Vietnam has made an active contribution to the success of the UN high-level meeting for the Euro-Asia region and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development that took place in Hanoi on March 7-9.

Protecting the interests of female workers and improving the quality of vocational training for women were among the major topics discussed by the 12th National Women’s Congress yesterday.

The central province of Quang Nam plans to upgrade part of its Ky Ha Port for cruise services to nearby islands, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dinh Hai has told Viet Nam News.

National cyclist Nguyen Thi That grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory in the first stage of the Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament, or Biwase Cup, yesterday due to celebrating her win too early,

Last year, a couple was killed and their daughter injured after a truck hit their motorbike on Highway 51 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s Tan Thanh District, which has the highest rate of fatalities in the province.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on March 8 sent the Ocean Bank case back to the nation’s main prosecuting agency, the People’s Supreme Procuracy, for further investigation and reframing of charges.

 Vietnamese information and technology corporation FPT has won a key IT contract worth US$11.3 with Ministry of Finance and Planning of Myanmar.

 Japan’s Deloitte and Germany’s Roland Berger consulting firms are interested in offering their services to draw up Việt Nam’s steel sector master plan, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

 German pianist Boris Schönleber will perform best pieces by the German composers Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann and Austrian Hugo Wolf at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on March 12.

 Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Le Minh Hung says that the Politburo has approved a restructuring project to this year handle five banks comprising three banks purchased at zero dong by SBV, DongA Bank and Sacombank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increase in the number of serious methanol poisoning cases reported in Ha Noi in the past several days has raised concerns among the city’s many drinkers and health authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Severe violations have been uncovered at 13 coal mining projects in the northern province of Quang Ninh,

Up to 2,000 households with 7,800 residents in Van Duc Commune of Ha Noi’s Gia Lam District do not have access to clean water following the Health Ministry’s standards.

 An art exhibition with the theme of Meeting 2017 will feature 120 works by eight artists at the HCMC Museum of Fine Arts in HCMC’s District 1 on March 18.

 The organizers of Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 beauty contest has announced to host the event from June 1 to October 30 with its key target to promote environmental protection in the country.

 Less than one-third of enterprises are confident in the competitiveness of their products, whereas a majority of others are feeling the pinch of rising imports, heard a meeting between HCMC leaders and local business executives on March 7.

 Scores of homebuyers at the 584 Lilama SHB Building project in Tan Phu District, HCMC last week continued calling for compensation as they had not taken over their apartments six years after the guaranteed handover date.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and labour export companies have discussed cumbersome procedures and challenges facing the sector at a meeting on March 8.

 Production and business results improved in the first two months of this year, but trade was unbalanced with strong growth in auto and mobile phone imports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Indian tourism enterprises met in Ha Noi at a conference on Tuesday to enhance co-operation in the field.