The central city of Da Nang has been included in a list of 52 places to go in 2019 by The New York Times, which has an international readership.

Tra fish breeds producers in the Mekong Delta have been urged to closely work with research institutes, universities and scientists to apply advanced farming techniques to produce high quality breeds.

 The first edition of the Vietnam industrial real estate forum will be held in Hanoi on April 23 by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), the Vietnam Real Estate Association (VNREA), and Thuong Gia (Merchant) Magazine.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tran Trong Kien, CEO of Thien Minh Group, believes the aviation market is still large enough for new air carriers. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is accelerating the building of a master plan for the Mekong Delta’s sustainable development in adaption to climate change to 2030 with a vision to 2050. 

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade has reported to the municipal administration that it is appraising tenders from contractors to develop logistics facilities and turn the city into a logistics hub for Southern Vietnam.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to support its scheme to develop a smart city.

 Moc Chau is a wide, dreamy plateau in Vietnam’s northern mountains, 180 kilometers from Hanoi.

 HCM City’s GRDP grows 7.64 percent in first quarter, Steel producer Hoa Phat targets US$3 billion revenue, Festival honors female entrepreneurs in Vietnam, Asia remains biggest import-export payment market of Agribank

VietNamNet Bridge - Management over solid waste treatment is being undertaken by many state agencies.

 The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting, under the theme “Sustainable security”, officially opened in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, on April 3.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued a plan for the implementation of an MoU on anti-human trafficking cooperation signed between VN and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in late 2018.

 Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City were estimated to reach 1.2 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, said Nguyen Hoang Minh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s branch in the southern largest economic hub.

 Vietnam suffered 620 cyber attacks in the first three months of this year, down by about 50 percent compared with last year’s figure, according to the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Rising production costs are harming the competitiveness of Vietnamese seafood products, according to experts. These include the prices of feed, material input, electricity and labour.

 The Spring concert “Meeting with The World Music Talents” will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on April 17 and 18.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium Siegfried Bracke in the capital city of Brussels on April 3 after arriving there. 

Binh Duc pottery village of the Cham in Binh Thuan is known in central Vietnam for its gorgeous handicrafts made from a special clay.

Phu Lien meteorological station was originally built on Dau Son mountain in 1902. It has been used as an active observation station for over 100 years by the World Meteorological Organisation.

he La Ha ethnic minority lives in Vietnam’s northwestern region where they farm and perform some unique customs and rituals, including a ceremony of new rice worshipping to remind the younger generation to appreciate rice.

Lie Sang Bong, a famous fashion designer from the Republic of Korea, is set to debut his collection at Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week 2019 (VIFW), set to take place between April 10 and 14

Two lacquer paintings by noted French painter Alix Angèle Marguerite Aymé (1894-1989), who was a teacher of various leading painters in Vietnam, sold at high prices at an auction held at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 1.

More than 30 cai luong actors from Long An Cai Luong Theatre in Long An Province will tour Hanoi and northern provinces during three upcoming national holidays, the Hung Kings Memorial Day on April 14,

A music gala on Vietnamese music will be staged in HCM City next week to celebrate 19 years of the TV music show Thay Lời Muốn Nói (What We Want to Say) on HCM City Television.

The five hundred-year-old Mao Dien Temple of Literature is evidence of the development of Confucianism and academic examinations in Hai Duong province in the past.