VietNamNet Bridge – Green space has shrunk in HCM City because of urban development, but the city lacks the resources to develop concentrated green areas.

For the first time, as a result of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects in Vietnam.

 President Truong Tan Sang presented the Friendship Order to President of the Supreme Court of Russia Mikhailovich Lebedev in Hanoi on March 2 in honour of his dedication to ties between Vietnamese and Russian court sectors.

 Only 23 percent of the 977,684 Vietnamese language domain names registered are in active use, the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) announced on March 1.

  The Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2016 will be held from March 8 to 16 with the participation of eight local and six international teams.

 Vietnam and the European Union (EU) will push ahead with the review of legal documents towards the signing and application of their bilateral free trade agreement (EVFTA) in 2018.

 Le Tien Dat played a key role in Viet Nam's 3-1 win over Turkey at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Malaysia on Mar 1.

 David Dufour, the highly acclaimed and vastly popular Francophone hip-hop artist and slam poet from Canada, will perform tonight (March 2) and tomorrow night (March 3) in HCM City.

 One in three, or 35 per cent of pregnant women, are victims of domestic violence, mostly at the hands of husbands, according to doctors at Ha Noi Medical University (HMU).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has rejected claims that it acted late in responding to allegations of fraud involving marketing firm Lien Ket Viet, which allegedly swindled 45,000 people.

The Asian Development Bank will help Vietnam build 13,654 biogas plants worth $7.8 million in 2016 under the Low Carbon Agricultural Support project.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu is leading a delegation to attend the 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting Retreat and related events, which take place on March 2-3 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien toured the European country’s Veneto region and its capital city of Venice, whose officials voiced their readiness to expand cooperation with Vietnam.

Hanoi Party Secretary Hoang Trung Hai has hoped that Hanoi and Hessen state of Germany will further bilateral partnership across education-training, vocational training, medical science and hi-tech industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite difficulties, Vietnam’s rice exports have remained stable over the last few years thanks to low prices. However, this advantage may not help in the future as the world market has seen major changes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The billionaires all have huge assets in the US, and their names are well known in the US, which has the highest number of billionaires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lying quietly behind mountains, Lan Xi Village in Ha Giang Province will impress visitors in the first month of this lunar year by its wonderful natural surroundings and peaceful atmosphere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cua Bac Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 56 Phan Dinh Phung Street in the Ba Dinh District of Hanoi.

 The Vietnam National Petroleum Group posted a consolidated after-tax profit of more than VND3.1 trillion (US$137.8 million) last year, versus a loss of nearly VND9.1 billion ($404,000) in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Guest workers management office in Japan, under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, reported receiving news on February, 22 about four Vietnamese workers being expelled from Japan.