The large-scale issue of plastic waste has been developing in recent years, despite numerous warnings set out by environmental protection organisations and many public awareness campaigns attempting to minimise environmental waste. 

 The National Strategy on Environment Protection aims to cut plastic bag use in traditional markets in half by 2020. However, the goal is difficult due to numerous factors.

 Rain praying festival is a fascinating spiritual activity of white Thai people in Muong Sang commune, Moc Chau district, Son La province. Praying for rain is crucial to Thai people as it ensures a bountiful and prosperous year ahead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the country’s last ca trù (ceremonial singing) masters, Nguyen Phu De, died at the age of 97 on Friday.

 FPT Information System (FPT IS), a subsidiary of Vietnam’s biggest software producer FPT Group, has become the highest-level partner of Dell EMC in storage solution. 

 Poorly-performing State-owned people’s credit funds will be merged, acquired or dissolved to ensure the safety of the country’s finance and banking system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 12,000 people die from tuberculosis each year in Vietnam - that’s one and half times higher than those killed in traffic accidents over the same period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui The Anh won the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper Marathon yesterday in the city of Vung Tau.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat defeated defending champions San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 81-80 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) yesterday at home in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Thanh Canh has been appointed head coach of Danang Dragons.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured the overall victory at the Yonex North Harbour International tournament, which ended yesterday in New Zealand.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will make official visits to Morocco and France.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A place where hundreds of Agent Orange victims have called home will soon close, and so far for those who are there now, they have nowhere else to live.

 Foreign experts have urged the HCMC government to cut red tape and enhance transparency to create a more conducive business environment, reported the local media.

 Foreign and domestic investment has led to an annual growth rate of 10 percent for the food processing industry sector in recent years.

 Two Vietnamese representatives, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Anh Khoi, have won their first two matches of the ongoing 2019 Sharjah Masters international chess tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

 Fintech firms and banks will have to compete with telecom services providers who have recently received green light from the government to take part in the country’s e-payment market.

 Midfielder Trieu Viet Hung scored a dramatic late winner to steer Vietnam to a close 1-0 victory over Indonesia in their second Group K clash of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on March 24.

 Digitalization has brought numerous changes in Vietnam since the first Internet connection in 1997, enabling the country to obtain a series of socio-economic achievements, mostly the sustainable development goals (SDGs). 

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