VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players on Monday began their three-day table tennis exchange with strong athletes from Japan at the Hoa Lu Table Tennis Club in HCM City.

Mong ethnic women in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have been competing to see who can crochet the best patterns, attracting a large crowd of spectators in the early Lunar New Year.

The eastern part of the city will still be hot in 2018, while infrastructure works in the western part will attract house and apartment buyers, analysts say.

 The 8th HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament is set to take place in Hanoi from March 9-16.

 Motorcycle ride-hailing transportation provider Go-Jek from Indonesia has recruited experts to advise for its expansion in Vietnam to break the dominance of Uber and Grab, according to newswire TheLEADER.

 Leading seafood firm Minh Phu Corporation is planning to return to the stock exchange following a lucrative year in business.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Republic of Korea (RoK) offered 10,000 tonnes of rice in humanitarian aid to typhoon-hit residents in Vietnam’s central provinces, 

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on March 5-11 

Vietnam and the EU are likely to sign the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement soon, Daniel Muller, ASEAN Regional Manager for the German Asia-Pacific Business Association, said in an interview granted to VNA reporters in Germany.

 Nine Vinaconex officials have been on a 10-day trial starting by Hanoi People's Court from March 5 following the Da River water pipeline’s 18 major water leaks caused by low-quality construction.

 Small retail stores in HCM City are losing customers as convenience stores have boomed in the recent years.

 The Sa Giang Import and Export Joint Stock Company has reported a net profit of VNĐ30.5 billion ($1.34 million) on a turnover of VNĐ290.7 billion (US$12.8 million) last year.

 Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) plans to sell more than 158 treasury shares to foreign investors.

 Saigon Heat are close to assuring a spot in the play-off round after defeating the CLS Knights of Indonesia 114-86 in the Asian Basketball League, while playing at home on Saturday in HCM City.

 Vietnamese and Italian designers and architects will gather in Hanoi to celebrate Italian Design Day.

 The property developer Vingroup has officially announced its plan to join in the field of higher education by establishing VinUni University (VinUni).

Tens of houses and several hectares of vegetable crops in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang were reportedly damaged in hailstorms on Sunday. 

 Many banks throughout the country need to recruit more employees for their newly opened branches this year or to replace staff members who quit their jobs before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 Over 2,000 Honda cars from Thailand - the first batches of cars to enjoy zero percent import duty under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) have been imported to Vietnam.

 An inter-sectoral official delegation from Vietnam visited US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on March 3-4 when the ship passed through the international waters near the country’s coast.