A photo exhibition on Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority people in Vietnam kicked off in Huong Hoa district of the central province of Quang Tri on March 7.

 The National Press Festival 2019 will take place at the Hanoi Museum on March 15-17, announced the organisation board on March 7.

 Wild elephants have been upsetting local people in Dinh Quan district, in the southern province of Dong Nai, by destroying their homes and crops, causing serious economic losses. 

 Vietnam’s medical facilities have recorded an increasing number of foreign patients in recent years.

 French gastronomy will come into the spotlight with the screenings of documentary and feature films by young French directors during a film month scheduled for March 12-27 in Hanoi.

 The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 7 to sign contracts with seven Vietnamese localities on eight local-level projects funded by Japanese non-refundable assistance in the fiscal year of 2018.

 On busy Orchard Road in Singapore is a very famous hotpot restaurant where customers have to wait an hour or two to be served even if they had booked a table a day ago.

VietNamNet Bridge - As capital from the state budget and international donors is on the decrease, Vietnam is seeking new capital for infrastructure development  through PPP (private public partnership).

Khmer people’s grey sedge waving in Kien Giang is an age-old craft. Local authorities have launched a project to preserve sedge fields to ensure a sufficient supply of materials for local craftsmen.

 Vietnam is boosting its presence in the EB-5 program to become “the most active participant”, according to the Wall Street Journal.

 The Vietnamese government requested ministries, branches and localities to continue strictly enforcing provisions of traffic law, promoting projects on traffic safety and easing traffic congestion.

 The average premium to GDP ratio by 2020 would reach the maximum of 3%, and 3.5% by 2025.

As of present, 17 out of 31 join stock banks have their shares listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and the Unlisted Public Company Market.

 Ly Son-Sa Huynh geopark, located in the central province of Quang Ngai, will be submitted to the UNESCO by November 2019 to be recognized as the UNESCO Global Geopark. 

 Two Lao citizens were arrested on March 6 when they were en route to illegally transport drugs into Vietnam.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh on March 6 introduced the Bengali language version of the book “Ho Chi Minh’s Biography”, published by The Gioi Publishers.

Four Paws, an international animal welfare organisation, opened a bear sanctuary in Ky Phu commune of Nho Quan district, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on March 7. 

 The ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7, drawing more than 300 players from 28 nations and territories.

 Saigon Heat suffered an unlucky loss to Mono Vampire by a score of 89-83 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Wednesday at Stadium 29 in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Thousands of locals and tourists joined the first ever Pác Bó Returning to Roots Festival held at the Pác Bó revolutionary base in Ha Quang District, the northern province of Cao Bang on Wednesday.