Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong received head of Medical Operational Capability at the UK’s Ministry of Defence Surgeon Commodore Stuart Millar in Hanoi on March 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 72-year-old man died while six members of his family were rescued from a fire at their home in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen Town on Sunday afternoon.

Mac Trung Kien, winner of The Face Vietnam 2018, recently took to the catwalk alongside a number of other foreign models during Seoul Fashion Week, which is currently underway in the Republic of Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has been voted one of the best cities to live in throughout Vietnam. People around the world arrive to walk along its beaches and enjoy the streets of the nearby ancient city of Hoi An. 

 HCM City has called on foreign-owned enterprises to further contribute to its development by sharing their experience, ideas and technologies as well as investing in large projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2019 the State Bank of Viet Nam has set a credit growth target for the banking sector of 14 per cent, lower than the rates of 18 per cent in 2017 and 17 per cent in 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims, participants 

HCM City streets will be lined with LED lights for the upcoming long holiday celebrating Hung Kings Memorial Day on the 10th of the third lunar month, the 44th Reunification Day on April 30, and Labour Day on May 1.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 31-year-old man from HCM City burst into tears 11 months ago when his daughter visited him for the first time at Detoxification Establishment No 3 in Binh Duong Province.

Dozens of hectares of forest were illegally cut down and private properties were constructed along National Road 29 in the area between Ea Súp and Buon Don districts as authorities admitted they were struggling to stop the encroachment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Huyen, Director General of the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam (DRVN), speaks to Viet Nam News Agency on measures to solve the problem of overloaded trucks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has set a target of reducing the number of traffic accidents and casualties by 5-10 per cent each year in 2019 and 2020. 

The Transport Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Transport have agreed to share a driving licence management database.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute returns to HCM City’s Opera House on March 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese films aimed at youth will be screened as cinemas begin to offer more locally produced movies.   

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the country’s last ca trù (ceremonial singing) masters, Nguyen Phu De, died at the age of 97 on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 12,000 people die from tuberculosis each year in Vietnam - that’s one and half times higher than those killed in traffic accidents over the same period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui The Anh won the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper Marathon yesterday in the city of Vung Tau.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat defeated defending champions San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 81-80 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) yesterday at home in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Thanh Canh has been appointed head coach of Danang Dragons.