Major art&entertainment events in Vietnam's big cities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Allowed to pursue his passion for cooking by his parents, Le Vu Binh decided to bypass a university education and has not looked back since. He spoke to Viet Nam News about his present and future plans.

Fifty billion dong is the sum of legal capital investors must have to be able to establish a real estate firm in accordance with the draft government decree being compiled by the Ministry of Construction (MOC).

 Asian stocks are mostly trading lower after the US dollar recouped its losses following the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday.

 A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help doctors caring for patients with Ebola.

 The Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) has launched a special tour named “self-happiness” to mark International Day of Happiness (March 20) and its 5th founding anniversary.

 Bangladesh's Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashed Khan Menon has proposed the governments of Vietnam and Bangladesh to renew the aviation agreement signed more than two decades ago to facilitate a direct air link between the two countries.

 The US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Asia, Jonathan Stivers, is traveling to Vietnam from March 19th - 21st.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese pianist Cao Thanh Lan will perform in HCM City and Ha Noi next Thursday and Saturday at 8pm respectively.

Quang Liem enters the leading group after three games, Athletes prepping for SEA Games in Singapore, Tien Phong Newspaper marathon to commence on Sunday, Cross-country cycling event kick off in Da Lat

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to establish the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, of which the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is the permanent organ.

 A novel entitled ‘Leger Vent de Panique’ (roughly translated as ‘A Slight Panic’), completed by Belgian author Nicolas Ancion in 24 hours during his visit to Vietnam in 2014, has been published in French and Vietnamese.

 The Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) will support the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) in formulating a scheme for selling stakes as regulated under its restructuring plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A restaurant in HCM City bought a giant barb weighing 135kg from a Cambodian.

The 7,100-hectare Khe Ro primeval forest in Bac Giang province’s Tay Yen Tu Natural Sanctuary is becoming bare in areas as its ancient trees have been chopped down by illegal loggers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government Inspectorate have issued a joint circular on the level of rewards for those who denounce corruption. The highest award is up to VND3.4 billion ($150,000).

 Dr Payam Nahid, a world expert on pulmonary diseases, was awarded Honorary Citizenship by the Hanoi People’s Committee on March 18, in recognition of his tireless work to develop Vietnam’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme.

 Australia’s New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training and EMG Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on expanding their cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks have shown determination to increase lending in 2015, while businesses are believed to have better conditions to apply for loans. 

Travel firms downbeat about business on upcoming holidays, Vietnam Airlines offers summer promotion, Four-star hotel to be built on Ly Son, Thousands tours with discounts to be offered in Vietnam Int’l Travel Mart