The Tokyo-based band VM5 will host a music show at Yoko Café on March 26 as part of the VM5 Asia Tour 2017.

 The International Comedy Festival will be held in HCM City on March 20, 21 and 22 with three shows at different venues.

Viet Nam is experiencing a worrying spike in the use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and other types of synthetic drugs. Users suffer from a range of mentally destablising conditions - psychoses, hallucinations,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty eight out of 108 (44 per cent) cut pork meat samples collected at wet markets in Hung Yen Province were found to contain the disease-causing bacteria Salmonella.

 The French corporation Aeroports de Paris (ADP) is in negotiations with the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to purchase ACV shares.

 Viet Nam’s leather and footwear industry will maintain its strong growth even if the TPP does not materialise, the Viet Nam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) has said.

 The domestic coal sector is going through a tough time owing to serious competition from cheap imported coal, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has launched the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SMEs) Development Fund for 2017.

 The Rotten Grapes – the one and only English-speaking comedy club in Hanoi, invites everyone to their improvisation comedy show on Saturday.

 The Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will present a Spring Chamber Concert tomorrow night with famous compositions by Bach, Beethoven and other international and Vietnamese composers.

 Famous Belgian pop singer Axelle Red will present a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 20.

 Military sappers in the Tay Giang District of Quang Nam Province yesterday found and defused three bombs left from the wars in the communes of Lang, A Nong and Bhalee.

VietNamNet Bridge - The smart home created by the Japanese painter Fujiko Fujio in the famous cartoon Doraemon in 1969 has become a reality in the 21st century. 

JA Solar Vietnam is building a big $280 million solar panel plant in Bac Giang province, though it has still not submitted a report on the possible impact on the environment as stipulated by law.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been accused of going too slowly in implementing plans to reform the training of teachers at junior pedagogical colleges (3-year training).

 It’s very much in Vietnam’s interest to continue the reform program that was a key feature of the TPP.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The regulation of adding iodine should not be applied to all food, the Viet Nam Dairy Association suggested in a dialogue with the Ministry of Health earlier this week.

Mr. Daniel Lim, Chairman of immigration specialists AIMS, tells about the possibilities for Vietnamese thinking about heading overseas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long An defeated Dong Nai 4-2 in the last match of the National U19 Football Championships’ qualifying round on Tuesday, earning the last ticket to compete in the final round.