Masan lost VND5 trillion ($217.39 million) capitalisation due to a draft introducing new standards for fish sauce, which many producers find impossible to surmount.

 Dozens of valuable trees have been illegally logged at a nature reserve in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

 Authorities of the southern-central province of Khanh Hoa have announced a list of 21 hotels guilty of violations.

 Police in HCM City's District 1 worked overnight to deal with illegal parking on March 24-25.

Vietnam Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) announced on March 22 that it appointed Luong Thi Cam Tu, a board member of Eximbank, as the new Chairwoman of the Eximbank’s Board of Directors in the 2015-2020 tenure.

 A father in the central province of Nghe An has been arrested after throwing his seven-day-old son into a well which led to the baby's death.

 The central bank is drafting a new circular regulating credit institutions’ trading and handling of non-performing loans (NPL) with the aim of forcing the institutions to focus more on bad debt settlement.

 With trade protectionism increasing, Vietnamese companies should prepare for trade-related lawsuits and disputes but also capitalise on possible opportunities from the ongoing US-China trade war, a top trade remedy official has said.

 HCM City has called on foreign-owned enterprises to further contribute to its development by sharing their experience, ideas and technologies as well as investing in large projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2019 the State Bank of Viet Nam has set a credit growth target for the banking sector of 14 per cent, lower than the rates of 18 per cent in 2017 and 17 per cent in 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims, participants 

HCM City streets will be lined with LED lights for the upcoming long holiday celebrating Hung Kings Memorial Day on the 10th of the third lunar month, the 44th Reunification Day on April 30, and Labour Day on May 1.  

Dang Thanh Phong from The Gioi Di Dong has confirmed with Nguoi Lao Dong that the leading mobile phone distribution chain in Vietnam has stopped selling the iPhone 8 because of the slow sales of the model. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 31-year-old man from HCM City burst into tears 11 months ago when his daughter visited him for the first time at Detoxification Establishment No 3 in Binh Duong Province.

Dozens of hectares of forest were illegally cut down and private properties were constructed along National Road 29 in the area between Ea Súp and Buon Don districts as authorities admitted they were struggling to stop the encroachment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Huyen, Director General of the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam (DRVN), speaks to Viet Nam News Agency on measures to solve the problem of overloaded trucks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has set a target of reducing the number of traffic accidents and casualties by 5-10 per cent each year in 2019 and 2020. 

The Transport Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Transport have agreed to share a driving licence management database.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute returns to HCM City’s Opera House on March 31.

Tran Dinh Nhan, general director of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), said that only 1,800 households have installed rooftop solar power systems in the last two years, with total capacity of 30 MW, a small figure compared with the potential.