Agricultural intensification and growth in the past three to five decades have provided a solid footing for the development of East Asia.

The President of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Moon Jae-in, had breakfast with his wife at a noodle soup restaurant on Hoang Minh Giam Street in Hanoi on the morning of March 24 before drawing a close to their State visit to Vietnam.

 Developers in Ho Chi Minh City are trying to realise the dream of greening out their real estate projects.

 The HCMC government is working on a plan to make use of underground space across the city to make room for vehicles, services and commercial activities to ease chronic traffic congestion and meet the needs for fast urbanization.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho has launched a project to improve the efficiency of advanced farming models in semi-urban areas.

Vietnamese leaders met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Hanoi on March 23. 

 Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to lift two-way trade to 100 billion USD by 2020 during talks in Hanoi on March 23 between President Tran Dai Quang and RoK President Moon Jae-in. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 23 for President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea, during which the host highlighted the significance of Moon's current visit to Vietnam.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan left Hanoi in the morning of March 24 for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) and related meetings from March 24-25.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the last 30 years, Vietnam has attracted massive amounts of FDI but has missed opportunities to develop supporting industries.

 Despite significant efforts to resolve bad debts over the course of 2017, commercial banks will likely carry a total VND60 trillion ($2.64 billion) of bad debts into 2018.

It takes nearly seven hours to travel from Muong Lay District to the Muong Nhe District Medical Station, where doctor Nguyen Van Hieu examines and treats local children and other residents.

 The central city of Danang is pinning high hopes on a US$1 billion hi-tech center named Danang Silicon at the Danang Hi-tech Park (DHTP) in Hoa Vang District. 

 Vietnam and Indonesia are standing to benefit the most in Southeast Asia from expanded industrial projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – I arrived in Pleiku on time when the coffee flowers are blossom with fragrance spreading across the central highlands city.

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With the desire to help minority children gain a brighter future, teachers have volunteered to leave their families for the remote Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum to work at the Mang Ri Boarding School,

Kim Thai, 37, a Khmer man living in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, wears a broad-brim hat to walk the streets of Long Phu Town, selling lottery tickets to earn a living as he has for the past 13 years.

 The Vietnamese real estate market has been on a strong path to recovery since 2014. We have witnessed a strong breakthrough as many projects were offered for sale with good absorption in the market. 

 Up to 14 people have been killed while 60 others have been injured in the apartment fire in HCM City early Friday according to the city's Department of Health.