Belarussian car maker MAZ and Vietnamese partners will establish joint ventures to manufacture and assemble trucks and ten-seater cars in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance have blamed each other for mistakes in the slow application of new petroleum import taxes. This has led to a tax difference which meant the public had to paid high petrol prices.

 Police officers and vets in the southern province of Binh Duong have discovered a pig farm in Ben Cat Town which injected water and tranquilizer into hundred animals to make them heavier before sending them to slaughterhouse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the price of VND126,000 per share, all 11.3 million shares for the strategic investor of Vissan now belong to Anco International Agricultural Nutrition JSC, a subsidiary of Masan Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has allowed Hanoi to open three bus routes (without state subsidies) connecting the city center to the Noi Bai International Airport in the suburbs.

VietNamNet Bridge – The CEO of Vietnam’s first private low-cost airline VietJet Air, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, is anticipated to become the first female USD billionaire in Vietnam after VietJet launches its initial public offering.

VietNamNet Bridge - The initial public offering (IPO) of Vissan, a foodstuff processor, shows stiff competition in the Vietnamese distribution market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fishermen in the central province of Quang Binh found a dead whale on shore along the coast in Duc Trach Commune in Bo Trach District in the morning of March 23.

 Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has asked the central province of Binh Thuan to raise its alert level for Zika virus, in order to have suitable countermeasures in place.

 Chief Justice of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh is paying a working visit to China from March 23-25.

 Hanoi wishes to receive Amsterdam city’s assistance in building an environment monitoring system, clean energies and sharing of experience in climate change adaptation, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

 Vietnam welcomes the official visit to Cuba by US President Barack Obama, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on March 24 in reply to a reporters’ query on this visit.

VietNamNet Bridge - While some experts are pessimistic about Vietnam’s capability of building military submarines, others believe that building the ships is within reach and that Vietnam needs to build its own subs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many child abuse cases have been discovered just within one month. On education forums, parents are expressing their anxiety about the unsafe schooling environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution situation in HCM City has no effective warning system that would allow the city authorities to take timely action.

 International branding experts have damned Vietnam’s national brand building efforts at a recent meeting in Hanoi.

 Two goals each by Nguyen Cong Vinh and Nguyen Van Toan helped Vietnam to secure their first international win under coach Nguyen Huu Thang over Chinese Taipei in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification’s Asian category.

As the process of restructuring the banking sector is coming to an end, with the number of banks expected to decrease to 15, monetary institutions are going to see a lot of changes in high personnel.

 The central city of Da Nang is gearing up for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) scheduled for September 24 – October 3, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

  The Vietnamese embassy in Japan is working with the employers of Vietnamese workers there, to ask for improved living conditions and a review of housing rent to ensure their rights, said the Foreign Ministry on March 24.