Tonnes of rubbish have covered My Khe Beach in the central city of Danang after heavy rains.

Many Vietnamese artists have actively responded to the global Challenge for Change movement for environmental protection. 

 About 200 Asian openbills, an endangered species listed in Vietnam’s Red Book, have resided in Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, since the beginning of 2019.

 Fifty scientists from 21 countries and territories across the world gathered in Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh on March 25 under the 15th “Meeting Vietnam” (Rencontres du Vietnam) programme.

 Dozens of valuable trees have been illegally logged at a nature reserve in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

 With over 20 archaeological sites, An Khe township in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is drawing much attention from scientists and local authorities have made efforts to preserve and uphold the values of these sites.

 The National Strategy on Environment Protection aims to cut plastic bag use in traditional markets in half by 2020. However, the goal is difficult due to numerous factors.

 FPT Information System (FPT IS), a subsidiary of Vietnam’s biggest software producer FPT Group, has become the highest-level partner of Dell EMC in storage solution. 

 Microsoft Vietnam and SAP – one of the global leaders in enterprise software – announced a strategic partnership on March 22.

 Over 1,000 candidates from 105 teams nationwide competed at the national qualification round of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship – Viettel 2019 on March 24.

 Chinese smartphone players have quickly gained market share in Vietnam by offering innovative products at competitive prices.

 Vietnamobile Telecommunications JSC (Vietnamobile) has appointed Christina Hui, a representative from Hong Kong’s Hutchison Group, as its new CEO, succeeding Elizabete Fong.

 Provinces in the southern region and the Central Highlands have taken measures to prepare for drought and ensure a stable supply of power as weather forecasts say that the region could face a prolonged heat wave this year.

 The People’s Committee of northern Bắc Giang Province’s Lục Nam District said it would suspend the operation of an illegal inland waterway port built by a local enterprise to avoid over-exploitation of land.

 Illegal logging is threatening the protected forest of Sông Tranh in the central province of Quảng Nam’s Bắc Trà My District, with hundred-year-old trees being felled, Nhân Dân online newspaper reported. 

 Long-standing violations in the use and management of Soc Son District’s protection forest land have been blamed on the lax management of local authorities.

 Vietnam will be one of the first countries to deploy fifth-generation (5G) network, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized at the first-ever ASEAN Conference on 5G in Hanoi on March 22.

 Director of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Ngoc Ky stressed that Hanoi’s 5G network testing is considered a basis to promote the capital’s e-government infrastructure.

 Minister of Information and Communication (MIC) Nguyen Manh Hung highlighted the role of 5G – the next generation of wireless technology – as the pillar of the digital economy at the ASEAN Conference on 5G in Hanoi on March 21.

 A group of Canadian visitors have called on people to gather litter on a beach in Binh Dinh Province’s Quy Nhon City.