VietNamNet Bridge – A music show entitled The Gospel, in memory of late musician Trinh Cong Son will be held on March 30 and April 1 at Ha Noi Culture House of Student, 37 Tran Binh Trong, Hanoi.

 Vietnamese readers will receive free access to the e-book funds of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and LitRes e-book store of Russia.

Popular Vietnamese products are being sold in many Japanese supermarkets and on websites at prices which are several times higher than in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s 11 ministries and sectors have been linked to the national one-stop-shop portal, which was launched in 2015. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not any single day past when you won’t find Nguyen Thi Sinh’s tender to her crops on her farm.

 The SOE equitization process has yielded mixed results over recent months. 

 Hanoi People's Committee has asked the Ministry of Construction to check fire safety threats on 17 apartment buildings in the area.

 Local people living along the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in the central city of Da Nang have complained that the sea water became black with brown foam and a foul smell.

 State-of-the-art QR code payment methods and the mass adoption of smartphones are predicted to provide ample room for the development of mobile shopping in Vietnam.

ComfortDelgro Savico Taxi announced suspending its operations. The movement came after the operations of several traditional taxi firms were impacted by Uber and Grab.

 More than 5,600 households in erosion-prone areas in the southernmost province of Ca Mau need to be relocated by 2020 but local authorities are struggling to find capital and land, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

Some commercial banks appreciated the US dollar after last week’s interest rate hike by the Fed. Experts, however, have said the exchange rate between the US dollar and Vietnamese Dong is likely to remain relatively stable throughout the year.

 Since last year there has been a churn in the banking sector with some foreign investors selling their stakes in local banks and others buying in.

 Le Thi Thu Hang from HCM City’s Go Vap District recently ordered a product displayed on an e-commerce marketplace from a supplier that had no e-commerce website.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unlicensed doctor in the central province of Nghe An was fined VND50 million (US$2,200) for performing an unsafe abortion that killed a local woman.

The coefficient used for land price adjustments, called the K coefficient, will increase by 0.1 in each circumstance, according to a regulation included in a decision by the HCM City People’s Committee.

 Le Thi Thu Hang from HCM City’s Go Vap District recently ordered a product displayed on an e-commerce marketplace from a supplier that had no e-commerce website.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to step up inspections this year to improve protection for intellectual property rights (IPR).

Bui The Anh of the Military team unseated defending champion Vu Van Son of Ninh Binh to win the men’s marathon event at the National Marathon Tournament, organised by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper,

VietNamNet Bridge - Travel firms complain they cannot book hotel rooms in Nha Trang and Da Nang because most rooms have been reserved for Chinese travelers.