Outgoing Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Ng Teck Hean was presented with the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” on March 21 in recognition of his contributions to enhancing the two countries’ relations. 

 Vietnam hopes for a closer coordination between Mekong countries in planning, using and regulating the water resources in the Mekong River, known as the Lancang in China, to ensure regional sustainable development.

 Vietnam and Russia convened the second defence strategy dialogue at deputy ministerial level in Moscow on March 21 to discuss strengthening bilateral defence ties.

VietNamNet Bridge - Medical vocational schools (2-year training) must upgrade into junior colleges (3-year training) or be dissolved under a new Ministry of Health (MOH) rule. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts predicted that businesses would rush to open their doors widely to welcome foreign investors once the government raises the ceiling to 100 percent. However, this has not happened.

Twenty areas in HCM City have seen rapid subsidence, while the other 40 sites are subsiding at a slower rate, according to the HCM City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Binh Duong, HCM City and Dong Nai are being considered by India to set up a satellite tracking station which would allow Vietnam access to images from Indian earth observation satellites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) and the Viet Nam Securities Depository (VSD) plan to run the first-ever derivatives market by the end of this year, said HNX.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Insects including crickets, worms, locusts etc have always been favorite ingredients in the cuisine of Muong people in Thanh Hoa. When the weather gets cold and wet, it is a perfect time for Muong people to start ...

VietNamNet Bridge - The soft landing of the Chinese economy would be better for Vietnam than a hard landing, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – The dispute settlement mechanism between the Government and foreign investors under the terms of the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) are not compatible with some institutions in the country,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Viet Nam, Facebook statuses are a good indicator of which movies are proving popular at the box office. The films “I See Yellow Flowers On The Green Grass” and "I Am Your Grandmother" are two recent examples

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yachts are becoming the new "luxury cars" in HCM City. Well, almost.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to stay between 6 and 7 per cent from 2016 to 2018,

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City, which plans to relocate people living in slums along canals, will move them to places nearby in order not to dislocate their lives.

VietNamNet Bridge –  The Foreign Investment Agency recently released a report on Chinese investment in Vietnam. Accordingly, the country is the 9th largest investor in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City people said that they would look for every opportunity, even take risks to invest to earn profits while Hanoi people put up to 80% of the earnings into the safebox.

VietNamNet Bridge – Surpassing 230,100 entries, the photo featuring lanterns in the Huong River in the ancient capital city of Hue, Vietnam reached the final of the Sony international photo contest 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Huu Vinh (nickname Anhbasam) and his subordinates are accused of writing many articles on the two blogs “Dan Quyen” and “Chep Su Viet” with the contents "smearing and distorting the truth of the State".

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has decided to double the release of water from its Jinghong reservoir on the Mekong River to help Viet Nam mitigate the impact of a severe drought in the Mekong Delta provinces.