Supuksorn Nuntana of Thailand won the final stage of the Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament yesterday, and Karami Miyoko of Japan won the overall yellow jersey for the best overall time of 21:47.36

 The 5-star express train is the first luxury rail system connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam booked his spot in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Japan F2 Men’s Futures on March 16.

 Young runner Vu Phuong Thanh has announced he is heading overseas to compete alongside 30 other world class runners at – RunUltra – a 522km, 10-day Trail Race in the Australian outback.

 The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has asked Vietnamese travel firms to design tours to lure local tourists to the Republic of Korea, having successfully organized such an activity last year.

 The Vietnamese Government has accused Australia of "causing serious damage" to its prawn farmers and exporters and has asked the Federal Government to reconsider the ban on uncooked prawn imports.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise several aviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise money for infrastructure development.

 The Francophone Week 2017 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 17-29 with diverse cultural and art exchange activities, organisers announced on March 16.

 The Government has tasked authorities of four central provinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completing compensation for affected people by the end of June.

 Bruneian police have arrested a Vietnamese boat with 10 people on board for fishing in Brunei’s territorial waters.

 Vietnam and Israel should work together in the spirit of creativity and innovation to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.

 HCM City has recorded three deaths caused by dengue fever in Districts 5 and 12 since the beginning of the year.

 Ten people were injured in an eruption on Mount Etna on Thursday when magma flowing into snow caused a violent explosion that sent stones and rocks flying into the air, emergency services said.

 The Thu Cuc International General Hospital and the Cuban Ministry of Health’s SMC Company signed a contract on March 16 on sending Cuban doctors to work in Vietnam.

 Vietnam’s sports sector is preparing all resources for regional and international tournaments such as the 20th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 9) the 9th Para Games in Malaysia and the third Asian Youth Games in Indonesia.

 The 2017 India Buddhism Cultural Days, the second of its kind, opened in Thien An Pagoda in Tam Dao district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 16.

 The Hanoi Museum received a model of the Mong Phu village gate crafted by Japanese architect Ejima Akiyoshi at a ceremony on March 16.

 Many goods made in Cambodia will enjoy zero percent tax in the Vietnamese market under the newly-issued Decree 24/2017/ND-CP on special preferential import tax to realise the Vietnam-Cambodia trade promotion agreement signed in 2016.

Carmakers and suppliers gave widely differing timelines for the introduction of self-driving vehicles, showing the uncertainties surrounding the technology as well as a split between cautious established players and bullish new entrants.

 Vietnam’s tuna exports to Japan have dropped for four consecutive years since 2013 partly due to high import tariff at 6.4 percent – 7.2 percent.