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.

 A deputy secretary of Ia Rsai Commune Party Committee in Gia Lai Province has been accused of using agricultural land to build a tourism site.   

 A disabled young man from HCM City spent nearly 300 days on walking more than 2,000 kilometres to Hanoi to register for organ donation.

 Eleven people who claim they were mistreated at a gold mine in the central province of Quang Nam have escaped, meanwhile, dozens of others continue to work at the mine.

 An archaeological excavation at the Thang Long imperial city in 2017 has uncovered many traces of former buildings and other artefacts dating from the period of Chinese domination up to the Nguyen Dynasty.

 Representatives of beverage producers and traders said at a workshop in Hanoi on Wednesday the draft law to limit the harmful effects of wine and beer was not feasible.

 Viet Nam Competition Authority, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has asked Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTV Cab) to provide complete and accurate information related to its products.

 The National Top Clubs Vovinam Championships began in the southern province of Dong Nai on April 18.

Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam has handed over four hybrid SUV models including the i-MIEV and Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as well as two quick chargers to the Central Power Corporation for operation in Da Nang.

 As international economic integration proceeds, Vietnamese firms will encounter many new business opportunities by gaining access to broader markets, but will also have to face many challenges.

 State-owned investment fund State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) may offload its stakes in Viet Nam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) again this year after a failure in 2017.