Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh dropped five places to world No 52 in the latest rankings, the sport’s governing body has announced.

 Holders of bachelor, Master’s or doctorate degrees struggling with unemployment grew to more than 218,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, making up nearly half the number of skilled workers without a job.

 The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will host “Classical Music in Movie,” a night of colorful music from the most popular films in the world, on April 8 and 9 at the City Opera House in HCMC’s District 1.

 The Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Alliance in Aichi prefecture hopes to boost cooperation with HCM City, particularly in the potential fields of tourism, high technology, and people-to-people exchange.

 Five students were badly injured and nearly 200 motorbikes were ruined early Tuesday morning when a fire occurred in Nha Trang Dorm’s parking area in coastal Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi made a working trip to Hebei province on March 28-29 to promote economic, trade, investment, and tourism partnerships between Vietnamese localities and Hebei.

 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum is expected to gain new progress towards ensuring food security, especially when Vietnam as host country proposed three initiatives regarding this issue for the APEC Year 2017.

 Palanquin procession and offerings rituals were held on April 4 with the participation of five communes in the northern province of Phu Tho to honour the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation.

 Vietnam strongly condemns the terror attack on the St. Petersburg subway on April 3, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam’s NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong held bilateral talks with top legislators from Bangladesh, Fiji, and Georgia on the margins of the plenary session of the 136th IPU Assembly in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 3.

 Viet-Duc Hospital in Hanoi yesterday said that it had successfully carried out a liver transplant to save a 15 year old girl.

 19 Golden Kite Award-nominated films will be screened for free at cinemas in Ho Chi Minh City, starting on April 3. 

 Mobile phone retailer Mobile World Group (MWG) will start an Information Technology (IT) company in the second quarter of this year to provide services and solutions for its retail chains.

 In recent days, potential candidates have been lining up to participate in restructuring Sacombank, one of the largest joint stock commercial banks in Vietnam, drawing avid attention from the public. 

New companies registered in the first quarter of 2017 dwarfed those of the same period in the past five years both in terms of number, total capital registered and average capital per company.

 Every week Vietnam Airlines operates three flights from Hanoi to Sydney, while Jetstar Pacific now conducts three flights from Da Nang to Hong Kong.

 The KAfe Group startup has become a subsidiary of a Hong Kong enterprise.

Evolving technology, combined with changing consumer habits, will transform the way e-tailers distribute and deliver products to European shoppers, according to Savills’ latest report.

VietNamNet Bridge - As newcomers in the real estate market, they are known as ‘upstarts’ thanks to their rapid increase in capital and implementation of huge projects.

 Fitch has affirmed the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) for Agribank, VietinBank and Vietcombank at “B+” and for Asia Commercial Bank and Military Bank at “B”.

 Citizens can now voice opinions on mechanisms, policies and administrative procedures to the Government on website nguoidan.chinhphu.vn, Minister and head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said on Monday.

Hoi An is home to a number of must-see old assembly halls. If you plan a trip to the city, do not miss the following interesting places.

Vietnamese photographer Ngoc Mai Nguyen has been named the first-place winner in the National Awards category of the Sony World Photography Awards 2017 with her photo of two bean sprouts.

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam cannot attend the Davis Cup 2017, Asia/Oceania Zone Group 2 because of injury, according to General Secretary of Vietnam Tennis Federation (VTF) Doan Quoc Cuong.

Ly Son or Cu Lao Re in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, is a beautiful island in the sea and becoming an attractive destination for both domestic and foreign visitors.