A movie series of Turkish-German director Fatih Akin will be screened at Goethe Institute from March 11 to March 26 in Ha Noi and HCM City.

 Disney’s “Zootopia” scored the fourth biggest March opening ever, debuting to $73.7 million over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Xuan Vinh bagged a bronze medal at the ongoing ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat failed to make the final of the ASEAN Basketball League as they lost to Westports Malaysia Dragons 76-89 in the second leg of the semi-final match at the CIS Stadium in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 50,000 people, most of them from Vietnam, shared a photo from an unknown site in the hope of winning two Mercedes-Benz E Class cars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The two leading brands are making preparations for their operations in Vietnam. With Nokia, it is their return, while Apple is preparing for a new approach.

Director  Vogt-Roberts of “Kong: Skull Island” movie on March 4posted a photo with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on his Facebook page. The photo was taken at a restaurant in Bai Dinh, Ninh Binh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many passers-by in Hanoi saw a young man drive a Volkswagen Convertible with his head covered with a black bag. The driver is a street magician who was performing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 4, a female passenger gave birth to a baby on a flight from HCM City to Da Nang on a Jetstar Pacific aircraft.

Hundreds of people from Quang Cu commune of Sam Son town, Thanh Hoa province surrounded the headquarters of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee for 11 days to protest a beach tourism project.

HCM City’s Party Secretary Dinh La Thang showed his support for the proposal of turning the roads of Bui Vien, Pham Ngu Lao, and De Tham in District, which are dubbed “Pho Tay” (the streets for foreign tourists) into pedestrian streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Built on an area of 5,000 m2, with some gold-inlaid details, the temple of the Tran Family is the largest of its kind in Ha Tinh, a poor province in central Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least five foreign investors have announced they will vie to acquire Big C Vietnam but Vietnamese investors remain indifferent to the deal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Below are some beautiful bays worth your visit in March.

 HCMC banks pushing up deposit rates, Keppel Land buys into property firm, S Korea, VN ink trade and investment deal, Retailers gearing up for global competition, Opportunities for domestic pharmaceutical industry

 Oil prices opened strongly on Monday after rallying in the previous session, supported by tightening supply and strengthening sentiment around a market recovery.

 Fetuses in 29 percent of pregnant women with Zika virus infection were found to have a range of severe abnormalities, according to preliminary results from a small study that raised new concerns about the potential link

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday organized a ceremony to launch annually environmental campaign Earth Hour 2016 in Hanoi with the attendance of over 3,000 students and activists.

 Asian shares hit two-month highs on Monday, extending their sharp gains in the previous four sessions, following upbeat U.S. jobs data and rebound in oil commodity prices.

VietNamNet Bridge - Information technology (IT) firms, seaport and real estate developers are expected to do well in 2016 despite challenges to the national economy.