A ceremony was held on March 27 in Ho Chi Minh City to commence the first phase of the project to upgrade the 130-year-old municipal People’s Court building.

 President Truong Tan Sang welcomed newly accredited ambassadors from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia who presented their credentials to the Vietnamese State leader in Hanoi on March 26.

 Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh and his Chinese counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Chang Wanquan candidly discussed the sea dispute that has affected relations between Vietnam and China during their talks in Hanoi on March 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group of Doan Nguyen Duc, an influential businessmen, suffered the first quarterly loss since 2008. Duc also lost VND5 trillion over the last year. 

 Vietnam’s foreign exchange reserves have soared to a new high of US$40 billion thanks to the execution of some policy tools, especially monetary policy, said an official from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 Many people have raised concerns about a new regulation by the Ministry of Construction which may punish people for quarrelling or swearing inside apartment blocks.

 The 2015 results of Vietnamese banking testified to an ongoing process of recognising and cleaning up problem assets, a credit positive, Moody’s said in a new report released midweek.

 Vietnamese badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh missed out on a berth in the final of the 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix Gold after suffering a bitter 0-2 loss to Riichi Takeshita of Japan in their semifinal clash on March 26.

 The Ministry of Health (MoH)) denied the information that it has allowed the import and use of Salbutamol chemical rampantly.

 Vietnam’s great potential for software and digital technology development will help it attract many foreign investors into this industry.

  Tan Duc Industrial Park will sue Japanese confectionery producer Tango Candy Co. Ltd. for delayed infrastructure fee payments, according to newswire vnexpress.

 Kong: Before leaving Vietnam, representatives of Skull Island film crew came back to Quang Binh province on March 25 to check whether the logistics companies treated the natural environment well as they committed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese agencies are considering allowing the import of Chinese poultry meat. The inews has been published on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MARD) Department of Animal Health’s website.

 The most outstanding Vietnamese athletes of the year were honoured in a ceremony called Vietnam Glory in Hanoi yesterday.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal JMG Academy’s youth team have been invited to take part in Football for Friendship (F4F), an international children’s social project, in Milan, Italy.

 Coach Nguyen Huu Thang has finalised his squad of 23 players who will travel to play Iraq in Iran in the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint-qualifiers on Tuesday, March 29.

 Nguyen Tien Minh continued to play exceptionally well at the SkyCity New Zealand badminton tournament on March 25 in Auckland City.

 Network provider MobiFone is planning to pilot 4G services next month, according to local media.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has asked telecom providers and relevant agencies to work with police to inspect and enforce strict punishment on those who sell illegal SIM cards.

Software giant FPT is planning to seek investors for its FPT retail and trading segment this year, according to FPT’s website.