A 47-year-old patient from HCM City’s District 8 visited several hospitals in the city for health examination and treatment a total of 162 times in the last quarter of last year.

 An expected rise in foreign direct investment and domestic demand will continue driving the local economy forward until next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors are rushing to apply for new licenses and resume projects on racecourses and casinos, but experts say Vietnam should not grant too many licenses in the field.

 Ban Gioc Waterfall, one among many renowned tourist destinations in Cao Bang.

 Tourists who love extreme sea sports now have a new destination to enjoy their hobby after an entertainment and sea sports complex opened on Hon Tam Island in Nha Trang Bay, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, on April 16.

 The El Nino phenomenon is highly likely to occur late this year, causing unpredictable storms during the second half of the rainy season in the autumn months, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation on a trip to China from April 16-18 to conduct the 10th meeting of the Vietnam – China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing.

In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, the People’s Committee of HCM City has approved a plan to collect road tolls on cars entering downtown areas.

 The Viet Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) honoured 64 IT products and services on Saturday that had won Sao Khue Awards.

 Social networks now rival search engines as an effective online marketing and advertising channel, gaining a significant market share and raking in huge revenues in Viet Nam and elsewhere.

 Three Vietnamese start-up teams of Drop Deck, Turing and BKIT have surpassed other rivals to win the Blockchain-based projects contest, local technology page ictnews.vn reported on April 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked authorities of the central Quang Nam Province to investigate reports of illegal gold exploitation in the Bong Mieu mine area.

 Three young Vietnamese entrepreneurs have been listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list this year.

 Viet Nam imported nearly 4,800 Indian cars in the first quarter of this year, increasing more than threefold compared with the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Customs.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has submitted to the Prime Minister a national action plan for the development of the shrimp industry through 2025.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has halted construction of the US$10.6-billion Hoa Sen Ca Na steel plant in south-central Ninh Thuan Province, while requiring more studies to be completed on the consumer demand and the environmental impact of the plant.

 Since its launch last July the American-style computerised lottery Mega 6/45 has been rapidly becoming popular in Viet Nam due to its large prizes.

 Vu Thi Trang of Viet Nam has risen to No 39 in the badminton world rankings released on Thursday.

 The HCM City Department of Information and Communication plans to open more “book streets” to meet local residents’ reading and entertainment demand.

 A traffic police officer was killed on Saturday while on duty on Nation Route 1A in Bien Hoa City’s An Bình Ward.

 HCM City’s People’s Committee has set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to check food safety across the city during an action month for food safety that kicked off last Saturday.

Director-producer-actress Viet Trinh of HCM City is working with South Korean partners to produce the film Ba Dieu Uoc (Three Wishes), expected to be released later for this Christmas season.

Eight foreign fashion designers will join 12 Vietnamese colleagues during the fourth Viet Nam International Fashion Week 2017 (VNIFW) to be held this month in HCM City.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai defeated Chinese Taipei team 4-1 in their second match of the International U19 Football Tournament in Nha Trang City yesterday.

 "The Fate of the Furious" is roaring to a record-setting global debut over the weekend even as domestic audiences showed less enthusiasm for the latest installment in Universal's long-running "Fast and Furious" series.