The Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) and Els Performance Golf Academy (EPGA) - the first international golf academy in Vietnam, on March 11 signed a cooperation agreement towards promoting golf movements among young people in Vietnam. 

 Gong casting performances are being introduced in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 11-13 as part of the seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to promote local cultural space of the gongs.

 An annual cultural program called “Spring colors across Vietnam” has been recently organized in Vietnam’s National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi. 

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 As Vietnamese consumers grow wealthier, the demand for supplementary food is increasing, providing fertile ground for honest and dishonest traders alike. Kim Huong reports.

 The Vietnam National of Administration Tourism (VNAT) has issued documents to warn domestic travel companies of security instability in Egypt.

 Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich chaired a ceremony to welcome Philippine Secretary of National Defence Delfin Lorenzana in Hanoi on March 11.

 An Indonesian woman accused of killing a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at a Malaysian airport in 2017 was released from custody on March 11 after a Malaysia court dropped a murder charge against her.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 32nd session in Hanoi on March 11, under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently debuted a new website available at http://cptpp.moit.gov.vn/ where citizen and enterprises can learn more about the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

 Hanoi authorities have announced a list of 74 sites which violate fire safety regulations.

An Indonesian investor may prematurely halt a major mining project in the country after a dispute with a local contractor resulted in violence. 

The Taxation Department in the northern province of Quang Ninh found that 32 retail shops belonging to zero-dong tours paid a mere VND1.5 billion in taxes in 2017, a modest tax contribution compared to their high volume of sales.

Cisco System, an American multinational technology conglomerate, predicts that in 2020 there will be 50 billion devices connected with one another via the Internet, namely Internet of Things (IoT).

The Hanoi People's Committee finds it necessary to restrict private vehicles to solve traffic congestion and environmental pollution.

A sharp decline in Samsung Vietnam’s profit was due to unfavorable business operations of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen, Samsung Electronics Vietnam Bac Ninh and Samsung Display Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has appointed To Anh Dung, Director General of the Personnel Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assistant to the Foreign Minister, as the new Vice Foreign Minister.

VietNamNet Bridge - Will foreign portfolio investment (FPI) continue flowing to Vietnam in 2019 as it did in 2017 and 2018?

Vietnam has set the deadline for installing electronic toll booths in all expressways nationwide by the end of 2019 in an effort to boost transparency in toll collection. 

The booming ecommerce market in Vietnam is expected to beat the previous revenue forecast of US$10 billion and reach US$15 billion by 2020, a trade official has said.