VietNamNet Bridge – The Brussels-based dance company t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e and the Bong Sen Traditional Art Troupe will present a dance performance titled Urban Distortions at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden on March 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s number one hope Lian Tran was ousted from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Asia 14 and Under Championships Division 1’s third round in HCM City on March 16.

VietNamNet Bridge - The loading and unloading of bulk commodities which can cause environmental pollution, such as cement, clinker and woodchips, have resumed on the Ha Long Bay despite the ban in 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chu Dinh Nghiem will replace Pham Minh Duc to coach the Ha Noi T&T team of the national premier league, the club’s leaders announced yesterday, March 17.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has asked for the Ministry of Transport’s permission to sell an 83M floating dock for VND34.8 billion, or $1.5 million. 

 Airport Corporation of Vietnam will sell more than 166 million shares to French airport management firm Aeroport de Paris at the starting price of no more than VND13,100 (6 U.S. cents) per share.

 Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has shown its reluctance to purchase products of Nghi Son oil refinery as they do not meet European 4 emissions standards (Euro 4). 

 The HCMC Department of Tourism on March 16 offered a public apology to Egyptian tourist Alaa Mohammad Abdu Ali Aldoh who lost her handbag in a drive-by robbery in District 1 a week ago.

 More than US$1 million has been mobilised from Thai and Vietnamese sponsors so far to serve the fifth Asian Beach Games 2016 (ABG 5) that will take place in the central city of Da Nang in September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three years after her seventh solo exhibition in Canada, painter Dinh Thi Tham Poong recently presented to art lovers her latest solo exhibition showcasing her different style.  

 Hanoi’s Department of Internal Affairs has been heavily criticised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after it issued a document which tweaked the recruitment policies for full-time teachers.

 The Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) has appointed a new General Director.

 As rumors continue to swirl a representative from Big C Vietnam told VET on March 16 that “We have no official information that Aeon plans to buy Big C Vietnam.”

Four large State-owned enterprises in the agriculture sector are to be equitized before 2020: the Vietnam Rubber Group, the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation, the Vietnam Northern Food Corporation, and the Vietnam Coffee Corporation.

 Given the success of the first edition in 2015, the Gout de France dinner event will come back on March 21, featuring 25 restaurants in HCMC, Hanoi, Danang, Hoi An and Hue.

 The musical group Bond is excited about returning for its second performance in Vietnam and to headline at the 2016 Lexus Music Night in Hanoi on March 25 said the band’s publicist in a news release.

Sea law experts and researchers, policy makers, diplomats and scholars have agreed on the need to address disputes in the East Sea by peaceful measures in line with international law.

 Hot hits of the original electric string quartet BOND from the UK, will be performed by the band and supported by Vietnamese artists, during the Lexus Music Night 2016, to be held in Hanoi on March 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Aside from natural forces like climate change, countries’ actions have worsened the drought and salinity in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta.

 How to use water resources of the Mekong River effectively heated up the 43rd meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Joint Committee taking place in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.