VOV.VN - The Bangladesh-Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS) made its debut on March 13, as part of the activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Bangladesh diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - Street barbers have been operating in the capital since the 18th century, with portraits of local street barbers being showcased by several foreign media outlets, including CBS News.

Mobile phone subscribers with personal information that does not match the national population database will be blocked from March 31.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam, led by Nguyen Huy Tien, permanent deputy prosecutor general, attended the 15th International Meeting on Criminal Science and the third conference on the rule of law, law and society, which ran from March 15 to March 17 in the Cuban capital of Havana.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese flight attendants have been arrested at Tan Son Nhat International Airport after being found trying to illegally smuggle in over 10kg of drugs and ecstasy pills from France.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued an action plan to reduce methane emissions till 2030, with six major tasks.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hoang Vu Thanh on March 16 had a meeting with a visiting delegation of the Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific Cities (TPO) led by Secretary-General Woo Kyoung-ha.

A 100-kg sea turtle, entangled in a fishing net, was rescued by a local fisherman in the waters of Lang Co township, Phuc Loc district of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, and later released to the nature, leaders of the Lang Co Border Post said on March 16.

VOV.VN - 30 years on since the first kidney transplants were performed in 1992, Cho Ray Hospital has so far successfully conducted a total of 1,127 cases, helping to improve the lives of thousands of people.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue closely cooperating with Vietnam in the field of education and training, Shimizu Akira, chief representative in Vietnam of JICA assured Vietnamese Education Minister Nguyen Kim Son in Hanoi on March 16.

Four rare civet species have been found in Xuan Lien Natural Reserve in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa thanks to photo traps.

Vietnam’s coast guards have been working closely with localities to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) with concerted measures over the past years.

VOV.VN - The central province of Quang Ngai solemnly held a ceremony on March 16 to commemorate 504 innocent Vietnamese people killed in a massacre by US soldiers in My Lai village during the US-waged war in Vietnam 55 years ago.

Since 2018, the Haemodialysis Care Project between Vietnamese and Singaporean partners has worked to improve the overall quality of care for more than 2,500 renal patients in the northern region.

VOV.VN - Up to 86.4% of Vietnamese children between the ages of six and eight have tooth decay, according to a survey announced recently by the Vietnam Odonto Stomatology Association.

VOV.VN - As many as 13 people have been injured after a truck collided with a passenger bus in Quy Nhon city of Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has proposed to add a group to the list of people paying compulsory social insurance.

An investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 15 officially launched probes into a former staff member of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight others for suspected wrongdoings related to repatriation flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Quang, secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee and head of the Danang National Assembly delegation, hosted a reception on March 15 for Mayor of Daegu City of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Hong Joon Pyo and his delegation which is making a working visit to the central city.

VOV.VN - The nation has outlined a roadmap to gradually eliminate Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from 2024 with the goal of reducing the basic consumption of these harmful substances to the ozone layer from 2024 to 2028, according to Tang The Cuong, Director General of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

VOV.VN - In addition to waste sorting and collection infrastructure, technology and innovation play an important role in facilitating the development of recycled plastic packaging, thereby driving the recycling industry and the circular economy.

The application of digital science and technology towards the goal of gender equality requires political will and real actions of governments and the willingness to transform of relevant sectors in society, affirmed a Vietnamese official.

VOV.VN -The nation’s current situation is similar to the UK's in the first decade of the 21st century, meaning it can learn from and co-operate with British side in the field of clean energy development, according to Dr. Dao Duc Cuong, an expert from Bradford University.

The People’s Committee of central Quang Tri province in collaboration with the Irish Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony on March 14 to turn on green lights on Hien Luong bridge in the Hien Luong-Ben Hai national relic site on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of Vietnam-Ireland diplomatic relations and Ireland's St. Patrick’s Day (March 17).

VOV.VN - Several people were injured after a passenger bus plowed into a sidewalk eatery in Hanoi on March 14.

Winners of the Vietnam Amazing Brewing Master 2023 contest were hounoured at a ceremony on March 13, which was held in the framework of the 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.

Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Bui Van Cuong delivered a speech on gender equality in parliaments at the plenary session of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain on March 13 (local time).

The Can Tho University in collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust held a seminar in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 13 to discuss biodiversity for opportunities, livelihoods and development in Vietnam.

More than THB10,000 (US$3,000) was raised by overseas Vietnamese living, working and studying in Thailand’s Udon Thani province for the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club at a ceremony in the locality on March 13.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.