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.

 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.

 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.

 Vietnam will create favourable conditions for enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to invest in Vietnam, Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told Kyung Shik Sohn, Chairman of the Korea Employers Federation.

 Thousands of high school pupils and university students in Ho Chi Minh City showed off their English language skills during the English Camp 2018 held at Saigon University on March 24.

 Vietnamese competitors continued to win in the second day of the “Ciputra Hanoi – Yonex Sunrise VietNam International Challenge” badminton tournament yesterday.

 The National Swimming Championship began in Hue City yesterday.

 The Ministry of Health plans to start giving measles vaccine to children in their sixth month instead of the ninth, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

 Mat Bao Corporation has become a Microsoft cloud solution provider tier 1 in Viet Nam following an agreement the two signed on March 23 in HCM City.

 Condotels are becoming a hot development target in the real estate market, as international tourists flock to Viet Nam with increasing speed. 

 The State will have breakthroughs in the reform of legal regulations and business investment conditions for the domestic real estate market this year, according to experts.

 More and more livestock farming companies are adopting VietGap and Global Gap standards to improve their efficiency as well as ensure food safety, according to global quality certification agency Bureau Veritas.

 Japanese and Vietnamese performers will debut a theatre production entitled Without Signal! by director Shuji Ondera at Viet Nam Youth Theatre on March 30 & 31.

 The Kafka Festival Hanoi 2018 will review the legacy of great writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) through exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and dance performances.