VietNamNet Bridge – The operator of a stretch of National Highway 1 in Tien Giang Province has been facing protests from truck drivers and owners for collecting toll on the highway as well as a bypass it built.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The construction sector is currently seeing the highest number of fatal work accidents, making up more than 20 per cent of the total amount of incidents across the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the past few days, glutinous rice balls are being served in various markets and food shops in Hanoi for the traditional Cold Food Festival.

The cultural diversity of ethnic groups in the northwestern province of Son La will be highlighted at the Liberation Day (April 30) celebrations at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay Town,

 VietNamNet Bridge – General Mai Chi Tho (1922-2007) and his comrades had to eat small rotten fishes and boiled buffalo meat that tasted like rubber when they were imprisoned at Hoa Lo Prison in 1940-1945.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Tri Province Border Guard on Tuesday successfully rescued 11 victims of forced labour in a gold mining area in the province.

The Prime Minister has asked ministries and localities to boost control on unsafe seafood exports and remove poor quality aquaculture products that failed to conduct food safety regulations at import markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following a bumper season in 2017, import/exports continued to increase sharply in the first three months of 2018. 

 Alexandre Dang, an artist from France, is holding a multimedia site-specific exhibition on new perceptions linked with topics such as energy, movement and environment in Hanoi.

 The State-owned Hanoi Sewage and Drainage One Member Limited Company said it has released green algae into Hoan Kiem Lake to revive the unique green colour of the lake.

 Institutions and legal regulations for special administrative-economic zones in Quang Ninh, Khanh Hoa and Kien Giang provinces must be different from other cities and provinces to attract investments, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 A special exhibition on mementoes featuring Vietnam’s resistance wars opened to the public on April 18 in Hoa Lo prison, Hanoi.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Vietnam’s economy to grow by 6.6 percent this year and 6.5 percent the following year in a recent report.

 A ceremony to launch a month-long national campaign on preventing occupational risks to reduce accidents is scheduled for May 6 on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Ministry of Transport expects to collect at least 2.235 trillion VND (98.45 million USD) from the sale of more than 371.53 million rights to buy preference stakes in the Vietnam Airlines Corporation.

 Vietnamese shares declined on April 18 as selling pressure hit many large-cap stocks.

 Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani on April 18 concluded his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 In recent days, young Hanoians have been gathering at Thach Cau street in Hanoi’s Long Bien district to admire the Tam Giac Mach (buckwheat) flowers, which are usually only seen in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

The Investigation Police Department issued a decision to prosecute Phan Van Anh Vu, former chairman of the board of Bac Nam 79 Construction Joint Stock Company, for abusing position and power to misappropriate $8.7 million from Dong A Bank.

 Vietnam’s U19 football team lost to Mexico 4-0 in the first match of the Suwon JS Cup 2018 in the Republic of Korea on April 18.

 Vietnamese and French localities have signed a cooperation agreement on managing and developing geoparks after Vietnam’s Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in Cao Bang province was named a UNESCO global geopark on April 12. 

 The official visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 by Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will enhance bilateral friendship and boost cooperation in order to create a foundation to develop the two sides partnership.

 US aviation authorities are to order inspections of jet engines after a mid-air explosion that punctured an airliner's window, killing a passenger.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on April 18 sentenced five Colombian nationals to between seven and 13 years imprisonment on charges of “property theft” in accordance with Article 138 of the Penal Code. 

 Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned in England as part of the government's bid to cut plastic waste.