VietNamNet Bridge - The closure of many fast food shops in recent days has raised a question if the Vietnamese fast food market has become saturated and no longer attractive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The UK's prestigious magazine Wanderlust has highlighted 7 most spectacular festivals in Vietnam. Let’s tour the festivals:

VietNamNet Bridge – The ninth biannual HCM City Book Expo that opens at District 1’s Le Van Tam Park today will seek to promote reading habits, especially among children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang triumphed at the Maurice’s Pools and Spas Waikato International 2016 in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Saturday.

 Director Nguyen Hoang Diep, who won three awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival last year, has become a jury member for the event this year.

 Korean investors flock to Vietnamese potential, $1.52 billion in ODA for health in 2015, Bloomberg: Analysts upbeat about Vietnam's stock markets, HCMC wants to develop IC sector, Firms worry about possible poultry imports from China

 The 13th tenure National Assembly (NA) convened its 11th session in Hanoi on March 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Viet Nam 2016, the biennial national beauty contest, will kick off with qualifying rounds in July while the final round is scheduled to take place on August 27 in HCM City.

The condotel market on Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island, is becoming increasingly attractive to foreign investors because of its prime location in one of the hottest tourism paradises of Vietnam and the prestige of the developers behind them.

  CJ Cooperation will remain running in the upcoming auction to become a strategic investor of Vietnam’s leading meat processor Vissan despite doubt over the South Korean firm’s ability to satisfy all selection criteria.

  Vietnamese company Viet Xuan Moi has just been chosen as the strategic partner to buy 51 per cent of Vinalines Dinh Vu Port JSC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved calculation of petroleum import tax based on weighted average of the tariffs, taking into account Most Favoured Nation status and Free Trade Agreement.

 Australia and Singapore have reiterated their commitment to the rights of states to freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea, amidst rising tension in the region caused by China’s unilateral acts.

  Some 20 art troupes from 15 countries worldwide will attend the 9 th Hue Festival which takes place in central Thua Thien-Hue province from April 29 to May 4.

 Nguyen Thanh Ngung qualified for the Brazil Olympics via the 2016 Asian 20km race walking championships in Nomi-shi, Japan on March 20.

 Nguyen Thi Lua has made history by becoming the first Vietnamese female wrestler to qualify for the Olympics twice after she reached the final of the Asian qualifying event in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 19.

 Vietnam in collaboration with Sao Tome and Principe and Palau held a ceremony to celebrate the International Day of Happiness at the Headquarters of the United Nations (UN) on March 20.

 Vietnam joined many other countries around the world during the 2016 Earth Hour late on March 19 with the symbolic action of turning off unnecessary electrical devices for one hour.

 The Ministry of Transport on March 20 set up a special working group led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong to deal with the collapse of Ghenh bridge, a key bridge on the North-South railway line.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan has highlighted tourism as a potential and mutually beneficial field for both Vietnam and Indonesia, especially given the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015.