Vietnam still enjoys strong growth prospects among the large developing ASEAN economies though its economic growth is expected to moderate to 6.2 percent in 2016, the World Bank (WB) says.

 The Prime Minister has approved the amended decision on the development of drainage in Vietnam’s urban centres and industrial parks up to 2025 and a vision towards 2050, with the aim that urban centres will be free of flooding by 2050.

Unranked Vietnam lost to world No. 19 China 11-0 in Pool A of the FIH Hockey World League at Seng Kang Stadium in Singapore on April 10.  

 A passionate kiss, Leonardo DiCaprio's "Revenant" bear encounter and a foul-mouthed hosting duo dominated Saturday's profanity-laden MTV Movie Awards, where "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" came away the top winner.

 A backstage video of Hollywood movie "Kong: Skull Island” has been revealed at the MTV Movie Awards 2016. Accordingly, all of the scenes in the video were filmed in Vietnam.

 Hundreds of overseas Vietnamese in Japan and Germany staged demonstrations in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo and Berlin on April 9 and 10 to protest against China’s military actions in the East Sea.

 Scientists in Brazil have uncovered a new brain disorder associated with Zika infections in adults: an autoimmune syndrome called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, that attacks the brain and spinal cord.

Land compensation of tens of thousands of USD was used to build big houses in the resettlement area of the Dakdrinh hydropower plant in Son Tay District in the central province of Quang Ngai. But now the owners face risk of poverty. 

 The National Assembly voted to approve the Prime Minister’s appointment of 21 cabinet positions, including three Deputy Prime Ministers for five-year terms, during the ongoing and last 11th session of the 13th legislature in Hanoi.

 Nguyen Van Binh, the former Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Economic Affairs.

 President Tran Dai Quang has asked the National Assembly (NA) to approve the assignment of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the post of Vice Chairman of the Council of National Defence and Security (CNDS).

 Remittances to HCM City in the first quarter of this year is estimated to have reached US$1.15 billion, up $250 million against last month.

The US Government will continue to provide disaster relief grants to help Viet Nam respond to the severe drought and saltwater intrusion affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the southern provinces and Central Highlands,

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Assembly voted to approve the Prime Minister’s appointment of three Deputy Prime Ministers and 18 Ministers and Cabinet members on April 9. Below is an overview of the new cabinet.

VietNamNet Bridge - Aviation experts believe that it would be a waste to spend VND10 trillion to build three airports in the northwest.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At dawn, water drains out of the island surface, revealing the green mossy rocks on the San Ho (Coral) Island of Ninh Thuan Province.

 A fire and explosions during a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year killed 100 people and injured more than 380 at a temple in India's southern Kerala state on Sunday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck South Asia on Sunday, shaking buildings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, witnesses and the U.S. Geological Survey said, and injuring several people in at least one Pakistani city.

 Transport firms seek more incentives for CNG buses, Eximbank gets new general director, Vietnam to have more real estate investment funds, FDI inflow to Vietnam up 125.2 percent in first quarter

 The Steering Committee for Digitising Television Plans will stop transmitting to all analogue televisions (TVs) in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Can Tho, and HCM City starting on August 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over a century after Paul Doumer, former governor general of French Indochina, wrote his memoir on the Indochinese, his book continues to attract Vietnamese and foreign experts among the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a hiatus of several years, talented writer Doan Thach Bien has written two books, both of which were released in HCM City this week.

The burden of unofficial costs is weighing on enterprises in Vietnam, and it is rising year by year. The bigger the businesses are, the more they are inspected by relevant bodies, found the provincial competitive index survey in 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many illegal buildings in national parks have been discovered even though investors have paid fines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 4-ton bronze statue named Huyen Thien Tran Vu at Tran Vu Temple, Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District in Hanoi has been recognized as a national treasure.