Vietnam’s Minister of Information and Communication, Nguyen Bac Son, paid a working visit to Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra Corporation, on March 17.

 As many as 80,084 strip cartoons “I’m a little rhino” were presented to primary students in the central city of Da Nang at the international conference to popularise the elimination of rhino horn use.

 Yamaha Motor Vietnam is preparing to organise its first football festival for U13 students from all over the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rice export market has bounced back thanks to higher demand from importers, especially from China, which has made large orders.

 Vietnam’s top female badminton player Vu Thi Trang, was seeded third at the International Badminton Championship – Ciputra Hanoi 2015, which kicked off on March 17.

“In midnight, if you hear a howl from the deep jungle, you can be sure that a poor animal has fallen into trap,” a local man in Da Nang City said. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced their concerns over escalating school violence, but few solutions have been proposed and agencies cannot agree on how to punish the perpetrators.

 Ho Chi Minh City has decided to pilot the multi-storeyed workshop model in local industrial parks (IP), export processing zones (EPZ) and high-tech areas from 2015-18 with a total cost of 600 billion VND (28.2 million USD).

VietNamNet Bridge – Reports from different organisations vary about internet speed in Vietnam, but experts say the tests depend on where and what instruments are used.

 Vietnam plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice cultivation alone by 14 percent by 2030.

Vietnam, Iran work to enhance multi-faceted cooperation, Condolences sent to Myanmar over ferry accident, Hungarian Ambassador honoured with insignia, Parliament’s role in realising MDGs discussed

Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly (NA) Chung Ui-Hwa arrived in Hanoi on March 17 to begin his five-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam supports Australia’s increased role in the evolving regional structure and hopes for further cooperation with Australia and other partner countries to contribute to an actively-developing and well-connected Asia, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises started buying one tonne of rice each in March for temporary storage in the Mekong Delta,

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, has called for promoting dialogue and cooperation to address human rights issues in Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Year in, year out, throngs of fishermen head for the lower reaches of Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta around the beginning of year for the harvest season of bong lau (Pangasius krempfi) fish

Art communities everywhere have big expectations and look forward to collecting art. However, in Vietnam collecting has faced obstacles due to the lack of a local market as well as confidence in the art world.

 The Government has urged farmers to produce more macadamia nuts, but scientists say more research is needed before they could be cultivated successfully en masse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam consumed 28.7 million cellphones last year, a year-on-year increase of 13%, according to a quarterly survey on Asian-Pacific cellphone markets released by the market research firm IDC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally renowned musical ensemble Pink Martini will visit HCM City early next month for charity concerts on their first ever tour of Asia.