People, young and old, aged 13 and up, stood in line over this past weekend in Hanoi at the downtown cinema to buy admission tickets to the newly released film Kong: Skull Island.

 Grandmaster Le Quang Liem on March 15 moved one match closer to capturing the HDBank Cup International Open Chess crown by defeating Aleksey Goganov of Russia in the sixth round.

 Vietnam’s national women’s team seeks to earn a berth in the final round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Cup by leading Group D in the qualifying round.

 Crowds of domestic and international tourists flock to the Huong Pagoda Festival in spring to pray for a happy new year and to contemplate the picturesque landscapes at the site.

 Stock market capitalisation reachs record level

 It’s time to comprehensively reform rice production since the staple plays an irreplaceable role in the country’s agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized while chairing a conference on March 15.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 15 launched its public services portalto providing the people and businesses with almost public services of the level 3 and 4 between now and the year-end. 

 Legal aid measures are being prepared to protect legitimate interests of Doan Thi Huong, a suspect in the death of Democratic People’s Republic of Korean citizen Kim Chol, according to Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry.

 The Netherlands wishes to expand relations with Vietnam, including cooperation in peacekeeping activities between the two countries’ armies, said Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster. 

 The 15th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation took place in Phnom Penh on March 15.  

 A high-level Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Petrovich Trutnev visited Vietnam to seek more economic cooperation with Vietnam on March 14-15.

 Active coordination and the maintenance of regular and irregular meetings have allowed border localities of Vietnam and Cambodia to deploy reached agreements efficiently, helping maintain security and stability in the shared border.

 The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) will continue close and effective cooperation with the Lao People’s Army to help strengthen the two countries’ special relations, Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the VPA Phan Van Giang said.

 Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh expressed his hope that New Zealand will share its experience in peacekeeping activities and strategic research while meeting New Zealand’s Ambassador to Vietnam Wendy Matthews in Hanoi on March 15.

 Hanoi hosts VietAd and VPSE 2017, Financial Ministry rejects taxi association's call to slash VAT, Vietnam participates in Global Entrepreneurship Congress, Vietnam's top fuel distributor Petrolimex seeks domestic listing

 Four sentenced for making company incur losses, Hanoi, Microsoft cooperate on IT, One more people dies of methanol-tainted alcohol, Gac Ma Memorial Site to be inaugurated on July 27

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long An defeated Dong Nai 4-2 in the last match of the National U19 Football Championships’ qualifying round on Tuesday, earning the last ticket to compete in the final round.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air pollution in the capital city, which has been bad since last Tuesday, is so severe now that health experts have warned people to stay indoors.

 The Chinese Taipei team arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday to prepare for a friendly match with Viet Nam’s national football team on March 22.

Energy labels will be compulsory for cars with less than nine seats from January next year and for motorbikes from January 2020, according to a decision made by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.