Thirty-seven train drivers for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro route in Hanoi have been sent to China for training courses as the line is scheduled to begin services in April 2019.

 Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007, will be a special guest in attendance at the “Son 3” concert, set to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on March 30-31.

 Da Nang city and Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Nam provinces will coordinate with the Vietnam General Department of Tourism to promote tourism at the 2019 International Tourism Exchange in Berlin (ITB), Germany, from March 6-10.

 The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2019 will take place on March 24 morning, the Vietnam Sports Administration announced on March 6.

Park Hang-seo will coach Vietnam’s U22 football team at the upcoming 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines, with the optimal goal of conquering the long-awaited men’s football gold medal at the largest regional sporting event.

 The ADB and the WB have decided to use the Vietnam National E-Procurement System to implement online bidding for bidding packages that are widely competitive in the field of construction and goods.

 Following the success of previous years, the seventh Vietnam International Travel Mart 2019 (VITM 2019), themed ‘Green Tourism’, will be held at the Vietnam – Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace in Hanoi from March 27-30.

 Up to 70 percent of Japanese businesses have announced that they want to expand operations in Vietnam, especially in manufacturing, trade and service, and retail sector, according to the Japanese External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

 Member of the Party Central Committee and Standing Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son paid a visit to France on March 4 and 5 as a special envoy of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 The UN Women in Vietnam, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), and the Vietnamese Women’s Museum launched a mobile exhibition themed “The safe journey” on March 6 to raise public awareness of ensuring safety for women and children.

 A museum is calling for the donation of documents and objects linked to the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, which saw Vietnam defeating the French colonialists to put an end to their rule in Indochina in 1954.

 The Da Nang Museum will host the Japan Culture Festival on March 10, introducing a series of traditional cultural activities and performances from Japan to local residents and tourists.

 As disputes between apartment residents and developers are cropping up in HCM City, the Ministry of Construction and the National Assembly’s Committee on Law will inspect the management and operation of several apartment buildings in the city.

 Localities throughout the country have been active in taking concrete measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

 Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in protecting and promoting civil and political rights will be shared at the 125th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 11-12.

 Vietnamese Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Lopez Locsin co-chaired the ninth meeting of the Vietnam-Philippines Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation in Manila on March 6.

 The Pac Bo festival 2019, the first of its kind, kicked off in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on March 6, attracting crowds of locals and visitors. 

VietNamNet Bridge - “The MoMo Challenge is challenging our parenting skills,” BB, a mother wrote recently on her Facebook page, calling it a “nightmare”.

 Two training vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) arrived at Tien Sa port on March 6, beginning a visit to the central city of Da Nang.

 VinaPhone yesterday distributed nearly 5,000 eSIMs for its customers who had pre-ordered this from January 2019.  It also announced the official mass launch of eSIM onto the market from March 11, 2019.