The Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI) and a group of seven foreign financial institutions, led by Taiwan’s SinoPac bank, signed a trust loan contract worth 55 million USD during a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Swing for the Kids golf tournament will be held on April 20 at the BRG Kings Island Golf Resort in Dong Mo, Son Tay District, Hanoi.

 Dozens of mortar shells left behind from the war were unearthed and dealt with by competent agencies in Tan Thanh commune, Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri, on March 21.

 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has asked the consultancy agencies of Long Thanh international airport to complete the project’s feasibility study by May 30.

 The Vietnam Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2019 will take place from March 22-24 at Hanoi Bach Thao (Botanical) Park, featuring 15 collections by 14 designers from Hanoi, Thua Thien-Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s authorities said they are closely following Japan’s investigation into 700 foreign students absent without leave from a Tokyo university that was attended by many Vietnamese.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two animal disease inspection stations were established on Wednesday on the National Highway No 1 section in Nui Thanh District of central Quang Nam Province to control pig transportation 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first round of the National Billiards and Snooker tournament 2019 started yesterday in Binh Phuoc Province.

 Surgeons from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy provided free surgery for 30 children with cleft palates in the central and Central Highlands regions from March 17-21.

 Vietnam, Brunei, Thailand, and Indonesia have demonstrated their readiness and confidence in the qualifiers of the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship.

 VinSmart Company, a subsidiary of Vingroup, announced on March 20 that its Vsmart smartphones would be distributed in Spain by Media Markt.

Vietnam has investors who are willing to develop waste treatment plants, but startups, when contacting local authorities, are told that there is no waste to treat, says Dang Huy Dong, former Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 800 runners will race in beautiful Yen So Park, Hanoi, as Garmin Run Hanoi hosts Vietnam’s top runners alongside newbies and juniors running for charity on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Park Hang-seo fears he hasn’t had enough time to prepare Viet Nam for the AFC U23 Championship qualifying round which begins today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An album of works by late Vietnamese-American composer and singer Tran Thien Thanh, a famous artist in the south before 1975, has been released in HCM City.   

 Vietnam is boosting the growing of speciality coffee in an effort to raise coffee quality and the country’s coffee export value.

 The border guard force of the northern province of Lang Son on March 21 arrested a man transporting 993 meth tablets and about 0.5kg of heroin in Yen Khoai commune, Loc Binh district.

 A specialised route for goods transportation was opened on March 21, linking the Tan Thanh border gate of Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son with the Pu Zhai border gate of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

 An exhibition titled Tim Lai Ky Uc (Finding Memories) opened at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

 Experts have recommended a number of measures to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City’s export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial zones (IPs).