Midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet has been cut from the national team’s March summons, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 Unilever, Vinamilk, Nestle, P&G, IBM, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Viettel, Suntory Pepsico and Abbott topped the list of Vietnam’s 100 Best Places to Work 2015.

 Vietnamese youth, including graduates, are struggling to find jobs. Some have found jobs but their incomes are not high.

 Sailors of the Da Nang-Vietnam team recently completed the Clipper World Yacht Race’s 8th leg in Quingdao, Shandong province, China in 8th place.

 Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang hoped for deeper cooperation between his ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation, making contributions to maintaining social order and ensure security in each nation.

 President Truong Tan Sang and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani have agreed to increase the exchange of high-level delegations and meetings between the two countries.

 Vietnam welcomes China’s plan to release water from its Jinghong Hydropower Station reservoir into the lower Mekong River in order to deal with drought in Vietnam from March 15-April 4.

 The real estate market has become attractive to foreign companies and investment funds, which is evident in some major merger & acquisition (M&A) and cooperation deals struck this year between foreign and local firms.

The strong message the economists – the authors of the Vietnam 2035 Report – want to convey is that Vietnam needs to carry out reform, or it will lag behind, according to Pham Chi Lan, a renowned economist, a member of the report preparation team.

  The Ministry of Transport is calling on investors to raise capital for 18 expressway projects with the total value of VND205.56 trillion ($10 billion).

 The HCM City Computer Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the municipal Department of Information and Communications to improve development of the city’s information technology sector.

 The Philippines and Myanmar will co-host the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council decided at its meeting in Vietnam ’s Da Nang City on March 12, reported Hanoi Moi newspaper.

 Construction and urban managers are being equipped with knowledge to build modern and civilised urban areas in Vietnam, at an ongoing training course in the central city of Da Nang.

 Ho Chi Minh City has 78 self-nominated candidates running in the upcoming election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the municipal People’s Council.

 Malta and Vietnam can boost cooperation in sea port management, financial and tourism services, and human resource training in maritime law, diplomacy, and foreign languages.

 Chief of the General Staff General Do Ba Ty held separate bilateral meetings with heads of delegations from Laos, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Brunei on the sidelines of the 13th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-13) in Laos.

 More than 300 delegates, who are foreign diplomats in Hanoi, their spouses, and representatives from international and non-governmental organisations participated in a spring tour in Hanoi on March 13.

 Z.com, a Japanese GMO Internet Group providing Internet solutions, signed a deal with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on March 11 to sponsor the national football team.

 Hai Phong monopolised the top spot of the 2016 V-League standings with 12 points as they extended their winning streak to four matches following a narrow 1-0 fourth-round win against QNK Quang Nam on March 12.

 Veteran Nguyen Van Thong, 52, from Bo Trach District in Quang Binh Province recalled the battle against the Chinese invaders at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Archipelago on March 14, 1988.