Tens of thousands of young people nationwide will say goodbye to their families and friends to join the military service in ceremonies held across the country from March 3 to 7. 

The French consulting firm hired by Vietnam’s transport ministry to forecast the demand at the country's largest airport has said it should be prepared to handle 51 million passengers and one million tons of cargo per year by 2025.

A delegation of educators from ASEAN of the European Union’s Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (SHARE) programme visited Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue to conduct institutional assessments on March 1.

Widespread network jams were reported across online banking services and electronic payment systems in Vietnam on February 28 as mobile users rushed to top-up their prepaid account balance on the last day that local carriers could offer bonuses of up to 50% the top-up value.

Six out of eight defendants in the asset embezzlement case at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land) have so far lodged their appeals against the first-instance sentences handed down by the Hanoi People’s Court on February 5. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries to review legal documents on food safety and clarify prohibitions and impose tougher sanctions for violations.

Experience in sustainable architecture and building design was shared between Vietnam and Italy during the second “Italian Design Day” held on March 1 at the Department of Italian Studies of the Hanoi University.

The spring book fair at Hanoi’s Book Street earned more than VND4 billion (US$177,200) from selling some 80,000 books from February 18 (the third day of the Lunar New Year 2018) to 25.

Vietnam will complete policy and enhance the management and exploitation of music copyright, said Dinh Trung Can, vice director of the Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC) during a workshop held in Hanoi on March 1.

The Cambodian government is set to open a path to citizenship for roughly 70,000 ethnic Vietnamese people living in Cambodia.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic joined diplomatic agencies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in an orchid diplomacy event held in the central European country on March 1.

VOV.VN - Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan, in an article in the Nhan Dan (People) daily newspaper, highlighted the remarkable achievements of the Vietnamese press in 2017. 

The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) in Vietnam and the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) jointly held a workshop in Hanoi on March 1 proposing new policies for foreign-invested businesses in the pharmaceutical industry.

The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city has asked Dana-Italy and Dana-Australia steel factories to immediately halt production activities directly causing environmental pollution. 

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan has agreed to expand the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s microbiological method to detoxify soil contaminated with Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in A Luoi district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

VOV.VN - A 45-seat passenger car fell off of a precipice on Lo Xo Pass in the district of Dak Glei, Central Highland Kon Tum province at 2.30am on March 1 as it was travelling from Ha Nam to Gia Lai provinces.

VOV.VN -  The Thai Embassy in Vietnam handed over a US$10,000 donation from the Thai Government to central Quang Tri province on February 28 to help the locality in its recovery efforts following the consequences of the 11th and 12th storms of 2017.

A Philippine man on a Greek-flagged ship has been rescued and transported to central Da Nang city’s Hoan My hospital after suffering a heart attack on the way to China from Singapore.

The average household poverty rate in Vietnam dropped by 1.51% from 2016 to 6.72% in 2017, according to the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction.

Leaders of the central city of Da Nang held a dialogue on February 28 with locals in Hoa Lien commune, Hoa Vang district where Dana-Italy and Dana-Australia steel factories are reportedly causing environmental pollution.

The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at a location about 125 km away from Hong Kong at 6:30 am on February 27, disrupting Internet connections from Vietnam to other countries.

Vietnam got a 30% increase in its score on the sixth Intellectual Property (IP) Index report just released by the US Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)’s Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC). 

As many as 135 people have been nominated for the Vietnam Outstanding Youth Faces Award 2017, including 31 females, according to the organisers - the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Centre Committee and the Vietnam Fund for Young Talents.

Bars in Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang Nam must reduce the volume of music from 10pm and stop serving before midnight every day, said Nguyen Van Son, deputy chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee has approved a high-speed train project, linking with Thailand’s three international airports, namely Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi, and U-Tapao.

VOV.VN - Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan greatly valued cooperation between Vietnam and Germany, including educational collaboration at a February 28 reception in Hanoi for Professor, Honorary Doctor and President of the German Rectors’ Conference, Horst Hippler.

The Government intends to develop Ko Chang, or Elephant Island, in Trat province, as a model for eco-tourism. It has accepted seven proposals to develop the potential of Ko Chang in terms of natural resources and tourism.

Thailand has declared the prevention, deterrence, and elimination of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as part of the national agenda. It has also pursued the reform of the entire fisheries system with a view to promoting sustainable and responsible fisheries.

In response to the Government’s policy to promote the production of electric vehicles (EVs), the Provincial Electricity Authority has launched a project to produce EV tuk-tuks, or EV tricycles, and to set up the EV charging station system.

VOV.VN - On February 28, Quang Tri province People’s Committee and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation of Japan  (NEDO) held a signing ceremony for the handover of nearly 1,800 LED lights for 40 local fishing vessels.