Despite headwinds in the global economy, experts believe that Vietnam’s fundamentals and opportunities remain attractive to foreign investors.

 One of the major pharmaceutical firms in the country, Traphaco JSC seems to have forgotten the strength of financial vehicles to realise its profit optimisation target.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese researchers in Australia have announced a discovery which could be a breakthrough in the development of the solar energy industry.

 Samsung Life Insurance is seeking to make inroads into Viet Nam through an equity investment in Bao Viet Life, the country’s largest life insurer, Koreatimes reports.

 Vietnam has made strides in ensuring gender equality, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on March 13 decided to nullify the granted licences and not to grant new ones for flights using the Boeing 737 Max to enter Vietnam’s airspace.

 “Best English bookstore in Hanoi,” “A heaven for bookaholics”. These are two among many comments of foreigners who have visited Bookworm, a bookshop filled with English books in Hanoi.

 Eight elephants joined a football match among some of their other activities at the on-going Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 Provinces in the Mekong delta have adopted various measures against African Swine Fever (ASF) these days because of complicated development of the disease.

Banning motorbikes is expected to curb traffic congestion and pollution. However, it has a long way to go.

Vietnam has identified the private sector as a growth engine and the future of the economy, however, its current role in the economy remained modest.

 In the first two months of this year, the exchange rates at commercial banks have not seen much fluctuation but reference exchange rate has been continuously adjusted by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 The consignment of 351 containers of Vietnamese rice in transit at Kota Kinabalu port on their way to Luaban port to export to the Philippines and Hong Kong have been sequestered by the customs division.

 Four players of the national men’s football team won the highest score in the 2018 Fair-Play Awards, which were announced in Ho Chi Minh City on March 11.

 Google’s Gmail and Driver report problems as Google says applications were experiencing ‘issues’, causing many users around the world report that they cannot send mail, download files.  

 A concert will be organized at the Hanoi Opera House on March 26 and 27 to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB).

 The Ministry of Science and Technology on March 12 asked the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality to put on hold a plan to issue a set of standards for fish sauce production.

 Counterfeit products have been flooding ecommerce platforms, Thanh Nien newspaper reported, citing a report by the General Department of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The Investigative Security Agency at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has arrived at a decision regarding a case of exam fraud in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh last year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Replying to criticism, educators said that with a lack of money, facilities, teachers and curricula, ensuring high quality physical education was an impossible goal.