Vietnam’s textile and garment industry has attracted the majority of the biggest foreign direct investment projects as investors want to build factories in Vietnam to capitalize on opportunities from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

VietNamNet Bridge – Many environmentally friendly products such as biodegradable packages and non-baked bricks have been in the market for years, but the enterprises that produce these products are having a hard time developing them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since early February the ASEAN Deep Value Fund has been acquiring more shares of Hong Ha Viet Nam Joint Stock Company (PHH) and Thanh Nam Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company (CSC).

 Vietnam's most famous pianist, People’s Artist Dang Thai Son will come back home to give concerts at Hanoi Opera House on March 9-10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Green space has shrunk in HCM City because of urban development, but the city lacks the resources to develop concentrated green areas.

For the first time, as a result of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects in Vietnam.

 President Truong Tan Sang presented the Friendship Order to President of the Supreme Court of Russia Mikhailovich Lebedev in Hanoi on March 2 in honour of his dedication to ties between Vietnamese and Russian court sectors.

 The world’s longest three-rope cable car connecting Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan Mountain in the northern province of Lao Cai has helped some 40,000 tourists conquer the so-called “Roof of Indochina” in one month of operation.

 Only 23 percent of the 977,684 Vietnamese language domain names registered are in active use, the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) announced on March 1.

  The Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2016 will be held from March 8 to 16 with the participation of eight local and six international teams.

 Vietnam and the European Union (EU) will push ahead with the review of legal documents towards the signing and application of their bilateral free trade agreement (EVFTA) in 2018.

 Le Tien Dat played a key role in Viet Nam's 3-1 win over Turkey at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Malaysia on Mar 1.

 David Dufour, the highly acclaimed and vastly popular Francophone hip-hop artist and slam poet from Canada, will perform tonight (March 2) and tomorrow night (March 3) in HCM City.

 One in three, or 35 per cent of pregnant women, are victims of domestic violence, mostly at the hands of husbands, according to doctors at Ha Noi Medical University (HMU).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has rejected claims that it acted late in responding to allegations of fraud involving marketing firm Lien Ket Viet, which allegedly swindled 45,000 people.

 The People’s Committee of Lam Dong has ordered local departments and sectors to inspect all tourism activities and services to ensure safety for tourists in the wake of two recent accidents that claimed the lives offour foreign visitors.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has demanded immediate overhaul of adventure tourism management and operation nationwide, a move following two recent accidents that killed four foreign tourists.

The Asian Development Bank will help Vietnam build 13,654 biogas plants worth $7.8 million in 2016 under the Low Carbon Agricultural Support project.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu is leading a delegation to attend the 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting Retreat and related events, which take place on March 2-3 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien toured the European country’s Veneto region and its capital city of Venice, whose officials voiced their readiness to expand cooperation with Vietnam.