Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue beat a drum to kick off the Cua Lo tourism festival on April 29, putting the first note for the tourism season in one of the most beautiful beaches in the central province of Nghe An and the north central region.

 A total of 76 traffic accidents occurred across the country from April 28 – 30, killing 52 people and injured 46 others, according to a report from the Ministry of Public Security. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of Chinese travelers to Vietnam in the first three months of 2018 increased by 40 percent in comparison with the same period last year. Da Nang and Khanh Hoa province saw the sharpest increase in the number of visitors.

Exchange programme tightens Vietnam-Myanmar cultural links, HCM City celebrates South liberation, reunification day, Phu Yen fishermen urged to maintain fishing activities, Dong Thap, Taiwanese locality look to set up links

 Young E-de ethnic people in Dak Lak province have taught themselves brocade weaving, gong playing, and folk singing, as part of efforts to preserve and promote their ethnic culture.

 For a thousands years Ninh Bình was Viet Nam’s best kept secret.

If you’re a nature lover and favour adventure trips, the U Minh National Park (UMNP) in the Mekong Delta should be at the top of your destination list, especially if you live in southern Vietnam.

Digiworld to strengthen FMCG involvement after year of success, PV Power to take over Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants, Vietnam awaits EU decision on IUU yellow card, Taxi business conditions eased 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam, which is drafting a strategy on foreign direct investments (FDI) to 2030, has been advised to lure more investors from the US and the EU to diversify FDI capital sources.

 Chuong Village, well-known for its quality conical hats in Thanh Oai District, Hanoi, is being threatened with extinction as young people do not want to learn the craft because of poor salaries.

 In a letter sent from the battlefield to her mother in 1968, war martyr Vo Thi Tan wrote, “Bombs can shake mountains, but they can’t stir our will and hearts, my dear mother.”

 Police of the southern province of Binh Duong detected a wildlife transport case on April 28.

 The recent official visit to Singapore by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse along with a high-ranking delegation from Vietnam was successful in various spheres, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.

 A Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc actively participated in the discussions and gave opinions to the drafting of the documents at the 32nd ASEAN Summit, which was held in Singapore on April 27-28.

 The customs office at Saigon Port under the HCMC Customs Department discovered and seized nearly 3.8 tonnes of pangolin scales which were hidden in two containers imported to Vietnam from Congo through Cat Lai port.

 Total import-export revenue in the first four months of 2018 is estimated at 144.13 billion USD, up 14.4 percent year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 The landscape cluster of Hon Yen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen has been recognised as a national relic site given its geological, cultural and historical values as well as floral diversity.

 The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently held a dialogue on Vietnam – US relations with Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink in Washington D.C. 

 No Vietnamese workers have been found injured or dead in a massive fire that broke out at a factory’s dormitory in Pingzhen District, Taoyuan city, Taiwan (China) around 9:00 pm on April 29.

 A myriad of art performances were staged by foreign and local artists in the ongoing Hue Festival, the 10th of its kind, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

 Over the past week, the international press has run numerous articles highlighting the impressive development of Vietnam’s economy.

 An article published on The Diplomat magazine has looked for the reason behind an increasing number of people in the Republic of Korea learning Vietnamese, a less familiar language compared to English.

The Carnaval Ha Long 2018 - a banquet of music, light and art - was held in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on April 28, putting the first note for the 2018 National Tourism Year - Quang Ninh.

 Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in April went up 0.08 percent monthly and 2.75 percent annually, pushing up the four-month figure by 2.8 percent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on April 29. 

 Seven flights of low-cost airline Vietjet Air were cancelled on April 29 after a plane of this carrier was hit by a bird last night, according to a Vietjet Air spokesperson.