VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa Province leader Trinh Van Chien apologised yesterday to the residents of Sam Son Township for authorities’ actions after local fishermen protested for 10 days against a tourism project.

A well-known Chinese actress, Jing Tian has arrived in Hanoi to join King Kong film crew who are shooting in NinhBinh province.

The Finnish Information Security Cluster, the Vietnamese Security Network, the Vietnam Information Security Association and the CMC Corporation on March 7 signed an MoU on cooperation in information technology, especially in information security.

 Jr. NBA, the NBA’s global youth development programme that promotes basketball participation and an active lifestyle among children, has returned to Vietnam for the third consecutive year beginning March 5.

 Vietnam suffered yet another heavy defeat on March 7 at the AFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 qualifier, losing 6-1 to hosts Japan in a game where the only prize was honour.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2010, the FDI from China has skyrocketed, from a few hundred million US dollars to several billion US dollars.

 Mekong Delta farmers are struggling with the worst water shortages and saltwater intrusion in nearly a century.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since mid-June 2014, 15,00 drivers have joined, a figure which non-technology-based taxi firms need nearly 10 years to reach.

Hanoi’s transport infrastructure is alarming since a number of recently-launched works have become overloaded, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai raised his concern at a meeting with the Transport Ministry in Hanoi on March 7.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Minister of State at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue in London on March 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Stores, parking lots, pubs, cafes, and street vendors are occupying entire sidewalks and even roads in HCM City.

 Politburo member Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 7 for Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, who affirmed his continued contributions to developing the two countries’ relations.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As many as 28 million shares of the Viet Tien Garment Corporation, one of the largest garment companies in Vietnam, will be traded on the UpCom transaction floor as of October 10.

 Leaders of international political parties, countries and organisations continue to send their congratulations to Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

 Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu received Azerbaijan Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov in Hanoi on March 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), along with three other banks from Taiwan, South Korea and India, have been approved by the Government of Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain that the job is especially hard: they are criticized if they punish students when students go wrong.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the rankings by Missosology, Pham Huong was ranked 10th with a score of 4,182, while Lan Khue ranked 19th with a score of 3,545.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested fighting saltwater intrusion as a key political task during a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 7. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The third Central Highlands’ Folk Culture Festival and Culture Tourism Week will be held in Kon Tum Province from March 18 to 23.