State-owned Hanoi Trade Corporation (Hapro), operator of a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores and owner of many land plots and properties at prime locations in the city, is looking for a strategic investor to buy over half of its shares.

 A Vietnamese delegation is attending the 24th Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT - 2017) in Russia.

Vietnam's movie “Vo ba” (The Third Wife) won the post-production and “Hong Kong to Cannes” awards at the 15th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, which took place in Hong Kong from March 13-15.

 Localities in the Mekong Delta region recorded high rice output for their winter-spring rice crop in 2016-2017 despite a decrease in cultivation area and the spread of diseases, heard a conference in An Giang province on March 15.

 Member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) committed to seeking a new path to promote regional economic and trade integration during a high-level meeting in the Chilean city of Vina del Mar on March 15. 

 The frigate HQ-011 Dinh Tien Hoang left Vietnam on March 15 to attend the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Showcase 2017 (LIMA 2017) in Malaysia for the first time.

 Saigon Heat delivered a stunning performance to secure a much needed win against Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions, currently ASEAN Basketball League’s top ranker, on their home turf last night.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) have won the best team award in February, the event’s organising board has announced.

 Hanoi FC beat Tampines Rovers of Singapore 4-0 in the third match of Group G of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s two biggest cities, Ha Noi and HCM City, severely lack parking spaces for cars, the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It has now become common knowledge that the best one-day getaway from Ha Noi is Ninh Binh Province.

Vinh Loc District in Thanh Hoa Province possesses many world and national heritages but has not properly exploited its tourism potential, as discussed at a recent conference in Vinh Hung Commune.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months, a move spurred by steady economic growth, strong job gains 

 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.