The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise several aviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise money for infrastructure development.

 The Francophone Week 2017 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 17-29 with diverse cultural and art exchange activities, organisers announced on March 16.

 The Government has tasked authorities of four central provinces, where mass fish deaths took place last year, with completing compensation for affected people by the end of June.

 Bruneian police have arrested a Vietnamese boat with 10 people on board for fishing in Brunei’s territorial waters.

 Vietnam and Israel should work together in the spirit of creativity and innovation to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.

 HCM City has recorded three deaths caused by dengue fever in Districts 5 and 12 since the beginning of the year.

 The Thu Cuc International General Hospital and the Cuban Ministry of Health’s SMC Company signed a contract on March 16 on sending Cuban doctors to work in Vietnam.

 Vietnam’s sports sector is preparing all resources for regional and international tournaments such as the 20th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 9) the 9th Para Games in Malaysia and the third Asian Youth Games in Indonesia.

 The 2017 India Buddhism Cultural Days, the second of its kind, opened in Thien An Pagoda in Tam Dao district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 16.

 The Hanoi Museum received a model of the Mong Phu village gate crafted by Japanese architect Ejima Akiyoshi at a ceremony on March 16.

 Many goods made in Cambodia will enjoy zero percent tax in the Vietnamese market under the newly-issued Decree 24/2017/ND-CP on special preferential import tax to realise the Vietnam-Cambodia trade promotion agreement signed in 2016.

 Vietnam’s tuna exports to Japan have dropped for four consecutive years since 2013 partly due to high import tariff at 6.4 percent – 7.2 percent.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant ministries to remove all obstacles, including existing mechanisms and policies, to mobilise capital from all possible sources for transport infrastructure projects.

 Economic restructuring outcomes so far remain modest and have yet to create favourable conditions to shift to a good growth model, according to the 2016 Vietnam economic report of the National Economics University. 

 The domestic market remained stable on March 16 after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its interest rates for the second time in three months, with the USD/VND exchange rate declining. 

 The Government of Australia and the Ministry of Education and Training jointly organised a workshop to review the Australian online education quality assurance tool developed to support APEC economies.

 Picking up music lessons at age nine, it took Hung a long time to play on his own. In 2013, Hung decided to become a professional music composer.

 Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam held talks with Cambodian Minister of State at the Interior Ministry Ouk Kimlek in Phnom Penh on March 16, discussing cooperation in ensuring security in their respective countries.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for closer coordination of Laos in preventing cross-border crimes, such as drug trafficking, and ensuring security along the shared border.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that Japan will become the largest investor of Vietnam in the near future.