VietNamNet Bridge – Khuat Viet Hung, vice chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, recently spoke to the Thoi Bao Kinh Te (the Economic Times) newspaper about vehicle accidents on highways.

 The EU was the largest phone and accessories importer from Vietnam in the first two months of the year, according to Vietnam Customs.

 Life in the country’s northernmost mountainous areas is the most expensive in the country because of transportation costs according to a report from the General Statistics Office published on March 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of works by late artist Bui Xuan Phai, seen as one of Vietnam’s most remarkable and charismatic artists, will be showcased at “The Streets Without Phai, Phai Without the Streets” exhibition

 Many bridges in HCM City could collapse at any time because of deterioration and low clearance levels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Du Lich, a member of the Economic Commission of the Viet Nam National Assembly, spoke to the news site Hai quan about how Vietnamese enterprises can utilise advantages and eliminate disadvantages

 Vietnamese investors are expecting more transactions from State-owned enterprises’ (SOE) equitisation rather than by private/family firm owners, Grant Thornton Vietnam’s latest survey said.

 The Party-building organisation sector should further uphold its role as a think-tank on personnel arrangements and management for the country’s political system.

 How to ease losses caused by drought and saltwater intrusion that are afflicting the Mekong Delta, south-central and Central Highlands regions dominated the Government’s monthly meeting in Hanoi on March 26.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of projects that are granted ODA from the government are behind schedule, so the government plans to use another method to grantODA to local governments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private hospitals are struggling to receive patients, with most of them operating at 40-50 per cent of their capacity,

American singer Kyo York will stage a concert called “Ve noi nuong nau” (back to the shelter) to mark the 15th death anniversary of popular Vietnamese composer Trinh Cong Son and raise funds for local orphans and disabled kids.

 Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien yesterday asked educational department leaders in southern provinces to help rectors of schools to begin a new management policy as soon as possible.

 The Pasteur Institute of HCM City will co-ordinate with the Health Departments of Lam Dong Province and HCM City for suspected Zika virus cases from March 28 to April 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The body of the legendary Hoan Kiem turtle is being preserved in -15 degrees Celsius room to wait for German experts, who will preserve the turtle.

VietNamnet Bridge - Iron & steel manufacturers can anticipate a tough year 2016, when low-cost products, especially from China, will flow to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Pham Thi Ngoc Thao, one of two women given the 2015 Kovalevskaia Award for outstanding female scientists, is passionate about applying the findings of her research to benefit patients nationwide.

 Five Vietnamese and five Swedish cartoonists offer amusing and alarming reflections on climate change at an exhibition titled Facing the Climate that opened on Tuesday in HCM City.

 The Israeli best-selling author, entertaining speaker and seminar leader on memory and intelligence, Eran Katz will travel to Vietnam for meetings in Hanoi, HCM City and Vinh Phuc Northern Province on March 28-31.

The retail market of Ho Chi Minh City has seen growing interest from both new and large-scale international investors.