VietNamNet Bridge – Eight districts with high incidences of contagious diseases will take part in a three-year programme on disease prevention,

 The Vietnamese team made a good start in the Zone 3.3 qualifying round of the World Chess Championships 2015 that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent moves taken by state-owned corporations and management agencies signal inevitable increases in petrol and electricity prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poor management of fire threats in the Mekong Delta's Tram Chim National Park, a Ramsar site, has caused a sharp decline in the number of sarus cranes there in recent years, a scientist has said.

The New Lunar Year pen-brush opening ceremony, a long-lasting cultural tradition, turned out to be controversial as the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) did not actually write the script.

VietNamNet Bridge – Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones have been welcomed warmly by Vietnamese for their design and hardware.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quoc Cuong, chairman of the Viet Nam Farmers Union, tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) about the role of farmers in transforming Viet Nam into a modern, industrial nation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese Takashi Norimatsu expressed how impressed he was with Vietnam’s female footballers after becoming the head coach of the women’s national team on March 4,

 Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh market has long been viewed as a symbol of the country’s largest economic hub.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A concert will be held at the HCM City Opera House next Monday to commemorate the 330th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, both born in 1685.

 Vietnam has not detected any new influenza strains or mutations that increase toxicity or are drug resistant, said the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department (PMD) on March 5.

In addition to the Minister of Health who has launched her public Facebook page, the vice chair of Nam Dinh Province and the deputy chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety are using their Facebook pages to receive public comments.

 More than 16,000 businesses were either dissolved or suspended operations during the first two months of this year, said the General Statistics Office.

 String quartet to help women enjoy life; Artist stages solo pantomime show; Cuoi Xuyen Viet begins auditions for first VN reality show; Conference to delve into artistic life of Emperor Ham Nghi; Saigon Outcast starts Sunday event

 Ministry: Truck loads to be inspected before departure; Leprosy treatment centre opens in HCM City; Japan funds over US$1 million for two healthcare projects; Vietnam to seek new water sources underground

Thailand’s KBank opens two branches in Vietnam; Central bank urged to continue flexible monetary policy; PM approves special mechanism for Nhat Tan – Noi Bai route; Foreign investors frown on weak supporting industries

 Japan and Viet Nam signed non-refundable assistance contracts for two non-governmental projects worth more than US$1 million on Thursday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore has become the biggest foreign investor in HCMC with 719 operational projects worth nearly US$8.22 billion,

 U-23s beat T&T 3-1 in friendly; National women’s football championship kicks off; Trang wins the Binh Duong Open's sixth stage

 Deputy chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia led a delegation to the Central African Republic from February 28 to March 6.