The property sector will continue to be a fertile ground for foreign investors, largely due to the country’s rising demands for housing as well as deeper global integration with a line-up of bilateral and multi-lateral new-generation trade pacts.

An exhibition was opened in the northern city of Hai Phong on April 8, giving visitors an insight into historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

 Guided missile corvette BNS Prottoy (F112) of the Bangladesh Navy anchored at Sai Gon port on April 8, beginning its four-day friendship visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam spent more than 570 million USD on importing pharmaceuticals in the first quarter of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 16.7 percent.

 Vietnamese labourers will have opportunities to receive free vocational training in Germany under a programme to look for skilled workers in the country launched by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for South Thüringen.

The rapid population growth is putting a lot of pressure on housing in Vietnam’s urban areas.

 The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) held a seminar entitled “Technological and knowledge transfer ecological system: opportunities and challenges” on April 8. 

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc is expected to meet with top-level technicians in May in HCMC on the occasion of the 2019 Workers Month.

The Philippines and China violated severely Vietnam`s sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Spratly archipelago as well as international law.

 Vietnam continued to witness a number of sizable FDI transactions and projects in the first quarter (Q1) this year, with the biggest coming from Hong Kong. 

 The novel “The sorrow of war” was written by Bao Ninh in 1987 and soon became a hit on the Vietnamese literary scene.

 A Holi Festival of Colors with theme “Bring the true Indian Cultural Spirit to Hanoi”, a popular festival that celebrates the coming of spring opened at the West Lake Waterpark, Hanoi on April 7.

 Domestic and foreign investors have shown interest in investing in Vietnam's National Innovation Center (NIC), according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

 Eighty eight percent of Vietnam’s credit institutions expected higher profitability in 2019 compared to the previous year, of which 20 – 29% predicted “much improvement”.

 A recent project from the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City on nanomaterials has made fuel cells more durable, and proven to be highly effective when applied on batteries for mobile devices and electric vehicles.

 Vietnamese-French pianist and zither artist Tri Nguyen not only has a great passion for Dan Tranh (Vietnamese zither is also known as Dan Thap Luc or sixteen-stringed zither), but also effort to preserve and develop traditional music.

 The annual Hindu festival of colors, Holi – Festival Of Colors 2019, will be held at the Kinder Park in Hanoi on April 7.

 Governments in districts in Hanoi, the northern provinces of Hung Yen and Hai Duong have declared themselves free from Africa Swine Fever as no more outbreaks of the disease within 30 days.

HCMC is going to call for social participation in providing public services such as photocopying and verifying documents because offices of the public administrator are facing work overload.

 The Overseas Labor Management Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that nearly 14,000 Vietnamese workers including 5,000 female employees were sent to work abroad in March, 2019.