The authorities of the central province of Quang Nam will spend over 128 billion VND (5.6 million USD) on a project to establish an elephant conservation area. 

 Over 60 Vietnamese entrepreneurs have convened in HCM City to hear about the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that integrate zero-tolerance towards threatened wildlife consumption.

 As part of plans to improve the startup ecosystem in the country, Vietnamese universities are developing student innovation and startup programmes.

 In an inspection on Thursday, Da Nang Party Secretary Nguyen Xuan Anh urged city departments to investigate the cause of My Khe beach erosion and to submit an emergency plan to protect the beach from further decay.

 All lakes in the inner city and 36 of the 140 polluted lakes on the outskirts have been cleaned, the Hanoi Water Drainage Company said on Wednesday.

 The Tay Ninh Forest Protection Department is working with the Dau Tiêeng Protective Forest Management Board to conduct an investigation into the poisoning of hundreds of forest trees

 The 13th Meet Vietnam programme features 13 international workshops and five training courses on science in central Binh Dinh province’s Quy Nhon city from March 6-10.

 Vietnamese information and technology corporation FPT has won a key IT contract worth US$11.3 with Ministry of Finance and Planning of Myanmar.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has requested network operators to withdraw and deactivate nearly 20 million pre-activated SIM cards and banned the sales of these SIM cards, however, many stores continued selling them online.

 The management and sharing of data on forests in Vietnam was the main topic of a workshop co-organised in HCM City on March 8 by the General Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Finnish Embassy.

 An International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration, and Management gathered international scientists in central Binh Dinh province to discuss environmental issues as well as share research results and management experience.

 Government controlled telecom equipment maker VNPT and mobile network operator Viettel Group have announced plans to hit their rivals hard and gain global market share in 2017.

 The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment will start late this month broadcasting eight indicators on air and water quality.

Mobile World Group (MWG) is set to open its first store in Cambodia, called BigPhone.com, General Director Tran Kinh Doanh confirmed with VET.

VietNamNet Bridge - The huge assets owned by many government officials has caused public concern. It is difficult to discover who got rich with their sweat or with illicit means.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Protective forests are being cut down at a high rate, despite laws that oversee such violations. 

Online booking has been witnessing stable growth in Vietnam in the last few years. 

The Minister of Information and Communications has asked the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information to punish cases in which Vietnamese enterprises’ advertisements with inappropriate content featured in YouTube videos.

 The individual prize of the annual Kovalevskaya awards 2016 went to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Phi Phung, a lecturer from the University of Natural Science under the Vietnam National University – HCM City.

 Quang Ninh authorities have carried out various measures to prevent pollution and improve the landscape of Ha Long Bay.