President Truong Tan Sang on March 28 hosted a reception for visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavad, where he hailed the guest’s contributions to bilateral collaboration in foreign affairs.

 The UN will take steps to support drought-stricken countries, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said in an interview with Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the 11th session of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi on March 28.

 Golfer Cho Jeong Min from the Republic of Korea (RoK) triumphed at The Da Lat at 1200 Ladies’ Championship tournament, which concluded in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A visit to the Chau Doc floating village in An Giang Province is truly a fascinating excursion, providing provocative insight into the lives of the Khmer people, one of the oldest ethnic groups in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to a survey of the General Statistic Office, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has the highest cost of living index in the country while the southern province of Tra Vinh has the cheapest living costs.

The Sun Group on March 25 held an official opening ceremony for Ba Na Hills Golf Club in Ba Na in the central city of Danang. This is the first golf course in the world designed under the consultancy of world-famous golfer Luke Donald.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite HCM City’s dense network of rivers and canals, waterway tourism has not matched its potential, thus failing the city’s expectations it would become the main tourism product by 2020. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Crippling drought and saline intrusion are forecasted to continue damaging the south-central, Central Highlands and southern regions in April due to the devastating El Nino phenomenon.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many people in Hong Van in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue still look for bombs and mines to sell as metal scrap, even though they risk injury or death.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As many as 850 young people held each other’s hands to run and arranged the map of Vietnam in the event "Happy color run 2016" at Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese group Viettel has received a license to develop the fourth mobile network in Myanmar, after creating a joint venture with a number of local businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung and Dr. Nguyen Thuc Quyen have been honored by the Humboldt Foundation for their outstanding contributions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the appointment of three new Deputy Chairs of the Hanoi’s People Committee. All of them are former directors of Hanoi’s departments.

VietNamNet Bridge – The pavements of 134 roads in District 1, HCM City will be paved with granite, at a total cost of VND1 trillion ($44.8 million).

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has been taking a series of measures to stop dollarization, but the newly released 2015 financial report shows that the goal is still far away.

 Ho Chi Minh City should become a national special economic zone, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang said.

 Vietnamese gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung secured a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the ninth Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, which took place in Doha, Qatar from March 24 to 26.

Work started on a national flagpole to be erected at the Lung Po Border Station, A Mu Sung commune, in the northern Lao Cai province’s Bat Xat district on March 26.

 A fashion show presenting Vietnamese and Indian traditional dresses, called Ao dai and Saree, will take place at Ao Dai Museum in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9 on April 1.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to boost ties between the two countries’ navy forces, including continuing joint sea patrol in order to maintain peace and stability on the two sides’ waters and the region at large.