Here are the news stories you should not miss today:

Politics

-- Businesses in Vietnam and Bangladesh should contribute to stronger trade and investment links between the two countries, State President Tran Dai Quang said during a business forum in Dhaka on Tuesday, as part of his state visit to Bangladesh from March 4 to 6.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to pay official visits to New Zealand from March 12 to 14 and Australia from March 14 to 18.

Society

-- A serious traffic jam occurred along Ring Road 3 in Hanoi from Tuesday morning to the afternoon after a container truck encountered an accident.

-- A unit under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) has signed a deal with Canada’s Morfund Financial Inc. regarding a US$5 billion investment in a high-speed railway route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

-- The construction of a bridge connecting Gia Rai Commune with Dong Hai District in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has been delayed for six years because one household does not agree to relocate.

-- Police in the northern province of Lang Son are hunting for the suspect who murdered a man and his son as the two were looking for honey in a local forest on Friday of last week.

-- A man in Da Lat City, located in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, committed suicide after stabbing his wife to death over an intense argument on Tuesday.

Business

-- The People’s Committee in the north-central province of Quang Binh has urged businesses from the United States to invest in wind and solar power projects in the locality.

-- The first batch of tax-free Honda automobiles was imported from Thailand into Hiep Phuoc Port in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. Their prices decreased by nearly VND200 million ($8,784) per car.

-- During this year’s Vietnam Online Business Forum (VOBF 2018), online retail giant Amazon is expected to initiate its cooperation program in the Southeast Asian country, allowing local businesses to sell their products via the Amazon platform, a representative from the Vietnam E-Commerce Association said on Tuesday.

-- Four Vietnamese people have been named among the The Forbes World's Billionaires list in 2018, which includes 2,208 richest people across the globe.

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