An international drug trafficking ring has been busted by police in Thai Binh province.

 New outbreaks of African swine fever have been reported in the northern provinces of Hoa Binh and Dien Bien.

 Owner’s equity in non-life insurance companies was estimated to amount to a total of VND26.280 trillion (US$1.14 billion) last year, a 4.8 per cent rise against the previous year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Finance.

 Listed real estate ­companies in Vietnam are actively seeking out ­foreign investment for their portfolios.

 “Anywhere working” could be the key to improving the livability of HCMC, which is predicted to become the second fastest growing city economy in Asia within the next three years, new research has found.

 The Ministry of Construction will collaborate with the National Assembly Legislation Committee to launch inspections into the management and operation of apartment buildings in HCMC by end-March, VietnamPlus reported.

 Over the last 60 years, during war and peace, generations of border soldiers have fulfilled the tasks assigned by the Party and state.

After the lunar New Year, the Vietnam’s stock market has continuously advanced, gaining more than 80 points or more than 8 percent since the beginning of February.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese furniture market is a promising industry, estimated to have value of over $4 billion, according to the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (Hawa). 

 Vietnamese teams secured wins in the second round of the 2019 Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Junior Fed Cup and Davis Cup on Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts say the technological infrastructure in Vietnam is ready for the mobile payment boom.

The Ministry of Education & Training has announced the new general education program with detailed curricula for 27 subjects. Of the requirements, students must have 70 periods of physical education each academic year.

 A plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc targets that 11 percent of Vietnam’s population will have bought life insurance by 2020, and the rate will reach 15 percent by 2025.

 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don’t install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year.

 The second Indochina Retail Technology and Innovation Summit, a conference focusing on retail technology, is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

 The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on March 6 asked relevant ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

A fishing boat from Quang Ngai has been sunk by a Chinese ship near the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands), according to the Vietnam’s National Committee on Incident, Disaster Response and Search and Rescue.

The Vietnamese leadership seems to have been inspired by Singapore and the Nordic countries which would ensure more sustainable and equitable growth.

VietNamNet Bridge - The scientists who discovered the presence of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Vietnam work at the Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology at the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is one of the biggest rice exporters in the world, but it remains highly dependent on the Chinese market.