Vietnam shared one point with Afghanistan at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2019’s third qualifier after their hard-fought match ended in draw 1-1 on March 28.

 Hanoi is calling for investments into wastewater treatment projects from 2016 – 2020, in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

 Strategic investors may sell their shares in a State-owned enterprise (SOE) three years after the firm is equitised, according to the Ministry of Finance.

 Shares retreated on March 28 on the two national stock exchanges as investors booked short-term profits on fears of a possible downward correction.

Reports from the Trade Map of ITC and the World Bank show that Vietnam imported $500 million worth of cosmetics in 2011 and $1.1 billion in 2016, while the figure is expected to double by 2020 to $2.2 billion.

 Manufacturing sector accounts for 84.9% of Q1’s FDI, ROK drug companies target Vietnamese market, Vietnam Airlines now uses Airbus A350 on flights to Japan, PVN shakes hand with US oil supermajor     

 The sudden surge in domestic rice prices in this year’s winter-spring crop has made a number of rice exporters suffer from losses in the first quarter.

 Vietnam has been attracting a lot of attention from investors in the Republic of Korea (RoK) thanks to her active global economic integration and engagement in free trade agreements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Trung Quoc, National Assembly Deputy and a historian, tells VOV Online that preserving the Red River ecosystem should be a vital part of plans to exploit it.

Visitors to HCM City will have a chance to pose for photos at the Wax Museum of Vietnamese Artists, known informally as Madame Tussauds Viet Nam, which is scheduled to open early next month.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held a press conference on March 28 to update the media on the unexploded ordnance contamination and the settlement of post-war UXO consequences in Vietnam.

To make Ho Chi Minh City more attractive to local and foreign travellers, the city’s authorities have decided to build Sai Gon Cultural and Tourism Village.

Vietnam is gifted with rich and diversified natural landscape. But it’s only when the movie I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass hit the screen that movie fans were amazed how beautiful the Phu Yen peaceful countryside is.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dancer Ha Tu Thien graduated from Viet Nam Dance College and is a second-year student at Ha Noi Academy of Theatre & Cinema’s Choreograph Department. 

 Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional relationship with Mozambique and wishes to promote multi-faceted cooperation between the nations, particularly in national defence, said a senior officer.

 President of the Council of States of Switzerland Ivo Bischofberger arrived in Hanoi on March 28 to begin his official visit till March 31 at the invitation of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

HCM City has been providing all possible support for the Fulbright University Vietnam project in the city, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said.

Each resident of Dong Coc Village in the northern province of Bac Ninh received VND10 million (US$440) after the 200-year-old sua tree at the communal village house was sold for VND24.5 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rice is not only the staple of Vietnamese diets, but also the major ingredient in many signature dishes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam ranked first at the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships which closed yesterday in the Philippines.