The central city of Da Nang has implemented policies to support local fishermen, said Luu Quang Khanh, head of the city’s Fisheries Department.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du and Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu cut the ribbons to ​open the Phnom Penh - Hanoi Friendship Avenue in Phnom Penh to traffic on March 6.

The National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting (NCHMF) has launched a Finnish-funded project to improve the accuracy of rainfall measurements and lightning storm forecasts at Pha Din radar station in the northern province of Dien Bien’s Tuan Giao district.

A number of public administration offices in the capital city of Hanoi will work on Saturday mornings, beginning on March 10.

The Party Committee of central Da Nang city has returned a five-seater Toyota presented to it by a local company, following an order by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The border guard force in southern Soc Trang province rescued three Indonesian sailors on a drifting barge offshore on March 4. 

Police in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture have arrested three Thai nationals for stabbing to death a Vietnamese man in Choshi City in February, the Tokyo Reporter news site reported on March 4, quoting Japanese TV station Asahi.

Authorities in Danang are looking at a proposal to block access to car hailing mobile applications Uber and Grab due to traffic concerns.

The Provincial Energy Office of Lampang has held a meeting to inform local administrative organizations from 10 sub-districts and local residents on its plan to apply solar power to drought relief. 

The driver of a Range Rover was severely injured while the girl traveling with him died when their luxury SUV crashed into a trailer truck on the Saigon Bridge at dawn on March 5.

Environmentalists have urged authorities to ‘learn lessons from the Formosa incident and reconsider proposed coal thermal power projects in Vinh Tan’.

To aid Thai investors doing business abroad, Kasikorn Bank has become the first bank to accommodate transactions in all the currencies of the ASEAN+3 grouping. 

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has met female ambassadors and chief representatives of international organizations in Vietnam in observance of the International Women’s Day (March 8).

150 out of 180 beer restaurants operating on sidewalks in downtown Hanoi are believed to be "protected" by local police officers.

They were reportedly trying to anchor a barge severed from their tugboat when rough waters swept the barge away.

VOV.VN - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang and 60 other cities and provinces will turn off the light from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM on March 25, in sync with foreign countries.

Health authorities in Hanoi have urged an investigation into a locally-brewed spirit containing high levels of methanol which have caused a rash of poisoning cases.

Vietnam and Germany welcome their 20th year of cooperation in science and technology as ongoing Germany-funded sustainability projects continue to shape local localities.

The Ministry of National Resources and Environment has issued a document guiding localities to organise activities in response to the World Water Day (March 22) and the World Meteorological Day (March 23).

Hanoi’s Culture and Sport Department has started a programme to freshen up the appearance of the capital city, especially during major holidays and celebrations.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations (UN), called on countries to continue providing resources for development at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)’s development cooperation forum held from February 28 to March 2.

The Dong Nai province People’s Procuracy said on March 4 that it has issued an indictment prosecuting two men involved in the collapse of Ghenh Bridge spanning Dong Nai River, which stranded north-south rail link for 90 days. 

The Vietnam Women’s Association (VWA) in the Republic of Korea (RoK) convened their second Congress in Seoul on March 4 to review their past activities and launch tasks for the 2017-2018 tenure. 

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and its chapter in the northern province of Bac Ninh organised a friendship spring tour in the locality on March 4. 

HCM City will focus on reducing pollution in rural districts and communes, local authorities said at a conference held in the city on March 3 to review the National Target Programme for New Rural Areas 2016.  

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Permanent Vietnam Mission to the United Nations proposed five proposals to eradicate wildlife trade during an event on the sidelines of a ceremony marking UN World Wildlife Day (March 3). 

A local resident handed in an endangered sea turtle to authorities in Long An Province on March 3.

Surveillance ships will have plenty to keep their eyes on as tensions mount once again in the troubled waters.

Police in central Vietnam have arrested two Lao men for allegedly smuggling drugs from Laos' capital Vientiane into the country, the Vietnam Police newspaper reported.

For some streets, it's still a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same.