In 2010-20, HCM City plans to spend VND250 trillion on developing transport infrastructure. Of this, a whopping 70 per cent will be allocated to the eastern region, which is seeing a slew of infrastructure and property developments.

 National Assembly deputies gave their feedback on the draft revised Law on Export-Import Tariffs during a session in Hanoi on March 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4 in the former imperial capital of Hue, with 22 local and 20 foreign art troupes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Thai Binh, the Vice Chairman of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Association, spoke with Hai Quan (Customs) Newspaper about the growth potential of Viet Nam’s shipbuilding industry.

 The third Vietnam-China Border Defence Friendship Exchange will be held from March 28 to 31 between the northern province of Lang Son and the Chinese southern province of Guangxi.

  National Assembly deputies on March 24 agreed on the essentials of a law on information access rights during their ongoing session in Hanoi.

The Vietnam delegation had engaged productively in discussions, resolutions and decisions of the month-long 31st regular meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which wrapped up in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24.

 A photo exhibition of the best images from the Shakespeare Lives in Photography competition opened yesterday in Hanoi.

 The UEFA Champions League trophy will visit Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province) from April 8 to 13 on its second trip to Vietnam so far.  

 The Kien Giang-based Kien Long Commercial Joint Stock Bank on Mach 23 signed an agreement with the Vietnam Professional Football Company, the manager of V-League, on providing sponsorship for the National Cup and the First Division in 2016-17.

 Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has booked a place in the semifinals of the ongoing 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix Gold after coming from behind to beat Qiao Bin of China 2-1 in the quarterfinals on March 25. 

 Belarussian car maker MAZ and Vietnamese partners will establish joint ventures to manufacture and assemble trucks and ten-seater cars in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance have blamed each other for mistakes in the slow application of new petroleum import taxes. This has led to a tax difference which meant the public had to paid high petrol prices.

 Police officers and vets in the southern province of Binh Duong have discovered a pig farm in Ben Cat Town which injected water and tranquilizer into hundred animals to make them heavier before sending them to slaughterhouse.

The dress symbolizing the flame performed by Vietnam's Lan Khue at the Miss World 2015 pageant has been voted as the most beautiful night gown at international beauty pageants in 2015 by the Global Beauties judges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the price of VND126,000 per share, all 11.3 million shares for the strategic investor of Vissan now belong to Anco International Agricultural Nutrition JSC, a subsidiary of Masan Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has allowed Hanoi to open three bus routes (without state subsidies) connecting the city center to the Noi Bai International Airport in the suburbs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Xuan Lien Natural Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoa has discovered seven groups of Indochinese gray langurs (Rooseltven), totaling about 200.

VietNamNet Bridge – The CEO of Vietnam’s first private low-cost airline VietJet Air, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, is anticipated to become the first female USD billionaire in Vietnam after VietJet launches its initial public offering.

VietNamNet Bridge - The initial public offering (IPO) of Vissan, a foodstuff processor, shows stiff competition in the Vietnamese distribution market.