Hanoi will not use budget funds, but mobilised social capital to build a three-storey underground parking lot in Thong Nhat Park, an official of the municipal People’s Committee said.

 Customers of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will have the chance to experience four-star services at low cost while flying from Ho Chi Minh City to the Republic of Korea and Japan from April 1 to June 30.

 Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC on March 31.

 A team from China plans to challenge Google's AlphaGo, the artificial intelligence (AI) program that beat a world-class player in the ancient board game Go,

VietNamNet Bridge – It is estimated that the volume of bombs and mines left from the war is around 800,000 tons, polluting more than 20% of Vietnam’s total area. All 63 provinces and cities in the country are polluted with mines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Nguyen Kha Trang, Vietnam's representative at Miss Eco Universe 2016 pageant, performed a Vietnamese ao dai at the national costume competition on March 30.

 Boeing Co plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs this year at its commercial airplane division, according to two people familiar with the matter, a move that could slash $1 billion in costs and help it battle for sales against European rival Airbus.

 National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan was elected as the new Chairwoman of the NA and the National Election Council (NEC) on March 31 with a majority of votes.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) will sell 8% stake to JX Nippon Oil and Energy of Japan for the price of not less than VND38,000 ($1.8) per share to have money to restructure its loss-making subsidiary in Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Television Cycling Cup will begin on April 10 in Ha Noi and end on April 30 in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Just within five days, the rice price in Mekong River Delta increased by VND300-350 per kilo after the forecast about poor crop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, visitors should not miss stop-over to contemplate a unique architectural work of a 100-year-old Wooden Church in downtown.

 Turkey imposes dumping duty on Vietnam steel pipes, Vietnam sees improvements in budget transparency, Purchasing power picks up 9.1% in Q1, Limit on bad loans to boost the local market, Agro-fishery-forestry exports rise to over $6.7b

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 5,300 cases of child sexual abuse were discovered in Vietnam in the past five year. Particularly, the cases of sexual abuse of boys were on the rise.

Before leaving Vietnam, the “Kong: Skull Island” crew has to pay taxes to the Vietnamese government, said Mr. Tran Nhat Hoang, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Belgian Beer Festival to showcase 50 brews, cuisine, Electronic music and VJ concert Saycet to be performed at L’Espace, Saigon Outcast will celebrate Thai water festival, Songkran, in HCM City, HCMC Book Fair sales total VND50 billion

 The door to the 2018 World Cup officially closed on Vietnam after they succumbed to a 0-1 defeat against Iraq in their last Group F clash of the second World Cup qualifying round, held on neutral ground in Tehran, Iran on March 29.

 A special art programme themed ‘Sac 16’ (Beauty 16) will be held on April 2 on Dao Duy Tu Street, one of Hanoi’s Old Quarter pedestrian streets. 

 Vietnamese National Assembly deputies called on the government to show the greater determination in protecting the country’s sovereignty in the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos.

 Bad services and a lack of entertainment are said to be the reason for Hanoi’s fall in TripAdvisor’s tourism rankings.

  US investors anticipating business windfalls from the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership have been showing a strong interest in Vietnam.

Vietnam Aviation Academy and D’viation Solutions Sdn Bhd today signed a collaboration agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership with the aim of enhancing the aviation education and training in Vietnam. 

 No mosquito-borne Zika virus case has been reported within Vietnam so far this year, as samples collected are confirmed by labs as negative for the virus.

 Fifty-six information and technology (IT) products and 17 IT services, will receive the 2016 Sao Khue Award, according to the Viet Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).

 Viet Nam is a main target for hackers in the network environment, said Nguyen Van Thinh, deputy head of the Department of Cyber Security under the Ministry of Public Security, at the Security World 2016 conference on Tuesday.