VietNamNet Bridge - Miss Philippines Universe 2012 Janine Tugonon and Miss America Runner-up 2014 Crystal Lee recently attended the Women Leaders Forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam and Australia will promote sci-technology cooperation, focusing mainly on healthcare, agriculture and the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New national head coach Nguyen Huu Thang on Tuesday, March 15, named 32 players who will gather in Ha Noi this weekend to prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The monthly expenses for food of each Vietnamese in 2015 was more than VND470,000 ($22), according to data from the General Statistics Office.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Ha Noi yesterday (March 17) opened a trial to indict seven Chinese defendants on charges of illegal money transfers between Viet Nam and China.

 The Korea Times of the Republic of Korea has recently run an article citing regulations stipulated in international law to prove that the U-shaped line claimed by China in the East Sea is not China’s baseline.

 The ties between Vietnamese and Moroccan parliament agencies and exchanges between the two countries’ citizens and youths will be bolstered in the coming time.

 Vietnamese and French legislature leaders have pledged their utmost efforts to bring the two countries’ legislative ties to a new height by facilitating high-level visits.

The Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott H. Swift and Commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific Lieutenant General John A. Toolan are paying a three day visit to Vietnam, from March 17 to 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Buddha statue carved from the sapphire block weighing 18 tons will be placed at the Hoang Phuc Pagoda in the central province of Quang Binh for the people’s worship.

While the people and leaders of the Mekong Delta provinces are pleased that China decided to release from hydropower dams, irrigation experts said that most of the flow will be blocked before it runs to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Brussels-based dance company t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e and the Bong Sen Traditional Art Troupe will present a dance performance titled Urban Distortions at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden on March 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s number one hope Lian Tran was ousted from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Asia 14 and Under Championships Division 1’s third round in HCM City on March 16.

VietNamNet Bridge - The loading and unloading of bulk commodities which can cause environmental pollution, such as cement, clinker and woodchips, have resumed on the Ha Long Bay despite the ban in 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chu Dinh Nghiem will replace Pham Minh Duc to coach the Ha Noi T&T team of the national premier league, the club’s leaders announced yesterday, March 17.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has asked for the Ministry of Transport’s permission to sell an 83M floating dock for VND34.8 billion, or $1.5 million. 

 Airport Corporation of Vietnam will sell more than 166 million shares to French airport management firm Aeroport de Paris at the starting price of no more than VND13,100 (6 U.S. cents) per share.

 Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has shown its reluctance to purchase products of Nghi Son oil refinery as they do not meet European 4 emissions standards (Euro 4). 

 The HCMC Department of Tourism on March 16 offered a public apology to Egyptian tourist Alaa Mohammad Abdu Ali Aldoh who lost her handbag in a drive-by robbery in District 1 a week ago.

 More than US$1 million has been mobilised from Thai and Vietnamese sponsors so far to serve the fifth Asian Beach Games 2016 (ABG 5) that will take place in the central city of Da Nang in September.