The Miss Beach Vietnam pageant kicked off in Hanoi on March 28, aiming to honour the beauty of Vietnamese women.

 The Ministry of Health has raised the warning level for the Zika virus nationwide after an Australian visitor tested positive on his return from Vietnam.

 The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of the Hanoi Software Technology Park as a concentrated information technology (IT) one in Long Bien district.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of young people joined a Vovinam performance on Nguyen Hue walking street in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of Vietnam Sports Day (March 27).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of two-year intermediate schools offering training in healthcare are concerned that a new national recruitment policy on medical personnel will lead to a decline in enrollment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Women’s Football Championship 2016 marked a new step up as it welcomed one more participant to this year’s event.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will be in Group A with Thailand, Iran and Chinese Taipei in the upcoming Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship, according to the event’s draw held on Sunday in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Among the cabinet members who are going to retire are Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh, and Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

After three weeks, a house weighing 2,600 tons in Dak Lak Province in Vietnam’s central highlands has been moved 70m away from its original position as planned by the Vietnam Company for Drooping, Sloping and Falling.

VietNamNet Bridge - With a height of 2m, 1.5m wide, the Easter egg was made in seven days by 10 bakers of the Topaz Restaurant in Hanoi. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The national oil and gas group PetroVietnam has said it does not want to be responsible for the consumption of Nghi Son’s products which cannot meet the Euro 4 emission standard.

 Decree No. 11/2016/ND-CP dated February 3, 2016 guiding the implementation of some articles of the Labor Code is among new legal documents that take effect in April.

 Hanoi authorities have approved a project in principle to build a shopping centre and underground parking facility inside Thong Nhat Park, which was previously known as Lenin Park.

The National Assembly this week will begin the personnel task, starting on Wednesday, March 30 by dismissing the head of the National Assembly and electing the new one. The only nominee for the postion is NA Vice Chair Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year Vietnam has about 200,000 new cases of cancer, with 75,000 deaths, making Vietnam one of the countries with the alarming rate of cancer.

 The first rainfall began spreading over the Mekong Delta last night, refreshing agricultural crops as well as lower temperatures after the long- lasting dry season in the region.

 Vietnam's workforce totaled 54.4 million people aged 15 and above in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 761,800 people year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Malaysian Public Bank Berhad (PBB) received a 100 per cent foreign-owned bank licence from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) last week.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) continues to expand to foreign markets in the context of its troubling business results at home.

 Piano lecturers, students and invited foreign artists, in collaboration with the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra, will join three concerts hosted by the HCM City Conservatory of Music this week.