The opening ceremony of the 8th HCM City Sport Games 2018 was held on Nguyen Hue Walking Street on Saturday evening.

 Vietnam saved 485,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 834 million VND (36,612 USD), during the Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm of  March 24, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre.

In Vietnam, more than 16,000 people nationwide suffering from heart, liver, kidney and lung failure are in need of transplants. Some 6,000 people suffer from cornea-related problems and are waiting for replacements,

 Duc Vincie has accepted the invitation of National Director of Miss Mexico Organization Adán Sotelo Ortíz to be one of the main designers for the beauty pageant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Quang Hieu expressed his concern for the environment, in his essay applying for a scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and emerged victorious.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports have found that the amount of money Vietnamese travelers spend on shopping overseas is higher than the fees of their tour packages.

 The Ministry of Transport plans to launch an international bidding for the north-south expressway early next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – LucTeam is the first private professional drama troupe in Hanoi. It made its debut at the end of last year with a performance of The Jealousy of Cinderella comedy by French playwright Moliere. 

 Thanh Thuy district in Phu Tho province attracts tourists with its beautiful landscapes and unique wet rice civilization festivals. The Dao Xa elephant procession festival is one of the biggest there.

 Nguyen Hong Son, director general of the Plant Cultivation Department, speaks to the newspaper Countryside Today on reasons why farmers have to destroy their farm products right on their fields.

 Traditional natural building materials are being gradually depleted and have shown great limitations, while the development of new and artificial types of building materials has encountered difficulties.

 Administrative reforms, improving the business environment, building policies for industrial zones, and industrial clusters development are the key solutions Hanoi will use to welcome investment.

 Hundreds of actors have registered for the casting of a film by Vietnamese Director Luong Dinh Dung, including from abroad.

 Vietnamese not only lack savings but are forced to borrow money to even meet their daily spending needs according to research.

 The Shah Alam High Court of Selangor State of Malaysia held a hearing on March 20-23 for Doan Thi Huong, one of the two suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) national Kim Chol in February 2017.

 President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in and spouse on March 24 concluded their three-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) issued a joint statement on the occasion of RoK President Moon Jae-in’s State visit to Vietnam from March 22-24.

 A Japanese cherry blossom festival opened in Hanoi on March 23, drawing the interest of thousands of visitors.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Geneva international airport on March 24 morning to attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138).

 The official visit to France from March 25-27 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong aims to set up relations with the new government of France.