General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong arrived at the Paris Orly Airport on March 25 to start his three-day official visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

 The word chocolate mostly reminds us to Belgium or France. But you might want to think again as a Vietnamese chocolate has been making waves, with the renowned New York Times calling it “the best chocolate you have never tasted.”

 Lobster farming has been practiced for more than 20 years in Song Cau town, the central coastal province of Phu Yen. Lobsters have helped the local people escape poverty and even earn big for their living.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya on the fringes of the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) in Geneva on March 25.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong arrived at the Paris Orly Airport on March 25 to start his three-day official visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

VietNamNet Bridge - A State Audit report shows that by December 31, 2016, the government’s foreign debts had reached VND947 trillion, or 39.8 percent of total debts. 

More than 500 teachers in Dak Lak province are in danger of losing their jobs. Many of them had to pay hundreds of millions of dong to local authorities for jobs with an income of VND1 million ($41) a month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pay-TV companies are now cooperating with each other, rather than slashing fees in an effort to find more subscribers.

The President of the Republic of Korea had breakfast with his wife at a noodle soup restaurant on Hoang Minh Giam Street in Hanoi on the morning of March 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past, nearly all wealthy Vietnamese were real estate developers, but now two industry billionaires have appeared on Forbes’ list of billionaires.

 Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended the general debate on migrants and refugees of the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland on March 25 (local time).

 The opening ceremony of the 8th HCM City Sport Games 2018 was held on Nguyen Hue Walking Street on Saturday evening.

 Vietnam saved 485,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 834 million VND (36,612 USD), during the Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm of  March 24, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports have found that the amount of money Vietnamese travelers spend on shopping overseas is higher than the fees of their tour packages.

 The Ministry of Transport plans to launch an international bidding for the north-south expressway early next year.

 Nguyen Hong Son, director general of the Plant Cultivation Department, speaks to the newspaper Countryside Today on reasons why farmers have to destroy their farm products right on their fields.

 Traditional natural building materials are being gradually depleted and have shown great limitations, while the development of new and artificial types of building materials has encountered difficulties.

 Administrative reforms, improving the business environment, building policies for industrial zones, and industrial clusters development are the key solutions Hanoi will use to welcome investment.

 Vietnamese not only lack savings but are forced to borrow money to even meet their daily spending needs according to research.

 The Shah Alam High Court of Selangor State of Malaysia held a hearing on March 20-23 for Doan Thi Huong, one of the two suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) national Kim Chol in February 2017.