Marcelo Pino, Chile's most-talked about young sommelier, will take part in a Chile Wine Tour to introduce that country's wines in HCM City on March 31.

American trio Fugu will perform works of modern musicians like Miguel del Aguila, Maria Newman, Rebecca Clarke at the free monthly concert for young audiences at the HCM City Opera House on the evening of March 29.

The finance ministry (MoF) has increased the export duty on gold jewellery of more than 95% purity from zero to 2%.

Many supermarkets nationwide have collected used batteries, offered reusable bags and cut prices on energy-savings devices in response to the Earth Hour event scheduled from 8:30pm-9:30pm on March 28.

Visitors to a weekend Thai festival at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology can mingle with artistic dance performers and learn about the country's cuisine.

Vietam beat Malaysia 2-1 in the first match of Group I in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) U23 Championship Qualifier on March 27 in Kuala Lumpur.

Local petroleum retail prices remain unchanged at VND17,286 (US$0.80) per litre on March 26, while the Government has asked the stabilisation fund to be reduced.

Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of US$1.8 billion in the first three months of this year, accounting for 9% over the total export-import turnover.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 7% to end at US$3.05 billion in the first quarter of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

Ly Hoang Nam helped Vietnam defeat Syria 2-1 in the second match of Group B at the Davis Cup's Group III Asia/Oceania Zone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 26.