Hoi An bus staff suspended for mistreatment of disabled passenger, Nearly 80 percent of Thua Thien – Hue population use clean water, Cameras installed around construction sites to cope with traffic congestion

 Air transport officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have made the best effort to build up the ASEAN Single Aviation Market (ASAM), which is seen as one of the key milestones in building the ASEAN Economic Community. 

 Top leaders of Ho Chi Minh City had a working session on March 10 with visiting Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou.

 Senior executives of 29 US businesses expressed their desire to do long-term business in Vietnam during a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on March 9. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The total value of real estate property inventory has decreased to VND30 trillion, according to the Ministry of Construction (MOC). However, real estate investors question the figure.

About 10,000 local residents and tourists are expected to join the first Ngoc Linh Ginseng Festival – part of cultural events during the sixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival – in Nam Tra My District on June 13-16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The semiconductor industry is a growing sector in Viet Nam and has attracted many foreign investors. Viet Nam News reporter talks with Ng Kai Fai, president of SEMI Southeast Asia,

 The EU and ASEAN announced on March 10 that they will strive to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two blocs, as European countries look to tap the region's strong growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has been conferred the honourary title of visiting professor by the University of Oxford for a second term, from 2016 to 2021.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested four inspection teams to examine the compensation for residents affected by the marine environment incident in the central provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four men, suspected to be part of a larger crime ring, were caught red-handed by the criminal police siphoning gasoline from a tanker in HCM City on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The death penalty was submitted on Thursday by the People’s Procuracy of Hoa Binh Province against 11 defendants for “illegally trading and storing drugs” as part of a massive trans-national heroin trafficking operation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Entries are invited from runners for the first Ha Giang Province’s Marathon Open which will kick off on April 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly’s Law Committee on Thursday convened its fourth plenary session in Ha Noi, with debates focusing on examining amendments to the drafted Denunciation Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Decree 109 dated in 2010, described as a significant barrier to rice exports, will be amended by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). 

 As part of plans to improve the startup ecosystem in the country, Vietnamese universities are developing student innovation and startup programmes.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Viet Nam national men’s football team retained their No 136 spot internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table in March.

  PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV Oil), a subsidiary of PetroVietnam, is planning to sell a 40 per cent stake to strategic investors in the upcoming equitisation expected by the end of June this year.

Vietnam’s derivatives market will start operating in May or June in hopes it will improve Viet Nam’s securities market and attract more foreign investment, according to the Chairman of the State Securities Commission.

 Ten countries and territories have agreed to protect the "Buon Ma Thuot Coffee" brand name, which hails from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, its provincial People’s Committee said.