The annual International Women's Cycling Tournament is expected to bring to fans exciting races as strong teams with more than 70 powerful cyclists have agreed to join the event.

Vietnam Idol's new season will begin in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 20, in which contestants between the ages of 16 and 30 will participate.

Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have collaborated to develop an environment-friendly and sophisticatedly deproteinised natural rubber.

 A set of twins in the northern Hoa Binh Province were found to have different fathers, following DNA  tests done by the Ha Noi-based Centre for Genetic Analysis and Technology.

 The Prime Minister has given the green light to the pilot establishment of the Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) Chain.

 The US Boston College has allowed the FPT University to translate and publish its education magazine in Vietnam.

 Experts and policy managers from East Asian countries are discussing how to build environmentally sustainable cities at a high-level seminar that opened in Hanoi on March 3.

 Vietnam has proved itself as an active and responsible member of the UNHRC, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc said, adding that the country joined other member nations in addressing human rights-related challenges of the humankind.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese retail chains are hurrying to expand their networks in anticipation of stiff competition with foreign giants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of Vingroup Pham Nhat Vuong is still the only Vietnamese on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, ranked 1,011th. This is the 5th time Vuong was named on this list.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixteen out of 600 listed companies which have released financial reports reported  huge pretax profits of VND1 trillion and more.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With prominent biodiversity of a special wetland, the U Minh Thuong National Park in Kien Giang Province was recognised as the 2,228th Ramsar site in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sa Phin is one of the busiest ethnic minority markets in northern Ha Giang Province.

 Local people dressed in colourful traditional costume paraded through the streets of Lang Son City on March 1 at the biggest festival of the year in Lang Son Province.

 Kelly Trang Tran, Mrs Vietnam World 2015, has announced she has departed the US and is on her way to Dongguan, China to represent Vietnam at the Mrs World 2016 pageant taking place March 1 -12.

 Nine animals belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

 The average height of Vietnamese young people is 1.644 metres for men and 1.534 for women, increasing by only 1-1.5 centimetres than that of a decade ago, experts said at a workshop on nutrition in Hanoi on March 2.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien toured the European country’s Veneto region and its capital city of Venice, whose officials voiced their readiness to expand cooperation with Vietnam.

 The Vietnamese and Lao chairpersons of the two countries’ joint committee for border marker planting held a meeting in Hanoi on March 1 and 2.

 The National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs convened its 14th plenary session in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 2 to prepare for the upcoming National Assembly sitting.