“In midnight, if you hear a howl from the deep jungle, you can be sure that a poor animal has fallen into trap,” a local man in Da Nang City said. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced their concerns over escalating school violence, but few solutions have been proposed and agencies cannot agree on how to punish the perpetrators.

 Ho Chi Minh City has decided to pilot the multi-storeyed workshop model in local industrial parks (IP), export processing zones (EPZ) and high-tech areas from 2015-18 with a total cost of 600 billion VND (28.2 million USD).

VietNamNet Bridge – Reports from different organisations vary about internet speed in Vietnam, but experts say the tests depend on where and what instruments are used.

 Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 percent by 2030.

Vietnam, Iran work to enhance multi-faceted cooperation, Condolences sent to Myanmar over ferry accident, Hungarian Ambassador honoured with insignia, Parliament’s role in realising MDGs discussed

Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly (NA) Chung Ui-Hwa arrived in Hanoi on March 17 to begin his five-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam supports Australia’s increased role in the evolving regional structure and hopes for further cooperation with Australia and other partner countries to contribute to an actively-developing and well-connected Asia, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises started buying one tonne of rice each in March for temporary storage in the Mekong Delta,

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, has called for promoting dialogue and cooperation to address human rights issues in Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Year in, year out, throngs of fishermen head for the lower reaches of Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta around the beginning of year for the harvest season of bong lau (Pangasius krempfi) fish

Art communities everywhere have big expectations and look forward to collecting art. However, in Vietnam collecting has faced obstacles due to the lack of a local market as well as confidence in the art world.

 The Government has urged farmers to produce more macadamia nuts, but scientists say more research is needed before they could be cultivated successfully en masse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam consumed 28.7 million cellphones last year, a year-on-year increase of 13%, according to a quarterly survey on Asian-Pacific cellphone markets released by the market research firm IDC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally renowned musical ensemble Pink Martini will visit HCM City early next month for charity concerts on their first ever tour of Asia.

 Ministry makes motorcycle helmets mandatory for students, Dong Thap destroys smuggled cigarettes, Customs detain man after finding heroin in car, Blaze destroys Dien Bien house, workshop, Hanoi sees drop in drug addicts

ANZ raises GDP growth forecast, PVN to develop fuel facility on Phu Quoc, VN-India venture to help manage Bao Viet Fund, HCM City to host int'l maritime exhibition, Trade deficit with China on the rise, Samsung tops list of 500 fastest growing firms

 Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang held talks with Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey on March 16.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a dialogue with hundreds of Vietnamese and Australian business representatives in Sydney on March 17, committing all possible support to them in accordance with the law.

 Southeast Asian countries expect to develop a rubber-trading floor for regional rubber-producing countries to actively fix export rubber prices on the world market, Vietnamese and Thai officials announced during talks.