VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group has announced the net loss of more than VND566 billion ($24 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, the first loss of this firm since 2008.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors can explore more than 50% of the tourist destination in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang in four days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first VGA Union Cup is scheduled to begin at the Dalat Palace golf course on March 25.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese and one Swedish tourist drowned while swimming at  Bai Sau Beach, Vung Tau City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade will apply global safeguards in an emergency action to control increasing imports of monosodium glutamate to Viet Nam from March 25 this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some mementos from late President Ho Chi Minh held by a French peace activist and his family were given to the Ho Chi Minh Museum yesterday, March 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s Tran Thi Diem Trang (Kelly Trang Tran) won the Best Traditional Costume award at the Mrs. World Pageant, which was held in Dongguan, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Tung, who composed many love songs, died on Monday, March 14, in Ha Noi after eight years of illness.

  The Francophone Film Festival 2016, jointly organized by the International Francophone Organization (OIF) and the Vietnam Cinematography Department, will take place in Hanoi, Hue, and HCMC from March 17 to 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong stayed at the bottom of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League’s Group E after their second loss yesterday, March 15.

  Color Me Run, a running competition combined with music performances, will come back for the third edition in HCMC on April 16, Hanoi on May 28 and Danang on June 26.

 The Saigon Tech Startup Fest 2016 - the first large-scale tech startup festival in Vietnam, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, attracting thousands of people, particularly students in the field of information technology. 

 Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 7 hosted a reception in Hanoi for visiting Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.

 The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam has proposed that the government fine Petrolimex for $54 million and an additional $310,000 for misuse of capital and funding between 2010 and mid-2013.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has reported that 2015 was the first year it registered a profit after three years of conducting a comprehensive restructuring plan.

A grand music festival will take place at Ecopark in Hanoi on March 27 with the participation of world leading DJ Steve Aoki, Ummet Ozcan, Headhunterz and Quintino as well as local ones like Huy DX, Looze, Minh Tri and Romain Rou.

 The spiritual and intellectual beauty of talented Vietnamese women will be honoured at the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant, which was launched at a press conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15.

 Vietfest 2016, a Vietnamese cultural festival, opened at University College London on March 14 as part of activities hosted by Vietnamese students in the UK to promote the image of Vietnam’s people and land.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged relevant ministries and agencies to take measures to raise health and social insurance coverage for the elderly to the country’s average.