A painting exhibition of 9 artists from Hanoi opened at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum on March 3.

 A concert introducing Italian songs will take place at HCMC Conservatory of Music on March 19.

 Over 1,000 people in the country come down with Paraquat - a weedkiller - annually.

 According to the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center, a cold air mass is expected to sweep through the northern and central region in next couple of days.

Simmered fish in Vietnam can be found into two types. Wet simmering usually uses sea fish, its taste is quite light and it is often cooked with a lot of water that can be used to add flavor to steamed rice or bun.

Artwork by eight contemporary artists from Vietnam and South Korea are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on March 3 under the theme Undefined Boundaries.

 Contrary to the original plan, the State-owned Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) expects to list its shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) around April 10-12, Chairman Mr. Bui Ngoc Bao told Reuters.

 In a proposal submitted to the Da Nang Department of Information and Communications, the local Traffic Safety Committee wrote that the unauthorized operations of Uber and Grab could worsen traffic in the city.  

 A music night featuring jazz manouche, also known as Gypsy jazz, will be held on March 11, at 8pm, at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi.

 Japanese enterprises in banking and finance are now the biggest foreign shareholders in Vietnamese banks, financial and financial leasing companies, and their Vietnamese partners highly regard their expertise and support.

 More and more affordable international fashion brands enter Vietnam, heating up competition and bringing more choices for Vietnamese customers.

 Artists and local children painted a boatLocal authorities in Quang Nam Province's Tam Thanh Commune are cooperating with artists from Singapore in an ecotourism project which aims to introduce local life and culture to visitors.

 The first State visit to Vietnam by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is a historical hallmark and a meaningful symbol of the two nations’ friendship, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in an interview with Japanese national newspaper Asahi Shimbun.

 After the failure in box office of various home-made films, domestic filmmakers are looking for new gems from scriptwriters in other countries including South Korea and Thailand.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will inspect adherence to inorganic fertiliser production regulations at production and processing enterprises.

All districts and communes in the capital city of Ha Noi will start campaigns this week to control the pervasive encroachment of cafes, beer joints and cars on sidewalks,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ministries and localities have been told not to buy cars this year unless otherwise dictated by a comprehensive review of the number of State-owned cars.

 An art troupe from Japan and a delegation of Theravada Buddhists from Myanmar will join the annual Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival in Ngu Hanh Son District on March 14-16.

The HCM City People’s Committee on Friday established a headmasters’ council, an association of the headmasters of 46 universities in the city.

From early March, HCM City local authorities will consider granting land-use certificates for those who bought land and houses through informal agreements as well as fix long-term existing environmental pollution problems.