Agreement on maritime transport with Myanmar ratified, Communal chairman blamed for local pollution, Rare ivory elephant protected and returned to forest, Provinces launch battles against drought

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Highland Safari with a total area of 490 hectares will be built in Lac Duong district in Lam Dong province with an investment of VND1,000 billion (nearly $50 million).

VietNamNet Bridge – The rice output of the winter-spring rice crop fell significantly because of drought and salination, but with an additional 200,000ha to be planted in the Cuu Long Delta region, there will be enough rice for exports,

Online digital channel for children POPS Kids under POPS Worldwide will start airing U.S.-based Boomerang TV channel’s animated series and dubbed in Vietnamese language in line with a cooperation agreement between POPS Worldwide and Turner.

 The State offloaded 147.7 million shares worth US$89.7 million in State-owned companies in 16 initial public offering auctions during the first quarter of this year, the Ha Noi Stock Exchange reported yesterday.

 On April 6, President Tran Dai Quang submitted a nomination list for the new Prime Minister to the National Assembly and Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc was nominated for the post of the new Prime Minister to replace PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

 A number of draft laws sailed through the 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi on April 6 with the majority of votes in favour.

 As many as 418 lawmakers, or 81.63 percent of the total, agreed to relieve Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung​ of his post during the 13th National Assembly’s 11th session in Hanoi on April 6.

 Top Zika investigators now believe that the birth defect microcephaly and the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by the mosquito-borne virus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French Institute in Vietnam will host a concert by Saycet, an electronic music project of Paris-based musician/producer Pierre Lefeuvre, at Idecaf in HCMC at 8 p.m. on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The blockbusters "The Huntsman: Winter's War", "The Jungle Book" and "Captain America: Civil War" will be released at Vietnamese cinemas in the first month of the summer movie season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to statistics of the Vietnam Travel Association, each year about 5 million Vietnamese travel overseas, spending about $6 billion (the figure for 2012 is about $3.5 billion).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Boeing 777-200ER of Vietnam Airlines will be sold. The airline will also lease three Airbus A350, scheduled for delivery from 2016 to 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister has approved the planning of transportation in Hanoi to 2030, with a vision to 2050. From now to 2020, bus transport will be the major part of public transport systems in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese student Ninh Duc Hoang Long won the first prize of an international prestigious opera contest Simandy Jozsef International Singing Competition held in Szeged, Hungary on April 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced that it will release the VND100 banknote as souvenirs to commemorate SBV’s 65th anniversary (6/5/1951 - 6/5/2016).

 Industrial activity such as mining and logging threatens almost half of the world's natural World Heritage sites, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru,

 The central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city will splash out VND7.7 billion ($343,370 USD) on implementing a project to rid the streets of beggars by 2020, aiming to build a civilised and hospitable tourism environment.

 Vietnam beat Sri Lanka 4-0 in the eighth round of the open category during the Asian National Cup chess tournament in the United Arab Emirates on April 4.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and tourism has asked local authorities and enterprises to strictly monitor the development of Zika virus and inform travelers about current health issues.

 In the upcoming national graduation examination for twelve graders in HCMC, 66,000 students have registered to partake in.

The national oil and gas group PetroVietnam, which has insisted on building biofuel plants as part of a biofuel development strategy, has halted the operation of the Dung Quat bio-ethanol plant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest fires caused by carelessness, and at times deliberately, by humans, is currently a huge challenge for competent authorities in the southern Tay Ninh Province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A competition for promoting understanding among member countries of ASEAN has been launched in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Si Kiem, a deputy from Thai Binh Province, spoke to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) about his dreams concerning the new cabinet members.