The foreign exchange (forex) market cooled down on March 26 after the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) committed to keeping the exchange rate stable.

Coach Toshiya Miura says Vietnam's national U23 team is primed to face Malaysia in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification match in Kuala Lumpur on March 27.

The Communist Party of Vientam (CPV) has always treasured its ties with traditional partners including the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), said Le Hong Anh, standing secretary of Secretariat of the Party Central Committee.

Vietnam's State Securities Committee (SSC) on March 25 held a workshop to publish changes to Decree 58/2012/ND-CP, which aim to implement and amend the Securities Law in order to improve the efficiency of the national stock market.

The garment and textile industries in Thailand and Vietnam should strengthen co-operation to improve competitiveness and exploit the ASEAN market, delegates said at a meeting held in HCM City on March 25.

A recent survey on paediatric eye care released on March 25 by the Ministry of Health's Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) showed big obstacles and gaps in paediatric eye care services in Vietnam.

The number of traffic accidents in rural and mountainous areas is rising more than in other regions, highlighting the need to disseminate more traffic safety information, said Khuat Viet Hung, deputy chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Vietnam River Network (VRN) has called for the cancellation of a residential development on 8.4 hectares of reclaimed land beside the Dong Nai River in southern Dong Nai Province.

Vietnam will play Turkmenistan in the opening Group B match of the Davis Cup's Group Three Asia/Oceania zone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 25. The other teams are Syria and Cambodia.

The French group Aeroports de Paris (ADP) will collaborate with the financial services holding company Credit Swiss to mobilise US$2.5 billion to $3 billion for Long Thanh International Airport Project in Vietnam's Dong Nai Province.