VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong stayed at the bottom of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League’s Group E after their second loss yesterday, March 15.

  Color Me Run, a running competition combined with music performances, will come back for the third edition in HCMC on April 16, Hanoi on May 28 and Danang on June 26.

 The Saigon Tech Startup Fest 2016 - the first large-scale tech startup festival in Vietnam, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, attracting thousands of people, particularly students in the field of information technology. 

 Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 7 hosted a reception in Hanoi for visiting Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.

 The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam has proposed that the government fine Petrolimex for $54 million and an additional $310,000 for misuse of capital and funding between 2010 and mid-2013.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has reported that 2015 was the first year it registered a profit after three years of conducting a comprehensive restructuring plan.

A grand music festival will take place at Ecopark in Hanoi on March 27 with the participation of world leading DJ Steve Aoki, Ummet Ozcan, Headhunterz and Quintino as well as local ones like Huy DX, Looze, Minh Tri and Romain Rou.

 The spiritual and intellectual beauty of talented Vietnamese women will be honoured at the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant, which was launched at a press conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15.

 Vietfest 2016, a Vietnamese cultural festival, opened at University College London on March 14 as part of activities hosted by Vietnamese students in the UK to promote the image of Vietnam’s people and land.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged relevant ministries and agencies to take measures to raise health and social insurance coverage for the elderly to the country’s average.

VietNamNet Bridge - Under a new decision released by the Hanoi Education and Training Department on March 7, students repeatedly violating traffic laws will be forced to stay away from school for one week.

 A ceremony to announce a project on the construction of a new national funeral home was held by the Ministry of Construction in collaboration with the Hanoi People’s Committee in the capital city on March 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - The asset value of Vietnam’s richest billionaire has soared to $1.8 billion (VND40.150 trillion). Meanwhile, there have been some big changes in the positions of the top 10 millionaires.

 The Hanoi Fatherland Front on March 15 received 87 application papers from candidates running for the deputies of the 14th National Assembly (NA).

 Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 15 for Hungarian Minister of Justice László Trócsányi.

 President Truong Tan Sang had a meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on March 15 as part of his State visit to the Middle East country.

 Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh and Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev emphasised the need for regional countries to maintain peace and stability, and heighten the role of multilateral cooperation mechanisms.

 Famous chefs from Vietnam will join more than 1,000 chefs from all over the world for the second "Gout de France" (Good France) to celebrate French gastronomy on March 21.

 Vietnam won two silver medals at the 51st Portuguese International Badminton Championship on March 13.

Environmentalists and economists have recommended that Vietnam not only call for support from the governments of countries up the Mekong River, but also take action to rescue the delta.