Most of relevant ministries, agencies, localities, organizations and individuals have thrown their weight behind a draft resolution to increase environmental protection tax on fuels prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has released instructions for the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2018, with requirements for nominations being made more quantitative.

The number of Vietnamese students in Canada climbed to nearly 15,000 in 2017, a three-fold rise against 2015, putting Vietnam among the fastest-growing markets for international education in the North American country. 

 The competition authority in Vietnam have yet to make the next moves over a transaction in which Grab acquired Uber Technologies Inc’s Southeast Asian business after asking Grab to report details of the deal.

In recent days, young Hanoians have been gathering at Thach Cau Street in Hanoi to admire the Tam Giac Mach (buckwheat) flowers, which are usually only seen in Ha Giang province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The gear motorbike market segment has become cramped with many models priced up to VND20 million. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang plan to build an exhibition room showcasing a valuable stock of nearly 2,000 wood printing blocks on Buddhist teachings.

For the first time in Vietnam, specialists have discovered a cemetery of fossilised coral reef more than 5,000 years old on Quang Ngai province’s Ly Son Island. 

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an article by safety expert David Wroth, who is Director of Data Science of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), which makes the annual UL Safety Index. 

 Snapchat has launched a feature that enables up to 16 people to take part in a live chat together, using either video or just their voices.

 The suspect in a gun attack at YouTube's HQ in California had expressed anger over its treatment of her video postings, 

 Young Vietnamese athletes had a successful competition day on April 3, the first day of the Southeast Asian Junior Athletics Championships which is taking place at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand.

The grand finale of the Vietnam Top Fashion Models contest has closed in Vung Tau City with the top prizes going to Nguyen Thi Le Nam (No. 017) and Nguyen Sy Hung (No. 054).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Glee Vietnam, a remake of award-winning American comedy-drama TV series Glee, has been nominated for Best Scripted Format at the International Format Awards 2018.

 Hanoi’s 17 buildings violating fire prevention and fighting regulations have been listed again, after thorough fire inspections in the capital’s buildings.

 After Uber sold its Southeast Asian operations to Grab, the ride-hailing market is seeing an interesting phenomenon: insiders want out, while outsiders want in.   

 Foreign investors at state-owned firms are looking to increase their holdings via M&A deals to solidify their footholds in Vietnam.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai JSC has reported an after-tax profit of $16.3 million in its audited business results, a decrease of $28.95 million compared to the financial statements that the firm previously published.  

 A young businessman has pledged to support a truck driver who faced a large compensation payout for damaging two cars after trying to avoid two girls who had fallen on the street.

 Thousands of customers are complaining about VTVCab suddenly cutting many popular channels including HBO, BBC World, Discovery and Fox Sport starting from April.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A transport official on Monday denied rumours that Hanoi’s prolonged Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project would be delayed for the fifth time till 2021.

The 2017 Vietnam Provincial Government and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI 2017) report was released in April 4 in Hanoi.

Many hydrants in Hanoi do not work while the city lacks water sources for firefighting and measures to tackle high-rise fires.

AVG has paid VND2.5 trillion (US$109.5 million) to MobiFone, a State-owned business under management of the Ministry of Information and Communications, after the two sides cancelled the mutual share transfer agreement on March 12. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) to hold an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to review personnel matters.