The Foreign Ministry is working intensively with China and countries along the Mekong River on together using the river’s water resource in a sustainable manner for harmonious interests of both the countries and their people living along the river.

 The French Chamber of Deputies on March 17 officially ratified the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between Vietnam and the European Union.

 President of the National Assembly (NA) of France Claude Bartolone started his official visit to Vietnam on March 18.

A preliminary list of candidates standing for the upcoming National Assembly election was drawn up during the second consultation conference held by the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in Hanoi on March 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drought in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region has seriously affected farming and the lives of local residents in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - In an effort to improve the training quality and reduce the unemployment rate, many universities and junior colleges haven decided to train students according to orders set by businesses.

New investment plans have been prepared by foreign investors for Vietnamobile and Gmobile with hopes of remapping the telecom market, which has been dominated by big Vietnamese players.

 The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam one of its four strategic export markets, along with China, Iran, and Brazil.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Tien Village in Phu Vang District, Thua Thien-Hue Province is well-known for its 300-year-old craft of making paper flowers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Big money has been poured into pearl projects in Vietnam, which has a long coastline of 3,600 kilometers, but profits have sometimes been unsatisfactory.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rising demand for credit across Vietnam’s private sector is expected to drive bank loan books above the highs recorded last year.

 German and local filmmakers will gather at Mini Docfest documentary festival hosted by Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on March 19-20.

 Hanoi will host a series of activities on March 19 in response to the 2016 Earth Hour, which promotes how a small individual action can make a big influence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Vietnamese unlisted public companies (UPCoM) doubled last year, and 2016 regulations should bolster once-sluggish growth even more.

M_Service JSC, the operator of mobile e-wallet MoMo, on March 17 announced it has received an investment worth $28 million from Standard Chartered Private Equity and the global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs.

 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Tran Ngoc Lan Khue has bowed out of the Top 20 at Miss Grand Slam 2015, according to GlobalBeauties.com.

 The Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) Endurance-class Landing Ship Tank (LST), RSS Endurance, led by Lieutenant Colonel Noel Chen Xin Yi, arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on March 17 to start a five-day port call.

 VN Index will climb to reach the highest level since 2008 as a rising economy and earnings draw investors, Bloomberg Business news reported on March 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors have shown their interest in the value of the hotline of the HCM City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang and expect that the transparency of the investment environment will improve.

 The upcoming visit to Vietnam by President of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone is expected to further the strategic partnership between the two countries – which was signed in September 2013.