US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka has called for actions to improve public awareness of plastic waste as well as measures to reduce and recycle plastic waste. 

Any unilateral actions by any other country in Vietnam’s two archipelagoes in the East Sea – Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) – without the consent of Vietnam are invalid and illegal, 

 The first person in the world to receive two facial transplants says he is feeling well, three months after his latest groundbreaking operation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s book companies and publishers will organise a series of activities to mark Viet Nam Book Day on April 21 and World Book and Copyright Day on April 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Tri Thanh was elected chairman of the Viet Nam Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing Federation (VCRSF) in its meeting in Hanoi yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s highest ranking tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam will face current national champion Pham Minh Tuan in the semi-final of the Viet Nam Tennis Federation Pro Tour.

 Millie Bobby Brown has been named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine.

VietNamNet Bridge - While the state treasury has plenty of money, the national economy still thirsts for capital. 

 Facebook has changed its terms of service, meaning 1.5 billion members will not be protected under tough new privacy protections coming to Europe.

 An Indian man who disappeared 40 years ago has been reunited with his family after his brother recognised him in a YouTube video that went viral.

 Lance Armstrong has agreed to pay $5m (£3.5m) to the US government to settle a long-running lawsuit that could have cost him $100m (£71m) in damages.

People in the capital have made preparations for the upcoming four-day (from April 28 - May 1) holiday celebrating the Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1), and many of them will be traveling. 

PM urges preparations for conferences in 2018, FM Minh: Vietnam shares similarities with Bangladesh in socio-economic development, Ministries of Transport, Agriculture and Rural Development launch administrative procedure reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 34 million users out of 38 million pre-paid mobile phone numbers nationwide have not yet provided their personal information, including portrait photo.

Chin Well Fasteners Vietnam Company in Hiep Phuoc Commune, Nhon Trach District, was fined VNĐ3.5 billion (US$154,000) for releasing untreated wastewater and directly burying 1,600 tonnes of contaminated waste.

 The District 11 Hospital in HCM City has successfully performed its first ever surgery to remove a pancreatic tumour.

 A workshop took place in Hanoi on April 18 to review and update Vietnam’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

 Royal Australian Navy frigates HMAS Anzac and Toowoomba and auxiliary oiler HMAS Success, arrived at Sai Gon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19, beginning its four-day goodwill visit to Vietnam.

 Five major cultural – tourism events in April

 Two more companies have agreed to provide funding for the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Passengers buying train tickets 20 days in advance of their journey will have the price reduced, ranging from 20 per cent to 50 per cent, the Sai Gon Railway Transport JSC has announced.

 The National Assembly has yet to look into a draft law on property tax which would force individuals to pay the tax on their personal assets, a stance opposite to an announcement by the Finance Ministry last week, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

 Dinh Quang Linh, Nguyen Anh Tu, and Doan Ba Tuan Anh will represent Vietnam to compete in the third division of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden from April 29 to May 6, according to the Vietnam Table Tennis Federation.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has just returned the documents of the case of “abusing trust to appropriate property” and “intentionally violating regulations on economic management causing serious consequences” at Dong A Bank.

 Grab refuses to shoulder the transfer tax after its deal with Uber, despite the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Taxation’s requests.