VietNamNet Bridge - The local authorities’ approval of a project to fill up a section of the Dong Nai River to build a new urban area would cause serious consequences, scientists have warned.

Favourable conditions are now in place for cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese companies, including those in the digital content and software industry, said Bui Huy Son – Director of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency.

 Hanoi's leafy boulevards with thousands of old trees prettify the capital city as an attractive destination for local residents and tourists, inspiring artistic creativity of generations of artists.

 Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.

 Vietnam will play Turkmenistan in the opening Group B match of the Davis Cup's Group Three Asia/Oceania zone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 25. The other teams are Syria and Cambodia.

A solution to monitor traffic via smartphones is being considered for 2016, but many Vietnamese doubt the solution is feasible.

 The 12th ASEAN Taekwondo Federation (ATF) Championships kicked off at the Lanh Binh Thang Sporting Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23, attracting a record number of athletes.

VietNamNet Bridge - While FDI in agriculture has dropped dramatically by 30 times just over the last 15 years, domestic investment in the sector has been increasing steadily in recent years.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has approved the designing of a master plan for energy development from 2016-2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The winners of the fourth edition of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) were announced at an annual awards ceremony last week.

 The French group Aeroports de Paris (ADP) will collaborate with the financial services holding company Credit Swiss to mobilise US$2.5 billion to $3 billion for Long Thanh International Airport Project in Vietnam's Dong Nai Province.

 A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.

 Vietnam, Cuba agree to foster security ties, Defence Minister pays tribute to former Singaporean PM, Party chief welcomes Russian diplomat, PM Dung meets Vietnam Red Cross Society, IPU-132 elevates Vietnam’s international profile

 Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh met with US Senator Patrick Leahy and senior officials from the US Departments of State and Defence on March 23 and 24.

 US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, met with Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh in Washington D.C. on March 23, ahead of her visit to Vietnam scheduled for March 30 – April 1.

State President Truong Tan Sang met with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong on March 24, during which they agreed to work hard to raise bilateral trade turnover to 2 billion USD in 2015, up 40 percent from the previous year.

 The Viet Nam Securities Depository allocated PetroVietnam Ca Mau Fertilizer Co. Ltd., a leading fertilizer producer in Viet Nam, a new securities trading code of DCM on March 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ba Na cable car route located in the central city of Da Nang has been ranked seventh among the top 10 most amazing cable cars in the world by US news station CNN.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health is working on a plan to produce 5-in-1 and 6-in-1 vaccines as hospitals and healthcare centers nationwide are running short of those vaccines for children,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Homestay tourism is not new in Vietnam but it is now being offered for the first time in Ca Mau, the country’s southernmost province.  It brings in high income to the households, and has helped many people escape from poverty.