A training workshop to improve the capacity of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies in the use of techniques and tactics to investigate corruption cases was launched in Hanoi on March 14.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on March 14 sentenced three Chinese men, all from Jiangxi province, to up to 42 months in prison for using fake bank cards to steal cash from ATMs.

The World Bank will fund a project to help the central province of Quang Tri make its reservoirs safer.

A ceremony took place on March 14 at the Headquarter of the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland to celebrate the International Francophone Day (March 20).

Representatives from 17 cities and provinces of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands gathered in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, on March 14 to seek ways for sustainable development of the Mekong Basin.

The Military Command of Dien Bien city and sappers from the Military High Command of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 14 safely detonated an about 150-kg bomb dropped by the US troops during the war in Vietnam.

Nearly 500 war veterans who struggled to defend Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago met in Hoa Vinh town, Dong Hoa district, the central province of Phu Yen, to recall the Gac Ma battle 30 years ago.

Hanoi is willing to create all favourable conditions for Finnish enterprises to make investment in and provide equipment for garbage and wastewater treatment in the city.

The Japanese Government will provide over US$403,600 in non-refundable aid for five projects in health care and education in Vietnam under contracts signed in Ho Chi Minh City on March 14.

The battle to defend Vietnam’s Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef on March 14, 1988 will be officially included in the high school curriculum, an act to pay tribute to the 64 Vietnamese martyrs and help infuse their unyielding spirit into future generations.

Nearly 200 war veterans who once stationed on Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago attended a ceremony held in central Da Nang city on March 14 to commemorate 64 soldiers who laid down their lives while defending the island on March 14, 1988. 

VOV.VN - The management board of Son My Relic Site in Tinh Khe commune,  central Quang Ngai province has unveiled that it has recovered nearly 100 more items related to the Son My massacre. 

VOV.VN - A huge fire ripped through a scrap warehouse near a school on Tan Thanh Street, Tan Binh ward, Di An town, in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 14, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of students. 

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and a Government delegation on March 14 paid tribute to Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's Discernment Council Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam who passed away on March 13 in Bac Ninh province at the age of 90.

Russian nationals staying in Nha Trang city of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa cast their ballots to elect a new President of Russia in an early election vote on March 14.

A press competition aiming to increase public engagement in eradicating tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam has been launched in response to the upcoming World TB Day (March 24).

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Poland held a requiem in Warsaw on March 13 to pray for 64 soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend Vietnam’s Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef 30 years ago.

The authorities of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa and local armed forces gathered on March 14 to pay tribute to 64 naval officers and soldiers who lost their lives in a battle to protect Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago three decades ago

Businesses were urged to increase their involvement in addressing environmental challenges caused by the operation of cruise ships in Ha Long Bay during the fifth leadership committee meeting of Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance in northern Quang Ninh province on March 13.

VOV.VN - A memorial service will be held in May to repatriate 65 sets of remains of Vietnamese fallen soldiers from Laos to Vietnam.

 The Pen Monument in Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi is set to go green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day – Ireland’s National Day on March 17, as the capital joins the Global Greening Initiative for the second time.

 President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on March 13 sent a letter of condolences to Archbishop of Hue Archdiocese Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh, who is also President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam and Bishop of Thanh Hoa Diocese.

Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) in Ho Chi Minh City introduced its pioneering model of building a smart urban area using modern technology on March 13. 

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, along with other Vietnamese localities, is racing to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as there is only more than a month left before the deadline to show progress to the European Commission (EC) in solving the problem.

VOV.VN - A team of eye specialists from Quang Nam province has been in Sekong province, Laos to provide free eye check-ups and surgeries to local people.

VOV.VN - Tunnel N1 at An Suong 3-level intersection in Ho Chi Minh city’s north-western gateway opened to traffic on March 14.

An old bus had its wheel comes off while traveling in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, frightening passengers aboard yet leaving nobody injured.

Two technology officers from VTC Online and CNC were arrested for running a multi-million-dollar gambling line under the wings of former C50 director general. 

The Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is facing a level-4 risk of fires, which is likely to be raised to level 5, the level of extreme danger, said the sanctuary management board on March 13.

More than 3,500 out of over 1 million blind people in Vietnam have used computer proficiently for the work and daily life, President of the Vietnam Blind Association Pham Viet Thu noted at a conference on solutions to information technology (IT) development for the blind in Hanoi on March 13.