VietNamNet Bridge – Minh Hang is proud of her 14-year-old daughter and, like many parents, often posts pictures and videos of her on social media.

 Designer Viet Hung has started the Hoa Tho Cam Project to popularise traditional brocatelle.

 Tran Quang Dung, 36, has been paralysed since an illness when he was two years old. But he has not only survived and thrived with his disability - he has also provided support to disadvantaged people thanks in part to a cherished role model.

 Vietnam’s roads are filled with terrible drivers, but few will admit that they are menaces to society.

Under a policy of “strategic partnerships”, divestitures of minority stakes in important local banks by several foreign investors last year put an end to the hotly-debated policy. 

 China's defunct Tiangong-1 space lab mostly broke up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere above the South Pacific, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Quang Khanh invests in real estate by leveraging credit.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the April 23 annual general meeting (AGM) will have the final say on who can manage Sabeco, in response to ThaiBev’s earlier complaint about not having any control at Vietnam's top brewery.

 At a regular government meeting in Hanoi on April 2, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked cabinet members to expand upon growth scenarios for 2018 in the aim of reaching a growth rate of at least 6.7%.

 A battle is under way to force the global shipping industry to play its part in tackling climate change.

 A man in Hanoi has been working as a guard and cleaner for Quan Chuong, the last gate of Thang Long Citadel for around 20 years.

Amazon will find it not easy to conquer the Vietnamese market as it will have to compete with millions of people selling products via social networks, especially Facebook, analysts say. 

 About 12 kilometres of beach in Danang City's Ngu Hanh Son District have been encroached by resorts, blocking the beach and ocean view from locals.

Phuong Trang Tourism Service and Transport JSC will invest VND2.2 trillion (USD100 million) to develop an app-based taxi service following Grab’s acquisition of Uber in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. 

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on April 2-8 

 Residents living in apartment buildings in Hanoi are holding rallies to ask for better fire safety measures after Carina apartment fire in HCM City.

The Ministry of Transport is considering to use investment from the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV), or call for capital resources to build more runways and terminals at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water and agricultural land in Nhon Hai Commune, Ninh Hai District of the south central province of Ninh Thuan has been contaminated with high saline levels, affecting local production and livelihoods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two illegal logging cases were discovered in the central province’s Dong Giang and Nam Giang districts in March, with 77 big trees chopped down.

 The General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO) estimated that imports of completely built-up cars in April will likely jump in both volume and value compared to the previous month.

 Almost a third of more than 4,100 enterprises surveyed in Viet Nam do business on social networks, a slight decrease from the previous year.

 The Facebook data scandal was a wake-up call to Viet Nam’s booming internet growth as experts voiced concerns over the often neglected threat of personal information leaks.

Fears of a trade war between the US and China have rocked global stock markets in recent sessions, but experts anticipate limited effects on VN securities market growth as the market is on solid footing and is increasingly reliant on domestic demand.

 Ha Noi University of Industrial Fine Arts wears a busier look than usual. Every nook and cranny of the university is filled with artists from across the world.

 The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) came under heavy criticism on Friday as economic experts voiced discontent with the association’s favouritism, lax business practices and overall incompetency in the rice export sector.