Vietnam resolutely protests against Taiwan (China)’s live-fire exercise around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

VietNamNet Bridge - The most unexpected news of the 2019 shareholders’ meeting season was the ‘power transfer’ of some well-known businessmen who announced their retirement.

 The ninth International Congress of the Asia-Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

 The Singaporean street hawker Chan Hon Meng, famous for serving the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred meal, will cook at Pan Pacific Hanoi Hotel on Friday evening.

A worship ceremony dedicated to Heaven and Earth was held for the first time after 617 years at Nam Giao Worship Platform built during the Ho Dynasty in 1402 in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Wednesday.

 The first batch of VinFast Lux cars have shipped to 14 countries in four continents for quality and safety tests.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on protecting, restoring and sustainably developing forests in the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands during 2016-2030.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 1,547 child abuse cases were reported nationwide last year, with majority child sexual abuse, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security.

Chocolate made by Bui Durassamy, a Vietnamese-Canadian chocolatier based in Tien Giang Province, is one of the specialities on display at a fair for organic agricultural products, which opened yesterday in Hanoi

 The Vietnamese rubber industry enjoyed robust growth in exports but experienced a fall in export prices in the first two months of 2019.

 The US-based Warburg Pincus wants to sell a third of its holding, equal to 50 million shares, in Vietnamese real estate and retail firm Vincom Retail, Bloomberg has reported.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 on March 20 left for Malaysia to attend the 2019 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2019), which will take place on March 26-30. 

 Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, said at a meeting on March 19 Tuesday in Ha Noi that the ministry chose ACV because of its experience in the field in Viet Nam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,000 cu.m of untreated wastewater is released into Hanoi’s Cau Bay Canal through 26 discharge points daily.

 Vietnam has risen one place to be ranked 94th out of 156 countries in the latest World Happiness Report.

 A ceremony was held on March 20 to receive a certificate recognising Soong Co folk singing by San Diu ethnic group in Lap Thach, Tam Dao and Binh Xuyen districts and Phuc Yen city as a national intangible cultural heritage. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the internet has transformed Vietnamese society for the better, the ‘digital divide’, between different groups still needs addressed, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music from three generations of Vietnamese artists will be presented during the concert Tiếp Và Nối (On the Path of the Ancestors) tomorrow at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM).

Two students, Vu Hoang Viet and Vu Thi Phuong Trang, from the HCM City Architecture University want bikes to be used regularly for tourism purposes on some streets and are trying to turn the idea into reality with their Bike-Sharing project.

 An American tourist travelling around Asia has died after jumping from a road bridge in Hanoi on Thursday morning.