percent annually, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

 The European-standard dairy farm Vinamilk Organic Da Lat was inaugurated in Tu Tra commune, Don Duong district, the central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

 PCI rankings of five centrally-run municipalities through years

 The national security service has identified two teenagers as the hackers behind recent attacks on the websites of several domestic airports, the Ministry of Public Security said on March 13.

 Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Laos’ Vientiane capital Sinlavong Khoutphaythoun received visiting Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Hung in the Lao capital city on March 13.