The northern province of Quang Ninh maintained its top spot for two consecutive years in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2018 that was announced in Hanoi on March 28. 

Vietnam always places importance to developing the friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with African countries, seeing Morocco as her prioritized partner in North Africa, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Vietnam and Morocco signed several memoranda of understanding on environmental, trade and industrial cooperation on March 28, during an official visit to the African nation by Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government of Vietnam is facilitating the Russian manufacturing of transport vehicles with engines made in Vietnam. 

 Vietnam's garment and textile industry has continuously promoted investment and implemented solutions to dominate the domestic market besides maintaining exports. 

The face of Co To has changed rapidly in recent years with many new hotels and guesthouses, and more aquatic cultivation and processing units established. However, strong economic development has brought environmental consequences.

 With the landmark Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in effect in Vietnam, the race among investors in the sectors that stand to gain the most is expected to heat up.

 Vietnam has once again demanded that China respect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in response to China’s live-fire drills and construction plan in Hoang Sa.

 The amount of alluvium in the Mekong Delta has dropped about 65-75 percent and is forecast to decrease over 90 percent in the future, heard a workshop in An Giang province on March 27. 

 Vietnam will process more than 25 percent of its total coffee beans by 2020 to increase the value and build brands for Vietnamese coffee products.

 The customs of the central city of Da Nang has discovered and detained a large amount of goods suspected to be elephant tusks.

 Japan’s electronic music festival FFKT will be held at The Observatory on Friday.

 Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Da Nang Port JSC to become the new principle shareholder of the Vietnamese port.

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed cutting corporate income tax (CIT) rates on small and micro businesses from the current 20 per cent to 15-17 per cent.

 Cu Mong Tunnel, Vietnam’s third-longest underground road tunnel, will start charging fees from April 1 following the approval from the Ministry of Transport.

 Some drug traffic cases involving foreign people have been discovered by the police and border guards.

 The online advertising market in Vietnam is currently in its growth stage thanks to the increased use of smart phones and higher internet penetration in the country of nearly 100 million people. 

 The HCM City Center for Statistics and Science & Technology Information has just held a conference to introduce the method to turn ash generated from thermal power plants into construction materials.

 Quang Trung Software City, VNITO Alliance, Fukuoka City of Japan, and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) jointly held a conference to promote trades into Fukuoka City in 2019.

 51 years old Nguyen Quang Ngoc in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is a real wizard with more than 20 national and international patents though he has not attended any science course.