Some households in Thach Xa Commune have earned their living by making bamboo dragonflies for more than 20 years. 

 Local credit institutions had settled more than VND204.4 trillion (US$8.8 billion) worth of bad debts as of January, accounting for 40.1% of the total, said Nguyen Thi Hong, deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 Nghiem Thanh Son, deputy head of the Payment Department at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), told a press conference on April 1 that rumors of the licensing of virtual currency exchanges were unfounded, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

 Viet Nam will take part in the King’s Cup 2019 in Thailand in June.

VietNamNet Bridge - More Japanese-invested factories have opened in industrial zones as well as shopping malls in large cities and provinces in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southernmost province of Ca Mau is expanding the farming area of acacia trees which offer high income for farmers. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the north-western province of Dien Bien have seized 110,000 methamphetamine pills in a transnational operation over the last two days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former national champion Pham Minh Tuan of Hung Thinh – HCM City won his first match in the men’s singles at the VTF Pro Tour in Binh Dinh Province yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Athletics Federation has invited 16 Vietnamese athletes to compete at the Asian Grand Prix Series 2019 in Chongqing, China from June 4-7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese women’s football team have a golden opportunity to advance to the next round of Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification in Uzbekistan this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of drugstores may have to suspend operations if they do not connect with the national drug supply chain management system this month.

Documents and images related to the life of President Ho Chi Minh and his revolutionary activities in France are on display at an exhibition in the French capital Paris.

Prime Minister, the Government and enterprises want ministries and agencies to carry out practical reforms, particularly those removing unnecessary administrative procedures, to create a better business climate in agriculture, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Believing that they are at a disadvantage, digital content firms have proposed establishing a special zone.

 The Viet Nam women’s national football team have retained their 35th position in the latest FIFA world rankings.

 A group of 20 travel bloggers, YouTubers, photo stylists and journalists departed yesterday for Amazing Tour 4, a 10-day journey to Turkey.

 Abstract paintings by Nguyen The Hung will be on display at the artist’s solo exhibition in New York on April 3-24.

The Saigon Newport Corporation (SNC) has decided to reduce warehousing costs by a staggering 80% if local importers take back their containers by the end of this month.

Video-sharing site YouTube terminated its Content Hosting Agreement with local media corporation Yeah1 Group (YGC) on April 1, the local media reported.

 With the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in effect, more opportunities will open up for Singaporean-based multinationals currently investing or looking to pour money into Vietnam in a wide range of sectors. 

 New regulations on tontine interest rates, registration fee prices of houses and land, and internal auditing shall take force from April, 2019.

 Several lawyers have suggested prosecuting teachers at a school in Hung Yen Province after a student was assaulted by her classmates.

Heavy downpours today, April 1, have turned many streets in HCM City into rivers, affecting drivers.

 Two officials of the southern province of Soc Trang’s Education and Training Department and 30 headmasters of local schools were revealed to have gone on a private holiday using the state budget.

 The U.S. Embassy Hanoi officially handed over six 45-foot Metal Shark patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) in Khanh Hoa, Region III, on March 29.