A representative of China Railway 6th Bureau Group, the principal contractor of the Cat Linh-Hadong metro line in Hanoi, attributed the delay in the completion of the project to financial issues.

Hanoi is facing difficulties realising the government's staff reduction policy because officials working at the city's state agencies are all well-qualified. 

HCM has built a project on an air quality observation center in the phase 2016-2020, which will need a total fund of U$22.18 million to build 27 automatic and 200 semiautomatic observation stations.

 Vietnam has challenges to tackle if it wants to achieve economic targets and deeply integrate into the world's economy in the context of new trade agreements.

 A man in the northern Quang Ninh Province thought he found a surefire way to kill a mouse: by setting it ablaze with petrol. But only when his house and car were razed last week did he start to feel pangs of regret.

 HSBC attributed the resilience of Vietnam’s manufacturing sector to the country’s rising attractiveness as a manufacturing hub, which helped reel in record FDI in 2015 and should boost exports in 2016.

 Vietnamese primatologists and their foreign partners from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered more than 500 grey-shanked douc langurs, an extremely rare primate species, in the Central Highlands region.

  The Ministry of Transport has just ratified the list of strategic investors in Airport Corporation of Vietnam, appointing Aeroports de Paris as the sole candidate.

 Vietnamese top grandmasters are expected to face a tough challenge with contenders around the world during the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.

 Vietnam remained its 146th position out of 204 in FIFA’s March ranking, according to the Vietnam Football Federation on March 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Here are pictures of special methods used against thieves by Hanoians.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According EuroCham, the free trade agreement signed with the EU could open up more opportunities for Vietnam, when, along with goods, capital and technology can also penetrate the market more easily.

 Nguyen Tien Minh on March 3 announced he is dropping out of the ongoing German Open badminton tournament due to a minor hip injury but hopes to play again in a few days.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A tunnel of about one meter wide, 1.2 meter high with unknown length has been unearthed near the sea of Cua Tung in Quang Tri province, a fierce battlefield during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam will resolutely and persistently protect its sovereignty as well as legitimate rights and interests in the East Sea through peaceful measures in line with international law and the UN Charter, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.

Police of Can Tho inspected in early March the Hanh Phat Hung Co., Ltd. in Thoi Lai District and discovered 345 tons of fertilizer, which were suspected to be fake products, the largest volume of fake fertilizer detected in Can Tho.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 9,  rare astronomical phenomenon, a total eclipse, will occur, but in Vietnam people will only see a partial eclipse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ALamborghini Huracan worth VND13 bilion (about $600,000) crashed on the HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Highway when it hita roadside railing on March 3.

 The National Election Council (NEC) in the third session in Ha Noi yesterday, approved two resolutions with regard to the two upcoming elections.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese university students complain that they have too many subjects at school, including those not useful for their future jobs.