Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia appointed Vu Anh Minh as the Chairman of Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on Tuesday.

 Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Vienam registered her second draw at the Zone 3.3 Chess Championship’s women’s category yesterday in the Philippines.

 On March 12, Goethe Institute will hold a concert featuring piano soloist Boris Schonleber, who presented several concerts at the venue in 2014.

Last month, while Kieu Van Manh was delivering timber in the capital city’s Thach That District, the planks of wood he was carrying came into contact with the overhead power lines and caused a 23-minute power outage for the two districts

 Seven French movies will be screened this month at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with French (IDECAF).

 San Art and Manzi Art Space have co-organised artist Vo Tran Chau’s first solo exhibition, Lingering at the Peculiar Pavilion, which opens on Saturday at 6.30pm.

 On March 5, Salon Saigon will host an interactive experimental concert featuring American multi-genre musician and sound installation artist Alec Schachner and Vietnamese composer Vu Nhat Tan.

She, a free concert to express love and respect for women, will take place at the SOUL Convention Complex on March 11.

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

Vietnam’s small businesses are among the fastest growing and most confident in the region, according to new survey data released on March 2.

 Vietnamese pharmaceutical market harbours immense potential, but domestic enterprises are exploiting only half of this at best.

 Most local companies have shown optimism about business results in 2016, providing momentum for further growth in 2017.

 The export of wood and wood products is expected to fetch US$8 billion this year, up from US$7.3 billion last year.

Olympian sharpshooter Hoang Xuan Vinh fell just short of making it through to the final round of the 50m Pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup.

 As many as 150 cherry blossom trees and 7,000 cherry blossom branches imported from Japan will be put on show in downtown Hanoi as part of a Japanese cultural exchange in Hanoi slated for March 10 – 12. 

Outstanding performances of folk music that used to be played at the communual houses have helped music lovers experience the unique cultural atmosphere of villages in northern Vietnam. 

 The national index of industrial production (IIP) rose by 2.4 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2017, according to the latest report of the General Statistics Office.

 Vietnam is to suspend import of five agricultural commodities from India, which are peanuts, cassia alata seeds, cocoa seeds, French bean seeds and tamarind from India due to the high risk of them containing insects.

Vietnam and India held their 10th defence policy dialogue at deputy ministerial level in Hanoi on March 1, focusing on the implementation of the agreement reached between the two countries.

Preparations for the first APEC Senior Officials Meeting have been completed after the SOM Steering Committee on ECOTECH, the SOM Friends of the Chair on Connectivity and the Policy Support Unit concluded their final meetings.