Surveillance cameras and speed monitoring devices installed along the Hanoi-Lao Cai and  Phap Van - Cau Gie - Ninh Binh expressways will start recording violations on May 1 and July 1 respectively.

 The Japanese Government will relax visa regulations for citizens from five countries, including Vietnam, in a bid to attract more tourists to Japan in the coming time, the local Yomiuri newspaper said on March 30.

 Ho Chi Minh City will host the 4th ASEAN Chief Justices’ Meeting on April 1, featuring Supreme Court delegations from ten ASEAN member states.

Vietnam wishes for continued support from the international community, including the World Bank, to fulfill its development goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa during a reception in Hanoi on March 30.

 Legislators held group discussions in the morning of March 30 about the retirement of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, who also chairs the National Election Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first quarter of 2016 has passed and major challenges for Vietnam's economy have been revealed, not promising a bright future as we had expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Saigon man has bought an SIM card from the owner of a gold shop in the northern province of Thai Binh at the cost of up to VND9.9 billion (nearly $500,000).

Dr. Tran Dinh Phong from Hanoi has published his research in the prestigious journal Nature Materials, with the findings of the structure and mechanism of action of a catalyst that can replace platinum,an expensive material.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution levels are adversely affecting local residents’ health and the long-term economic development of a traditional handicraft village located about 70km from Ha Noi,

Vietnamese and Japanese artists performed the drama "Vịt trời trúng độc" (Poisoned Wild Duck) at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Japan on March 19-26. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fencers Vu Thanh An and Nguyen Thi Le Dung have added three more points each via the Fencing Grand Prix Sabre in South Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge - The bad debt ratio of the banking system has been reported as dropping to 2.9 percent. However, the figure does not truly reflect the bad debt panorama.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Kim Bien Market in District 5, HCM City is called the “market of death” because it sells all kinds of toxic chemicals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore’s Constant Wind Seasports and Sailing School have sponsored sailing boats valued VND2.5 billion for the Viet Nam Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam lost to Japanese Kento Takeuchi in the main round of the Japan F4 Futures tennis tournament yesterday, March 29.

 As many as 8,293 Vietnamese students are studying in the Republic of Korea (RoK), accounting for 7.8 percent of the total number of international students in the country, according to the RoK Justice Ministry.

 Traffic congestion costs Ho Chi Minh City more than 18.3 trillion VND (820.4 million USD) every year and is hampering local economic growth.

 Users of Apple iPhones and iPads can now subscribe to the 4G LTE service of military-run telecom firm Viettel in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 2016 Nuclear Industry Summit (NIS 2016) in Washington, D.C. from March 31- April 1.

 Experts have opposed to a proposal from District 1 People Committee in HCM City to spend USD45.5m on paving the pavements with granite stones.