VietNamNet Bridge – A snake dance performed by 15 young men dressed in white is an important part of the Truong Lam Village Festival which is taking place from March 13-16.

 The Czech Republic is considering the facilitation of visa grant for Vietnamese nationals to the country for working and business purposes, has said Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lukas Kaucky.

 Vietnam was ranked fifth in the list of top 20 Performers of the Year 2018 voted by the beauty pageant website Missosology.org.

 At least five workers have been killed and four others injured when a wall at a construction project suddenly collapsed in the southern province of Vinh Long on Friday morning.

The HCM City People’s Council on Wednesday (March 13) set a deadline for completion of a facility at the Oncology Hospital in District 9 that was previously scheduled to be finished by the end of 2017.

 The government of HCMC has approved a project proposed by the Department of Transport to upgrade the flood-prone Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, with total funding of VND473 billion (over US$20 million).

 Foreign investment in Vietnam is forecast to surge significantly in 2019 as many foreign investors, including big names, are showing their big interest in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The restoration of the Thap Cham-Da Lat Railway, originally built by the French, will receive investment from a private-public-partnership (PPP).

 Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the High-level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 20-23. 

 Vietnam and Cambodia have signed three cooperation agreements on postal services and telecommunications, information security and digital signature.

 Nearly 2,500 French-style dinner dishes will be prepared at restaurants and French embassies in 150 countries around the world during the Good France 2019 event, according French Consul General in HCM City Vincent Floreani.

 The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are scheduled to begin in Vietnam in November 2021, attracting about 7,000 athletes to compete in 36 sports.

 The 74th General Assembly and Congress of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) will take place in late April at the Military Zone 7 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La said on March 14 they have caught a man smuggling a large amount of opium and meth pills.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thanh Hoa has launched a tour of the ancient Dong Son Village in Thanh Hoa City’s Ham Rong Ward.

 An expert has recommended people take regular check-ups to detect kidney-related diseases as an estimated 5 million people in Vietnam suffer from kidney issues, and the number rises by about 8,000 each year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Education Publishing House has finally stated that it will not raise textbook prices for the 2019-2020 academic year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s March and the orchid trees of the northern province of Dien Bien are in bloom.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will host a press conference in Hanoi to introduce the country as a tourist destination on March 29 during the Viet Nam International Travel Mart 2019,

Former soldiers of the Navy Engineering Regiment No 83 who fought to protect the Gac Ma Reef, part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, from Chinese invaders in 1988 hosted a memorial service for 64 of their comrades