On April 1, Bloomberg reported that Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia planned to partner up with two domestic firms to start an airline in Vietnam. However, available information draws questions over the plan’s legitimacy and feasibility.

 In the first quarter of 2017 industrial production including construction grew by 4.1 per cent, considerably lower than the rate previous years.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has decided to inspect national parks nationwide following violations discovered at a national park in Hanoi.

 Thousands of litres of rice wine have been seized in just over two weeks since local authorities nation-wide carried out a raid on fake and poor quality spirits beginning on March 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Statistics show that Vietnam is among Asia’s biggest spenders on infrastructure. 

The fourth Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 (VIFW) is scheduled to take place on April 25-28 in GEM Centre, Nguyen Binh Kiem St., Dist 1, HCM City.

 Malaysia has detained 28 crewmembers aboard two Vietnam vessels on charges of fishing illegally in in waters off Miri, Sarawak.

 The fast-growing convenience store segment in Vietnam has been forecast to grow at 34.7% per year over the next several years, according to a study compiled by grocery research agency, IGD.

 Vietnam ranked first among 18 developing countries in Asia and Africa on the Health Governance Capacity Index, according to a study conducted by the Brookings Institute of the US.

Laos and Vietnam should step up their relations and cement their special solidarity in the context of unexpected and complicated global situation.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will issue regulations on directing and guiding commercial banks to implement a VND100 trillion (US$4.4 billion) credit package with preferential interest rates for high-tech agriculture projects.

 Some big American coal companies have advised President Donald Trump's administration to break his promise to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement 

A festival to honour domestic architects who won notable prizes will take place in Da Nang from April 19-23.

A Ministry of Transport draft law, which is currently collecting idea contributions, would enforce a minimum price for domestic air tickets, a move opposed by fast-growing low-cost carrier Vietjet Air.

 Public concern is once again inspiring changes to education programmes in schools, with calls for more sex education to be included in the curriculum so that children can better protect themselves from sexual abuse.

 Vietnamese and foreign delegates from Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partners have agreed to work together to narrow the development gap in innovative education and human resources building among the members.

 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China have made progress in their talks on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea, Philippine Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo said on April 4.

 General Surapong Suwana-Adth, commander of the Royal Thai Army’s defence forces, visited Vietnam from April 4-5.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son welcomed Rudolf Huygelen, Director of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs’ cabinet in Hanoi on April 4.

 Adjustments to the draft Law on Management and Use of Public Assets were high on the agenda at the National Assembly full-time deputies’ meeting in Hanoi on April 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Southern provinces and cities have drawn up a plan for prevention of avian influenza A(H7N9) as requested by the Prime Minister, following several outbreaks in China.

HCM City Urban Environment Company workers spent Tuesday morning collecting dead fish and spreading chemicals to avoid possible pollution on the city’s Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal.

 Expenses for the launching of basic projects and constructions will be reduced by 100 per cent in the 2016-20 period, according to the Hanoi People’s Committee.

 Asanzo Viet Nam JSC plans to introduce its first smartphones this summer, ictnews.vn has reported.

 The HCMC government has plans to re-designate a lot of two-way downtown streets as one-way roads in an effort to reduce congestion at rush hour.