Asian shares gained across the board on Thursday as risk appetite revived after the Federal Reserve reduced the number of interest rate hikes expected this year, while the dollar nursed substantial losses.

Exposure to air pollution for just a month or two may still be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, a recent U.S. study suggests.  

VietNamNet Bridge - In an effort to improve the training quality and reduce the unemployment rate, many universities and junior colleges haven decided to train students according to orders set by businesses.

New investment plans have been prepared by foreign investors for Vietnamobile and Gmobile with hopes of remapping the telecom market, which has been dominated by big Vietnamese players.

 The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam one of its four strategic export markets, along with China, Iran, and Brazil.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Tien Village in Phu Vang District, Thua Thien-Hue Province is well-known for its 300-year-old craft of making paper flowers.

Vietnam pledges promotion of women’s empowerment, PM to chair anti-corruption review conference next month, Quang Ngai commemorates victims of Son My massacre, Ninth HCM City book fair to open later this month

 Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix to 36 percent by 2030 could save the world economy up to $4.2 trillion a year,

VietNamNet Bridge - Big money has been poured into pearl projects in Vietnam, which has a long coastline of 3,600 kilometers, but profits have sometimes been unsatisfactory.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rising demand for credit across Vietnam’s private sector is expected to drive bank loan books above the highs recorded last year.

 German and local filmmakers will gather at Mini Docfest documentary festival hosted by Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on March 19-20.

 Hanoi will host a series of activities on March 19 in response to the 2016 Earth Hour, which promotes how a small individual action can make a big influence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese unlisted public companies (UPCoM) doubled last year, and 2016 regulations should bolster once-sluggish growth even more.

M_Service JSC, the operator of mobile e-wallet MoMo, on March 17 announced it has received an investment worth $28 million from Standard Chartered Private Equity and the global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs.

 Some leading hotels in HCM City have prepared special treats to serve diners on the occasion of the upcoming Easter Day on March 27.

 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Tran Ngoc Lan Khue has bowed out of the Top 20 at Miss Grand Slam 2015, according to GlobalBeauties.com.

 Foreign audiences gave big rounds of applause for Vietnamese-American piano child prodigy Evan Le while watching him playing Turkey March by genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at NBC’s Little Big Shots on March 13.

 The Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) Endurance-class Landing Ship Tank (LST), RSS Endurance, led by Lieutenant Colonel Noel Chen Xin Yi, arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on March 17 to start a five-day port call.

 VN Index will climb to reach the highest level since 2008 as a rising economy and earnings draw investors, Bloomberg Business news reported on March 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors have shown their interest in the value of the hotline of the HCM City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang and expect that the transparency of the investment environment will improve.