France is one of the main partners of the Hue Festival, which is set to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 2.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has received the 12th out of total 14 Airbus A350-900 aircraft that it ordered earlier.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is organising the Vietnam Tourism Road Show 2018 in the four Chinese cities of Jinan, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Beijing from April 12-22.

 Many banks have recently reduced deposit interest rates by 0.2-0.4 percentage points against earlier this year due to good capital mobilisation amidst the credit slowdown.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly’s Standing Committee discussed the draft Law on Special Administrative Economic Units on April 16 with a focus on preferential policies to attract investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U19 football team left for South Korea yesterday for the Suwon JS Cup 2018 which kicks off tomorrow.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training will reduce the enrollment quota for teaching majors in the 2018-19 academic year by 33 per cent compared to the figure of last year.

Viet Van, a reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper has won the Honorable Mention at the 11th annual London International Creative Competition for his photo collection entitled Finding answer.

 Craft villages in the capital city of Hanoi are sharing a concern over the shortage of highly-skilled craftsmen, which is hindering them from improving the designs and competitiveness of products.

 The VN-Index on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange dropped 8.65 points to close at 1,148.49 points on April 16 as selling pressure hit many large-cap stocks.

Prolonged heat in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has exposed 43,000 hectares of cajeput forest in U Minh Ha National Park to high risk of forest fires, according to the local forest protection sub-department.

Classics by Mozart and Tchaikovsky will be presented by Vietnamese violinist Tran Huu Quoc, who will play alongside his guests from the Republic of Korea, conductor Kim Joon Cha and pianist Cho Eun Young, in HCMC on April 19.

 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has provided more than 170 million USD in financial support for Vietnam’s efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention over the last two decades. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A World Bank report recently released shows that the Vietnamese middle class has been expanding rapidly with 1.5 million people each year in recent years

An agreement was inked between Vietnam and China’s Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) to avoid double taxation as well as prevent tax evasion, according to a press release by the Macau SAR’s financial service department on April 16.

Hundreds of houses in the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Yen Bai were unroofed by whirlwinds on the late night of April 15.

Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of tPetroVietnam, who involved in the notorious OceanBank case, has submitted his written appeal asking the Hanoi People’s Court for reconsidering his charge, penalty and civil responsibility.

 Tra My cinnamon, a specialty of the central province of Quang Nam, has received a timely boost in the form of plans to promote investment to preserve and develop cinnamon trees.

 Bahrain will open its trade promotion offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to facilitate trade with Vietnam and other countries in the ASEAN bloc, said Sheikh Daij bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chairman of the ASEAN-Bahrain Business Council.

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 The Prime Minister has inked Decision No.395/QD-TTg on the establishment of the organising committee for the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) scheduled in Hanoi this year.

The Hanoi High-Level People’s Court has maintained the life sentence given to Chau Thi Thu Nga, former National Assembly deputy and former Chairwoman and General Director of the Housing Group, for swindling to appropriate assets.

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and CEO of Lotte Asset Development Lee Kwang Young have agreed to start construction of a smart complex in the city’s Thu Thiem New Urban Area on September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of transport sector’s current goals is to develop waterway transport to reduce pressure on road transport. Hoang Hong Giang, Director of Inland Waterway Department,

 Regularly drinking above the UK alcohol guidelines can take years off your life, according to a major report.