VietNamNet Bridge – On March 4, a female passenger gave birth to a baby on a flight from HCM City to Da Nang on a Jetstar Pacific aircraft.

Hundreds of people from Quang Cu commune of Sam Son town, Thanh Hoa province surrounded the headquarters of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee for 11 days to protest a beach tourism project.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Built on an area of 5,000 m2, with some gold-inlaid details, the temple of the Tran Family is the largest of its kind in Ha Tinh, a poor province in central Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least five foreign investors have announced they will vie to acquire Big C Vietnam but Vietnamese investors remain indifferent to the deal.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday organized a ceremony to launch annually environmental campaign Earth Hour 2016 in Hanoi with the attendance of over 3,000 students and activists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Information technology (IT) firms, seaport and real estate developers are expected to do well in 2016 despite challenges to the national economy.

The World Federation of Trade Unions Presidential Council asserts its absolute support for Vietnam to protect the national sovereignty and sovereign right in the East Sea by peaceful means in line with the UN Charter and international law.

 Vietnam’s Internet speed was ranked 12 th in the Asian region, according to a report recently released by the US-based content delivery network service provider Akamai Technologies.

Republic of Korean rescue forces have entered the fourth day scouring the country’s waters for six Vietnamese sailors who remained missing after their fishing boat was found capsized about 110km east of Homigot port on March 3.

 The much-debated Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement involving Vietnam and 11 other countries is now set to undergo at least a lengthy two-year period of much argument about the real value of the deal.

VietNamNet Bridge – With a labyrinth of rivers and canals, the Mekong Delta is rich in fish and other aquatic products. Therefore, local people dry fish to make it a specialty of the region, which tourists often buy as a gift for family and friends.

 Designer Nguyen Cong Tri will be the only Vietnamese representative to participate in the Asian Fashion Meets Tokyo show from March 14 to 19.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘Locky’, a new virus that encrypts victims’ files and demands ransom for decryption, has been spreading at an alarming rate, according to FPT, Vietnam’s largest information technology group.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City local authorities have decided that there must be at least 24 schools that meet standards to approach regional and international education.

VietNamNet Bridge - Behind the current sales promotion campaigns for zero-dong and super-cheap fares is stiff competition among low-cost air carriers (LCC).

 VietNamNet Bridge - After nearly 20 years in Vietnam, a pyramid-scheme business has attracted millions of people. Up to 90% of products are dietary supplements.

 Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc, a leading American manufacturer of spider silk-based fibre, has signed an agreement with a government entity in Viet Nam to develop its advanced silk technology.

 A book, written by one of only a dozen survivors of the 1968 My Lai massacre, was published on the 48th anniversary of the infamous incident.

A handful of large Japanese enterprises operating in Vietnam admit to not harbouring plans to expand their operations in the country in 2016, while almost 64 percent want to increase local operations this year.

The issue of cross ownership has hindered Vietnam’s banking industry over the last ten years, causing damage to and threatening the stability of the local banking system.