Since its liberation on April 30, 1975, HCM City has witnessed big changes in its socio-economic development. Nguyen Truong Nhan, vice chairman of the city’s Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, spoke on this topic.

VietNamNet Bridge - The total spending on healthcare services by the Vietnamese people accounts for 5.8 percent of GDP, the highest level in ASEAN countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Education plans to ask the city to issue detailed regulations on private services for students who must attend school in either a morning or afternoon shift.

 Determined to raise funds to build schools, libraries and offer scholarships to poor children in Vietnam, Vu Phuong Thanh will take part in the Four Deserts Grand Slam.

Independent senior policy advisor Bui Kien Thanh has lived in Vietnam since 1991. He was among influential people who have helped turn former foes into partners. Thanh talked with VNS.

 The first Kien Giang Sailing Regatta-Phu Quoc 2016 is scheduled to begin on May 5 at Dinh Cau-Phu Quoc beach.

 TPP brings challenges and chances to female workers, HCM City bans trade in contaminated fish, Water supply an ongoing concern, 25% of Vietnamese children under five anaemic, Waste disrupts lives of Hanoians

 Experts have warned of more severe weather conditions this year, particularly a drought and heat wave.

 An exhibition on the endangered Saola opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue city on April 30 has caught people’s interest.

 Over 200 dancers staged a flash mob bikini performance on April 30 during the opening ceremony of a beach festival at Eastern Park in central Da Nang city, which lasts until May 5.

 Vietnam won two more medals at the Singapore Open Track and Field Championship which closed on April 29.

 The sky above Ecopark, a new green urban residential area in the northern province of Hung Yen, was peppered with giant kites representing buoyancy with hope and joy of life during the opening ceremony of an international kite festival on April 30.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party’s Committee Dinh La Thang has said an e-government system will enable the city to move forward with administrative reforms.

 Hanoi takes lead in attracting FDI, Rice exports likely to reach 1.6 million tonnes in Q2, Vinafor earns $11.03 million from IPO, TLH to open $3 million plant in Cambodia, Audi to unveil latest models in Hanoi in June

 Investors, start-up founders and experts gathered in Singapore for a two-day Tech in Asia 2016 conference. Vietnam News talked with some of them to discover why Vietnam is becoming a hot-spot for start-ups.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh and Vietnamese Consul General to Houston Nguyen Van Hoa met outstanding business representatives in the US state of Texas on April 28.

 Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier, started using its new generation aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for the Hanoi-Beijing (China) route, with the first flight landing in Beijing on April 30.

 A letter condemning China’s escalating militarisation in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes has been sent to the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic by the Vietnamese community in the country.

 The Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) put into operation a new bus route connecting downtown Hanoi with Noi Bai international airport, costing only 30,000 VND (1.35 USD) per leg, on April 30.

The southern province of Binh Duong and the World Bank concluded negotiations on a 92 million USD loan for the urban wastewater collection and treatment project in Di An town on April 29.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hosted a dialogue with locals in central Quang Binh province’s Bao Ninh commune concerning recent mass fish deaths on April 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Widow Than Thi Ngoan, of My Dien Village in the northern Bac Giang Province, said in tears that her husband died six months after discovering he had stomach cancer.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an irregular meeting with Cabinet members to consider and address requests made by businesses during the freshly-concluded dialogue with the Government leader in Hanoi on April 29.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Permanent Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Service Pham Van Linh paid a working visit to South Africa from April 24-29, to strengthen links in communication between the two countries.

 More than 160 players representing 18 delegations nationwide will be contending for top honours at the National Table Tennis Championships 2016, taking place at Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium in HCM City from May 8 to 15.