More than 500 Vinschool parents and students joined with Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh, ambassador of the global #3500LIVES traffic safety campaign, for a traffic safety education programme in Hanoi on April 16.

Vietnam is considered a hot spot for elephant tusk trafficking, and the activity remains uncontrolled, especially in the Central Highlands.

Vietnamese runner Nguyen Linh Chi completed the 2019 Boston Marathon on Tuesday.

Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam won the first round of the Open International Villa de Madrid in Spain on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Transport should continue garnering feedback from experts, organizations and the public on the development of a 1,559-kilometer-long North-South high-speed railway, according to Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

The ongoing heat wave in the northern and central provinces could last until next Monday (April 22) with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) reported.

Foreign car and motorcycle parts manufacturers are aware that the rapidly-expanding Vietnamese market may be their next cash cow and are intensifying presence accordingly.

Ninety percent of investors around the world consider Vietnam and Indonesia the two most important destinations, according to a report from Bain & Company.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s LS Group – a manufacturer of electrical equipment, electronics, energy, and materials – will be a major sponsor of the Vietnamese National Football First League (V-League 2) 2019.

The Kylin-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 is scheduled to take place at The Garden Mall from April 26-28.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed that retired cadres should still be disciplined for violations they committed in the discharge of their duties, but urged for more clarification in legal documents.

African swine fever has wreaked havoc in northern Ha Nam Province with all six cities and districts reportedly having detected the outbreak.

An American delegation of assistants to senators and congressmen, led by Terra Lynn Sabag, visited the completed Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Da Nang International Airport Project during a trip to the central city yesterday.

Vietnam is one of the countries with a high proportion of cancer patients.

The police earlier this year initiated an investigation into a loss-making oil exploration project in Venezuela, which was carried out by PVEP from 2010 when Son was PVEP`s CEO.

Dow and DEEP C signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 17 in Hanoi on building the first road using recycled plastics, at the DEEP C Industrial Complex in the northern city of Hai Phong. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on boosting the application of information technology to support socio-economic development and security in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups during 2019-2025.

Hanoi FC took revenge by beating Yangon United 5-2 in their second meeting in Asian Football Confederation Cup’s Group H action in Yangon, Myanmar on April 17.

Giant IT-real-estate-manufacturing-retail conglomerate Vingroup on April 17 opened VinAI Research, a research institute focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of elevating Vietnam’s role in the AI world.

More than 350 artisans and 62 craft production facilities and villages, both domestic and international, have registered to participate in the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 26 till May 2.

The management board of Tran Anh Digital World JSC has approved a plan to terminate all its branches, which will be carried by the company’s chairman, ndh.vn reported.

The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards will be compulsory for State-owned enterprises, listed companies and large-scale unlisted public companies after 2025, according to a draft project the Ministry of Finance.

The purchase, designed as a financial investment, will be carried out through order matching or put through method on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), the company announced.

Japanese investment in Vietnam is expected to grow this year, given Japan’s recent initiative to shift investment to Vietnam and other Mekong River nations, as well as free trade agreements (FTA), experts said.

Greater effort is needed to boost VN ’s national brand value so as to earn higher export value, attendees heard at a forum held in Hanoi on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.