VietNamNet Bridge – Although a number of foreign companies have made a foray into the local electronics retail market, there are still room for domestic firms to open and operate their own supermarkets, according to industry insiders.

 The Trung Nam Group has recently restarted the construction of the Da Nang Information Technology Park in Hoa Vang District's Hoa Lien Commune in the central city of Da Nang.

 The National Volleyball Championships will be organised in April and draw participation of 23 teams.

  Electricity prices will go up 7.5 percent to an average of VND1,622.05 per kWh from March 16.

 Minh Phu Seafood Group Corporation (MPC), Viet Nam's largest shrimp exporter by revenue in 2014, will officially delist from the HCM City Stock Exchange (HoSE) from March 31 onwards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An average of more than 50 workers died a month in labour accidents across the country last year,

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) acquired all the equity of the Viet Nam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB) on Thursday.

 Flowers are in full bloom in Hanoi this March, creating a peaceful and fresh atmosphere.

 On the evening of March 5, Vietnamese-born French fashion designer Barbara Bui launched her latest Autumn/Winter 2015 collection, designed to accentuate the form and elegance of women, at Paris Fashion Week.

 It has just been announced that cruise ships will be delivering 7,180 passengers to Vietnam’s shores in the six day period leading up to March 12, providing a good start for the new tourism season.

Berlin hip-hop dancer and choreographer, Raphael, Hillebrand will team up with Hanoi-based crew S.I.N.E. to stage a new hip-hop production in Hanoi next week.

  Eighty-three-year old Nguyen Thi Lap could not hold back her tears as she recalled the experiences of female revolutionaries from the southern part of the country during the American War.

Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam has advanced to the final round of the Chang Thailand Junior G1 boys singles finals ongoing in Thailand with a victory over Australia’s Marc Polmans.

 The story about a man living in the Binh Xuyen district of the northern province of Vinh Phuc capturing a creature thought to be a rare Japanese frogfish turns out to be a hoax.

 Junior research fellow Dr Tran Ha Lien Phuong has won a fellowship from global cosmetics firm L'ORÉAL for her work related to discovering a cure for cancer.

 Tourism makes Vietnamese and German people closer, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh said addressing a ceremony promoting Vietnamese Tourism in Berlin on March 6.

 Construction work started on March 6 on a wastewater treatment plant in southern Binh Duong province, which will benefit over 400,000 local residents.

 Nominees for seven categories of the Cong hien (Devotion) Music Awards 2015 were announced on March 6 by the Vietnam News Agency’s daily The Thao and Van Hoa (Sport and Culture).

 The State Bank Governor gave the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) the green light to issue up to 80 trillion VND (3.7 billion USD) worth of special bonds in 2015.

The struggle to protect Mekong River has been a prolonged and difficult one, and much more needs to be done, according to Tran Huu Hiep, head of the Economics Department under the Steering Committee on Southwest Development.