A Vietnamese student team from the Wellspring School in Hanoi has won the Innovative Poster Award of the First Lego League Jr. World Festival Expo, part of the three-day 2018 First Lego League event held in Houston, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Market Management Department of the central province of Quang Nam yesterday seized two tonnes of rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) without clear origin from a truck.

A group of domestic users believe that Coc Coc, a Vietnamese browser, has been quietly storing http cookies recording users’ history of logging in on Facebook and sending the information to another website. 

Transport ministry suggests solutions to Cai Lay Tollgate impasse, Garment exports to US surge in first quarter of 2018, Nawaplastic acquires majority interest in Binh Minh Plastics, Investing M&A Outbound Investment 30 years of FDI

VietNamNet Bridge - The proposed asset tax on properties worth VND700 million and more is expected to increase house prices, experts say.

Quang Nam, Laos’ Sekong province to deal with illegal migration, Quang Tri: Memorial service held for remains of soldiers, Bac Ninh holds job fair for workers returning from RoK, France-Vietnam job festival to be held in Hanoi, HCM City

When universities in Vietnam obtain the right to grant professor and associate professor titles as in other developed countries, the State Professorship Council will have no reason to continue to exist, analysts say.

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 Located at the heart of the Central Highlands, Dak Lak province holds much potential for tourism development with numerous tourist attractions.

 Vietnam in top three economies with fastest growth in Asia

 Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho recently signed a decision to renew the business licence to Globaltrans Air to operate as a general aviation service provider in domestic and international markets.

 Vietnam’s national U23 team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in the top seeded group.

 The Masan Consumer Holdings (MCH) has become the main sponsor of the 2018 Vietnam National Football Cup, which features 24 teams in the 2018 V.League 1 and 2, announced the Vietnam Professional Football company (VPF).

 An international seminar discussing the vision of the modern and sustainable Mekong Delta’s tourism adaptive to climate change took place in Can Tho city on April 20. 

 Vietnam’s fishery sector will gain advantages and export opportunities once the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) take effect.

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) presented the Sao Khue Awards to 73 information and technology (IT) solutions and services, and software products in a ceremony in Hanoi on April 21.

 Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital successfully performed organ transplants for five persons using organs from a brain-dead donor on April 20.

 Experts and scientists have discussed how to promote the application of technological solutions to produce clean energy, and form communities using smart energy, towards making over Ho Chi Minh City as a smart city in a seminar on April 20. 

 Vietnam is reviewing and updating the country’s carbon emission target to better comply with the Paris agreement on climate change and prepare for the global assessment later this year.

 The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed to raise the tax imposed on a pack of cigarettes to 2,000 VND (0.088 USD).

 The real estate market continues to be attractive to investors, but the level of competition would be much higher this year and the following years.

 A free music gala will be held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on April 28 night to celebrate the South’s Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975)

 Many people organise buffalo fighting festivals to gamble illegally, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said at a conference held in Hanoi this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investing in many business fields and expanding too rapidly, some large corporations have lost prestige and fallen into debt. 

 Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc, a 19 year-old girl from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, was crowned Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018 at the final round on Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province, on April 21.