Viet Nam’s Saigon Heat came from behind to beat second seed Singapore Slingers 75-73 at the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at the OCBC Arena on Sunday.

 A tourist cruise boat burst into flames on Sunday midnight when docking at Tuan Chau Port in northern Quang Ninh Province. Two people on board escaped just in time.

 A summit of the United Nations (UN) is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on March 7-9 to enhance cooperation in facilitating entrepot trade and implementing the 2030 agenda on sustainable development.

International and domestic experts, authorities gathered on March 6 to seek ways to address increasingly severe erosion in Cua Dai beach of Hoi An city.

 Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Mark Dybul has pledged support to Vietnam to sustainably maintain achievements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. 

 The opening of the 12th National Women’s Congress, themed “Solidarity – Renovation – Equality – Integration”, will be televised on March 7 morning at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi. 

 The Vietnam-US Society (VUS) and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a workshop in Hanoi on March 6 to address post-war consequences such as Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin, and leftover bombs and mines in Vietnam.

 Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco city of the US will continue promoting their close relationship in an intensive and effective manner, making it an example for cooperation between the Vietnamese and US localities.

 The Vietnamese State and Government will create the best conditions for the country’s army to enhance coordination with the Myanmar counterpart to deepen the bilateral friendship and cooperation.

President Tran Dai Quang, Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and NA Chair Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Hanoi yesterday.

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Vietnamese manufacturers and suppliers don’t expect high profits from selling goods via Wal-Mart, but they hope Wal-Mart can serve as the bridge that links them to the US and other choosy markets.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided that 35 percent of total universities and 10 percent of pedagogical junior colleges in Vietnam must be accredited by the end of 2017. 

 Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) has acquired a part of Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP) Complex for US$36.1 million, reviving its delayed petrochemical complex in Viet Nam.

 An overseas Vietnamese businessman will invest US$1 billion in Facecar, a Vietnamese car-hailing startup, according to local media.

Cambodian PM Samdech Hun Sen, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du and Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu cut the ribbons to ​open the Phnom Penh - Hanoi Friendship Avenue in Phnom Penh today.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the vigorous growth of the Vietnamese and Lao parliaments’ cooperation while meeting with Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 6.

 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) wants to work with Ho Chi Minh City in tacking urban issues, such as traffic congestion and waste treatment, said President of the bank Jin Liqun.

 Parliamentarians of Vietnam and Thailand should step up coordination and exchange, especially at multilateral forums, in order to further bolster links between legislative bodies of the two nations, a Vietnamese law-maker has said.