VietNamNet Bridge - Some mobile network operators have proposed to take back 2G network frequency to pave the way for the development of 4G network. However, some analyst say it is still too early.

Since the development of new schools cannot catch up with the population increase, HCM City is seriously lacking schools. Because of this, parents have to enroll their children in privately run day-boarding classes.

 President Truong Tan Sang asked Samsung Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to help Vietnam develop the support industry during a reception for Han Myong Sup, Samsung Vietnam’s General Director, in Hanoi on March 30.

Mobile phones and components remain in the lead amongst the group of ten products that foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) earned from exporting between January 1 and March 15, 2016.

The National Assembly (NA) has agreed to let Nguyen Sinh Hung step down from both positions as Chairman of the NA and the National Election Council (NEC) during a plenary session in Hanoi on March 30.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Van Cuong left his hometown in the northern province of Hung Yen for Hanoi over a decade ago to start everything from scratch. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The continued net sales by foreign investors has raised big concerns. However, experts have said the net sales would end by June.

A spokesperson for Song Da No2 Joint Stock Company (SD2) called up a magazine to grumble that steel prices have skyrocketed, pushing up costs for his company by billions of dong since the prices started to rise.

 Diseases in Hanoi have been controlled over the past three months, Deputy Director of the municipal Health Department Hoang Duc Hanh has said.

  Promises of high returns and increasing competition are prompting developers to spend enormously on luxury resort projects.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the setting up of a research and development centre for human organ and tissue transplants at 108 Military Hospital.

 Surveillance cameras and speed monitoring devices installed along the Hanoi-Lao Cai and  Phap Van - Cau Gie - Ninh Binh expressways will start recording violations on May 1 and July 1 respectively.

 The Japanese Government will relax visa regulations for citizens from five countries, including Vietnam, in a bid to attract more tourists to Japan in the coming time, the local Yomiuri newspaper said on March 30.

 Ho Chi Minh City will host the 4th ASEAN Chief Justices’ Meeting on April 1, featuring Supreme Court delegations from ten ASEAN member states.

Vietnam wishes for continued support from the international community, including the World Bank, to fulfill its development goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa during a reception in Hanoi on March 30.

 Legislators held group discussions in the morning of March 30 about the retirement of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, who also chairs the National Election Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first quarter of 2016 has passed and major challenges for Vietnam's economy have been revealed, not promising a bright future as we had expected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Saigon man has bought an SIM card from the owner of a gold shop in the northern province of Thai Binh at the cost of up to VND9.9 billion (nearly $500,000).

Dr. Tran Dinh Phong from Hanoi has published his research in the prestigious journal Nature Materials, with the findings of the structure and mechanism of action of a catalyst that can replace platinum,an expensive material.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution levels are adversely affecting local residents’ health and the long-term economic development of a traditional handicraft village located about 70km from Ha Noi,