VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people in Saigon and tourists on March 5 flocked to District 5 in HCM City to participate in the Tet Nguyen Tieu Festival of the Chinese community in Cho Lon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Happy Kids Kindergarten's 33 teachers resumed work today after going on strike yesterday, March 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Natural Resources and Environment Department has called for tightening measures for managing and handling violations of illegal mineral exploitation in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many Japanese investors have been taking quiet steps to pour money into the agricultural sector in Vietnam. 

The Ministry of Transport has sent the Government its plans to sell majority State stakes at Saigon and Haiphong ports to Vingroup and if they are approved, the restructuring and equitization plans for Vinalines and Saigon Port would change.

 The Vietnam men’s national team climbed two places to 130th position in the latest men’s world rankings released by FIFA on March 12. 

 Star Wars producers have announced the name of the new stand-alone film, to be directed by Brit Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones.

 Fishermen in central Thua Thien - Hue yesterday have released an individual of green sea turtle, which is listed as an endangered species by International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN), to the ocean.

 Italian photographer and architect Gianpaolo Arena has completed a photo album titled “My Vietnam” featuring daily life of local residents in the country during one-month stay in Vietnam.

 Germany's second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has agreed to pay a total of $1.45bn (£980m) to US authorities for violating economic sanctions against businesses in Iran and Sudan.

 From March 11 to 25, Vietnamese and World Bank (WB) experts will host a discussion on higher education and innovation – driving force for Vietnam’s development toward 2035.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the World Bank (WB) on March 12 signed agreements for a total of US$450 million in loans and credits to help Chi Minh City improve environment and sanitation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "The world’s tallest TV tower is the dream of Vietnam Television," said VTV General Director Tran Binh Minh at the signing ceremony of the TV tower construction investment agreement in Hanoi on Tuesday.

 The Vietnam Department of Survey and Mapping and the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on March 11 in Hanoi to commit to collaborative efforts.

A new indigenous flora species has been found in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of central Quang Binh province, according to a statement from the park’s management board on March 12.

 Vietnamese teams have won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at five international sporting events organised in early March this year, according to the National Sport Administration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 11th annual HCM City Tourism Day Festival to be held this month will seek to promote World Heritage sites in Viet Nam beginning on March 26.

 Vietnam’s Under-16 tennis team have earned a ticket to the Asia/Oceania final qualifying round of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Tennis.

 The culture ministry is focusing on removing foreign-style objects from relic sites across the country, said Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien at a press conference on March 12.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications handed over 180 documents and maps on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) and the Vietnam Youth Federation on March 11.