The police are investigating the alleged use of meat from sick pigs at several schools in Bac Ninh Province as the number of children tested positive for cysticercosis has climbed to 209.

 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.

After the Government took steps to prevent rice prices from falling in February, prices have started to inch up in the Mekong Delta – the granary of Viet Nam – though not by much.

 A new method of blended learning, which combines classroom and online learning, helps Vietnamese students access standard high school education programmes in the US and Canada. 

 The domestic agricultural sector is working to raise the quality and value of Vietnamese coffee given that coffee export turnover has yet to match the volume. 

Since the beginning of the year the State Bank of Vietam has been increasing the reference rate of the đồng against the US dollar, and the Vietnamese currency has appreciated 0.43 per cent as a result.

 Despite officially going bankrupt, Bong Mieu Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (BMGMC) has yet to close the mine and restore the area due to a lack of finances.

 Many provisions set out in the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement would directly and positively impact the Vietnamese market for spirits, making it one of the most promising markets in Asia.

 Thanks to planting roses, many people living by Langbiang Mountain in Lac Duong town, Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province have been provided with a stable income – some even going on to become millionaires.

VietNamNet Bridge - The PM has approved a pilot program on using telecommunication accounts for payments for digital content services and small-scale e-commerce transactions. 

VietNamNet Bridge - It’s still too early to tell if VietNamTa, which means ‘our Vietnam’, will be popular among Vietnamese, but it is getting more users day by day.

 2020 is believed to be a do-or-die year for banks since the SBV has decreed that they must all meet global capital adequacy norms, according to analysts. 

 The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into property in the first months of 2019 promises to bring many new opportunities for the real estate market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The tailings dam break at Corrego do Feijao in Brazil in January has raised the fear that a similar disaster may occur at the red mud reservoirs in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese farmers have been urged to use AI in agriculture because it is considered the ‘key to all technologies’. 

VietNamNet Bridge - After in-depth study of philosophy and space science, CEO Nguyen Tu Quang says he has found the key for Vietnam to become a powerful country after 15 years.

 Parents in the northern province of Bac Ninh have been rushing their children to hospitals in neighboring Hanoi City for pig tapeworm tests, local media reports said.

 Digital government, digital citizen, digital banking, digital business, etc. sound like buzzwords but they are actually present in the daily life, such as the smartphone in your hand.

  Investors may keep betting on bank stocks this week, securities firms said, but selling pressure may weigh on the market’s overall performance as local stocks are considered as being overbought in recent days.

 Nearly 2,000 foreign and domestic runners will take part in the 61st National Marathon Tournament organised by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper in Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, on March 24.