The outbreaks of the African Swine Fever (ASF) were observed in 17 provinces and cities in Vietnam, according to the Department of Animal Health’s latest report on March 14.

 The People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City will make Nguyen Hue walking street and Le Loi street in the downtown area better to serve city dwellers’ need of entertainment and public activities, said a leader of the committee.

 The uptake of self-paid vaccines amongst parents in Ho Chi Minh City is high; however, waiting for foreign-made self-paid vaccine has risked the lives of children and the community because they have not immunized as per schedule.

 Deputy chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen presided over a meeting with relevant agencies on the progress of major projects to ease traffic jam in areas surrounding Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 15.

 The Hanoi Taxi Association has written to the prime minister expressing disapproval of a recent Transport Ministry proposal to define transport services that use automobiles with fewer than nine seats as either a taxi or contract transport.

 Vietnam has set a target to earn US$3.83 billion from fruit exports in 2019, a year-on-year increase of only 0.8%, as China, Vietnam’s largest fruit importer, has tightened its control over the informal export of fruits to its market.

 An exhibition entitled "Lua Thanh Xuan" (Fire of the Youth) opened at the Hoa Lo prison historical relic site in Hanoi on March 15.

 Morotai, a container ship owned by CMA CGM Group Agencies (Australia) Pty Ltd., docked at the SP-ITC International Container Terminal in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, on March 15.

 Four kilometers in length, the road along To Lich River in the southwest of Hanoi will soon become a pedestrian street and the longest in the capital.

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 The Vietnamese billiards team competing at the ongoing UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams have reached the quarterfinals of the competition.

 Lac Thi communal house is one of a number of ancient communal houses in Hanoi. The house is dedicated to To Hien Thanh – a great mandarin of the late 11th and early 12th century.

 A deadly fire has ripped through a kiosk containing electronic products, killing three people. The blaze took place in Phuoc Buu town, Xuyen Moc district, Ba Ria Vung Tau province, on March 15.

 A ceremony was held at the Son My relic site in Tinh Khe commune of Quang Ngai city, the central province of Quang Ngai, on March 16 in memory of 504 local civilians massacred by US troops 51 years ago.

 The Ministry of Transport is planning the construction of a railway route which will go through China’s Hekou County.

 Nearly 52,000 foreign workers from over 8,700 units have joined social insurance in Vietnam after just three months of compulsory social insurance collection for this group of labourers.

 Police in the border town of Mong Cai in Quang Ninh Province announced Thursday that they have arrested two local people for human trafficking. 

 Authorities in Bac Ninh Province are investigating the alleged use of meat from sick pigs at a local nursery school.

 Tiny lanes are a common feature of Hanoi's Old Quarter.

 The real estate market in Mui Ne in Phan Thiet City in the south-central province Binh Thuan has been buzzing in recent times with many tourism property and transport projects being developed.