Activities themed around the “Colours of Vietnamese ethnic groups” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism from April 1 to May 2, to celebrate Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day (April 19). 

Vietnamese catfish is being sold on China’s e-commerce platform Alibaba, a development expected to bring more opportunities for the product in China.

 The Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence is hosting the United Nations (UN) Senior National Planners Course, which opened in Hanoi on April 1.

 More than 37.4 million shares of five companies will be sold on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) this month.

 Experts, businesspeople, and students from the Netherlands, Vietnam, and other ASEAN member states gathered at the Orange ASEAN Factory (OAF) 2019 programme in HCMC from April 1-19.

 The 11th conference on cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities was held in Paris on April 1 with a series of cooperation documents and economic contracts signed between businesses of the two nations. 

 Nearly 5.3 million breeding shrimps and fish, and other aquatic species were released into the sea off the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 1.

Vietnam pledged to continue perfecting the legal system in order to create favourable conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from France, to operate in the Southeast Asian country, said the top lawmaker.

VietNamNet Bridge - More foreign investors are attempting to take over Vietnam’s finance companies, which are in a ‘golden development stage’.

 Blockchain is quickly becoming an important tool not just for financial information, but also for managing and recording virtually all types of data, such as medical and other records, identity management, and transaction processing. 

 Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong might be released in the first week of May, possibly May 8, according to her lawyers.

The ruling of the HCMC People’s Court in the divorce case between Dang Le Nguyen Vu and his wife has stoked controversy as the court’s decision asking Thao to sell all her shares in the company to Vu supposedly violates the Law on Enterprises.

 The Vietnamese government should increase the foreign ownership ratio in local banks to facilitate the institutions to lure luring capital and governance experiences from prestigious foreign banks, experts proposed.

 Traffickers carry drug from the Golden Triangle through Laos to Vietnam and from Latin America to the country.

 With global firms rushing into Vietnam in the era of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, there is an urgent need for the country to develop its own supporting industries.

 Benefits from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership via guidelines on origin of materials are attracting more and more overseas investment in Vietnam’s apparel and footwear sectors. 

 Information that Cambodia has taken back 742 hectares of land from Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAG) had a negative impact on the HAG and HNG shares, but the company said it has not received any decision from the Cambodian government to this effect.

 Ride-hailing entrants invested a great deal of money into promotions and discount strategies to quickly expand in the Vietnamese market. Now, several firms are struggling to sustain the price war with rivals, especially Grab.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many islands in Vietnam suffer from serious pollution, but no solution has been found to solve the problem.

The Government should help Vietnamese banks lure capital and experience from prestigious foreign banks so as to help local firms develop sustainably, experts said.