Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam won his second gold medal at the ITF Asian Closed Junior Championships in India, winning the men's singles event on Saturday.

 The formation and development of Ha Noi's Old Quarter, one of the last traditional handicraft and trading areas in Southeast Asia, is being featured at an exhibition in the capital's downtown.

 The Government announced on Saturday that it will establish forums where scientists and experts in various fields will debate the country's socio-economic development policies and projects.

 The domestic market saw contrasting performances in the hotel segment in the large cities of Ha Noi, Da Nang and HCM City, foreign property service providers in Viet Nam said.

 The management board of the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) announced its plan to merge with the Mekong Housing Bank (MHB) at a shareholders meeting on April 17.

 The HCM City Development Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) plans to increase its total asset value from the current VND99.525 trillion (nearly US$4.62 billion) to VND120.882 trillion ($5.61 billion) this year.

 Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the three-day World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia that began in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday.

 The Ministry of Justice recommended changing or removing 143 administrative procedures over the last three months, chief secretariat and spokesman of the ministry Tran Tien Dung said yesterday at a press conference.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has instructed EVN to immediately take all necessary steps for ensuring environmental protection while building and operating the thermal power plants in the Vinh Tan Complex in the central province of Binh Thuan.

 Central Vietnam will have hot weather today due to a low pressure system moving east and hot and dry wind.

 Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) Lai Xuan Thanh asked Vietnam Airlines (VNA) to implement measures to prevent smuggling and illegal transportation of property and goods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Can Cau Market is not as spacious as the markets found in Sa Pa Town or Bac Ha District, but it attracts people from all over due to the cultural diversity of the ethnic groups

VietNamNet Bridge - FireEye has released a report saying that Chinese hackers were behind a series of cyberattacks on Vietnam, other Southeast Asian countries and India over the last 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ancient red pines in Yen Tu mountain of the northern province of Quang Ninh are getting old, weak and diseased. But there is insufficient money from the province budget for medical treatment. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators, parents and policy makers have blamed each other for the problem of students ‘sitting in the wrong class”. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The lucrative Vietnamese $12 billion per annum automobile market could help rescue the Thai automobile industry, which is now facing difficulties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The intersections of East-West Avenue, Cat Lai, Bell Road 2 and Tram Overpass 2 are modern areas that have given HCM City a different face after 40 years of liberation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Investment authorities are mulling over the decision to turn the golf course business into a conditional sector, which would mean that golf course planning would no longer be a necessity.

 Businesses should not avoid anti-dumping lawsuits and make preparations to get involved in administrative reviews by the US Department of Commerce to ensure that they have not dumped their products in the market.

Vietnam should legally recognise transgender people and permit transition therapy and surgery rather than force local people to go abroad for the treatment, a senior Health Ministry official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Huffington Post recently posted pictures of daily life of normal people in Vietnam, which are described as the “enchanting beauty of Vietnam”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Numerous celebratory activities will be held in northern Phu Tho Province from April 23-28 to commemorate the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Van Lang – the first known State of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - When the night falls, Saigon puts on a gorgeous, charming beauty, the testament for the development of the most modern city in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Opened in 1957, the Caravelle Hotel was the first high-rise luxury hotel in Saigon, which welcomed dozens of international celebrities and contributed to the city’s nickname as the "Pearl of the Far East".

Trucks carrying too much cargo have become a problem near Ha Noi. They are damaging a road and making the air dirty. Such trucks are not supposed to be on that road.