Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang answered questions regarding citizen protection abroad during a regular press conference in Hanoi on March 31.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a working dinner marking the opening of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC on March 31 (local time).

VietNamNet Bridge - Two students have invented a house which protects people in areas near the Khanh Son dumping ground in Da Nang City from pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many candidates have applied for iPhone distribution manager position, according to the company in charge of recruiting staff for Apple Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Children's Hospital 1 in HCM City recently removed pig tapeworms from the brain of a 16-year-old boy from the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

 The Ministry of Finance has completed tax tables on preferential import tariffs to prepare for Vietnam’s commitments in the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

 Work on four underground parking lots in downtown HCMC will commence this year and next and be up and running in 2019, the HCMC Department of Transport has said.

As the season of annual shareholders’ meetings is coming, banks’ shareholders are looking forward to more mergers and acquisitions in the sector.

 On March 31, the newly-elected National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented the NA Standing Committee’s nomination of Public Security Minister Tran Dai Quang for the post of State President.

 Hanoi will not use budget funds, but mobilised social capital to build a three-storey underground parking lot in Thong Nhat Park, an official of the municipal People’s Committee said.

 Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC on March 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is estimated that the volume of bombs and mines left from the war is around 800,000 tons, polluting more than 20% of Vietnam’s total area. All 63 provinces and cities in the country are polluted with mines.

 National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan was elected as the new Chairwoman of the NA and the National Election Council (NEC) on March 31 with a majority of votes.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) will sell 8% stake to JX Nippon Oil and Energy of Japan for the price of not less than VND38,000 ($1.8) per share to have money to restructure its loss-making subsidiary in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge - Just within five days, the rice price in Mekong River Delta increased by VND300-350 per kilo after the forecast about poor crop.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 5,300 cases of child sexual abuse were discovered in Vietnam in the past five year. Particularly, the cases of sexual abuse of boys were on the rise.

 The door to the 2018 World Cup officially closed on Vietnam after they succumbed to a 0-1 defeat against Iraq in their last Group F clash of the second World Cup qualifying round, held on neutral ground in Tehran, Iran on March 29.

 Vietnamese National Assembly deputies called on the government to show the greater determination in protecting the country’s sovereignty in the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos.

  US investors anticipating business windfalls from the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership have been showing a strong interest in Vietnam.

Vietnam Aviation Academy and D’viation Solutions Sdn Bhd today signed a collaboration agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership with the aim of enhancing the aviation education and training in Vietnam.