VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in the northern province of Quang Ninh are thirsty for fresh water as most wells they use have recently been contaminated with alum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National science contests for school students are attracting more and more competitors every year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s secondary education department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – VTN Architects run by one of Việt Nam’s leading designers Vo Trong Nghia has won three Green Good Design 2019 awards from the European Centre for Architecture, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Men’s football teams at the South East Asian (SEA) Games 2019 will consist of 21 U22 players and two overage players, the organisers have announced.

Vietnam is seeking more private investment to finance infrastructure projects, but it also needs to generate higher returns on those investments. Naoyuki Yoshino, dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB Institute), 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total VND30 billion (US$1.30 million) will be invested to help prepare 27 head coaches and 66 athletes for key international contests in the next few years, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese walkers secured the best finish of all Southeast Asian athletes at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championship which closed in Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday.

Faced with financial difficulties, theatre troupes in HCM City are working to attract audiences back to tuong or hat boi (classical drama), a Vietnamese traditional theatre that originated in the 12th century, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kashiki Shoko of Japan claimed the yellow jersey at the Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2019 over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 300 representatives of embassies, NGOs, travel companies and foreign organisations have joined a ‘Spring Trip of Friendship’ to Ba Vi District, on the outskirts of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has requested a recall and told consumers not to use imported cheese under the brand Hardy Affineur from France.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A railway accident on Sunday afternoon in the northern province of Nam Dinh killed two people, according to Tran Doan Huong, head of Cat Dang Railway Station.

 Vietnamese peacekeeping sappers are studying the UK’s experience about sexual violence prevention in doing peacekeeping missions at an exchange programme held from March 17-21 in Hanoi. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Đối Thoại Thường Ngày (Daily Conversation) exhibition is something of a family affair, with the silk painting and installation art featuring works by a mother-daughter duo.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total 4,144 communes were recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of February, up 306 from the end of 2018, according to the central steering office of the new-style rural area building programme.

Flower arrangements of two Vietnamese artists for the first time are on displayed at the Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Exhibition, which kicked off in Osaka city of Japan on March 15.

 The agricultural sector gained a trade surplus of US$1 billion in the first two months of this year despite a year-on-year decrease of 1.6 per cent in export value.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta will host its third biennial Book Expo with the theme Sách – Tri Thức, Phát Triển, Hội Nhập (Books: Knowledge, Development, Integration) from March 25-31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Nay Huynh, head of Ayun Commune’s women association in Gia Lai Province’s Chu Se District, first saved a newborn’s life 14 years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A librarian in Ha Tinh Province has devoted herself to bringing the joy of reading to disadvantaged children in remote areas.