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.

Hanoi Party Secretary Hoang Trung Hai has hoped that Hanoi and Hessen state of Germany will further bilateral partnership across education-training, vocational training, medical science and hi-tech industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite difficulties, Vietnam’s rice exports have remained stable over the last few years thanks to low prices. However, this advantage may not help in the future as the world market has seen major changes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The billionaires all have huge assets in the US, and their names are well known in the US, which has the highest number of billionaires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lying quietly behind mountains, Lan Xi Village in Ha Giang Province will impress visitors in the first month of this lunar year by its wonderful natural surroundings and peaceful atmosphere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cua Bac Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 56 Phan Dinh Phung Street in the Ba Dinh District of Hanoi.

 The Vietnam National Petroleum Group posted a consolidated after-tax profit of more than VND3.1 trillion (US$137.8 million) last year, versus a loss of nearly VND9.1 billion ($404,000) in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Guest workers management office in Japan, under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, reported receiving news on February, 22 about four Vietnamese workers being expelled from Japan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged agencies to take measures to tackle the ongoing drought and saline intrusion in the central region at a Government meeting on Monday.

 On Monday morning a driver lost control of his car. He hit and killed three people, including a 6-year-old student at Ngoc Lam Primary School in Ha Noi's Long Bien District.

 Dialogue and cooperation are the most effective ways to address human rights issues, said Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc at the 31st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland on March 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Simon Niggli of Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher of Austria walked 7,000km from Europe to Asia, across 19 countries, over the last 13 months to collect aid for underprivileged Vietnamese children.

 Several female ambassadors and ambassadors’ spouses will go catwalk in Vietnam’s traditional long dress (ao dai) for the first time during a festival live broadcast in Hanoi on March 4.

 The Hanoi Transport Department on March 1 began issuing and re-issuing international driving permits (IDP) for both Vietnamese and foreign residents at No.2 Phung Hung street or No.16 Cao Ba Quat street.

 The 110th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, a prominent leader of Vietnam’s revolution in the 20th century, was marked at his memorial site in Duc Tan commune, central Quang Ngai province, on March 1.

 Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to strengthen wide-ranging defence cooperation to further contribute to the bilateral strategic partnership.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cau Ngu Festival, the biggest event of fishermen in Danang City to pray for good weather and fish catches in the new year, was held last week in Thanh Khe District, gathering a large number of fishermen and visitors.

 Vietnam beat Slovenia 3-1 in the second match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships' women's competition, which is ongoing in Malaysia.

  Vietnamese Becamex Binh Duong lost 3-1 to FC Tokyo in the second round Group E match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, said that Uber lost more than $1 billion per year in the Chinese market while participating in the price competition with its rivals. However, in Vietnam, Uber is working very well.