Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Australian companies to invest in the potential market of Vietnam at the Vietnam-Australia Business Forum in Sydney on March 16, which was held during the Vietnamese PM’s official visit to Australia. 

 Ly Hoang Nam booked a spot in the final of the India F3 Futures after beating his doubles teammate Carlos Boluda-Purkiss on March 16 in Chandigarh City, India.

 In the context of impressive economic growth and Vietnam’s successful hosting of the APEC meetings and events, 2017 recorded good progress in the Vietnamese tourism industry. 

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 Viet Nam Television Cable Corporation Limited Company (VTVcab) will float nearly 42.3 million shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on April 17 on Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) issued bills worth some VND43 trillion (US$1.89 billion) in the past week to withdraw money from the banking system.

 Total assets of banks in Viet Nam by the end of last year surged 17.62 per cent against 2016 to VND10 quadrillion (US$440.5 billion).

A report from the World Bank released in 2017 showed that business costs in Vietnam are much higher than in other regional countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

 Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports are expected to top US$4.5 billion by 2020, with fruits accounting for $3.6 billion, according to the Crop Production Department.

 Four persons have died, and one is in critical condition after drinking rice spirit in the central province of Quang Nam.

 Among 12-13 storms forecast to enter East Sea, up to six are forecast to directly affect the mainland in 2018, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecastings.

 Outstanding young persons in 2017

 Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 19-20.

 President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in and his spouse will pay a State visit to Vietnam from March 22-24.

The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Embassy of Australia co-hosted the second Ocean Dialogue in Hanoi on March 15, focusing on fishery cooperation in the East Sea.

 Central and local television stations must stop analogue broadcasting before December 31, 2018 under an amendment to Decision No.2451/QD-TTg on transmission, terrestrial TV broadcasting digitalisation by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - China has become more fastidious about fruit imports, setting high requirements similar to those applied by the US and Australia. 

 Five to six typhoons are expected to hit Viet Nam’s mainland this year, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said.

The Muong Lo field in Yen Bai province, the rice granary in the northwest, is withering as it has not received enough water from hydropower plants during the dry season.

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