Many Vietnamese artists have actively responded to the global Challenge for Change movement for environmental protection. 

 The Krossing Over Arts Festival (KOAF) 2019 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 5-11 and Hanoi from April 13-21.

 About 200 Asian openbills, an endangered species listed in Vietnam’s Red Book, have resided in Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, since the beginning of 2019.

 Viet Nam posted a trade deficit of US$5.2 billion with China in the first two months of this year, according to the General Department of Customs.

The State budget deficit, which regularly remains at a high level, and rising public debt are among the biggest macro-economic risks facing Viet Nam, making it more difficult for the Government to help the economy head towards growth.

 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) contributed more than VND11 trillion to the State budget in 2018, becoming one of the units under PetroVietnam with the largest contribution to the State budget.

 Cashew prices are low at present, according to the Viet Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

 Like other localities in the Central Highlands, Dak Lak province is currently in the middle of the peak dry season.

Pearl breeding on Phu Quoc island has proved a success as its brand name has been ranked over the globe.

 The opening of a pedestrian street along the To Lich River in Hanoi over the past week has been welcomed by local residents as a new space for them to exercise and relax.

 Photography is a real skill. Those at the top of their game produce pictures that don’t just tell a thousand words, but instead an entire novel.

The VN Buddhist Sangha has received a report from its managing committee in Quang Ninh regarding the case of Ba Vang Pagoda.

 Forty-four students who took the national high school examination last year in Son La had their scores fraudulently modified upwards, the Ministry of Education and Training announced on Saturday.

 Although Vietnam and the US have seen encouraging outcomes of cooperation in dealing with war aftermath, there are much for them to do in the field, said Timothy Lieser, senior advisor at the US Senate Appropriations Committee.

 Velvet antler products produced in Huong Son district, the central province of Ha Tinh, have earned the Huong Son geographical indication (GI) protection on the national scale. 

 The People’s Court of Binh Thuan upheld the first instance trial sentences of between two and three years imposed on 13 defendants charged with disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters in June 2018.

 The Ministry of Public Security revealed on March 25 that it had handled a total of 30,196 law violation cases from November 16, 2018 to February 15, 2019.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang on March 25 met and expressed his condolences to representatives from families of the victims in the deadly bus accident on March 23 in Kanchanaburi province.

 Vietnam’s total trade turnover reached 100 billion USD between the start of the year and March 19, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Fifty scientists from 21 countries and territories across the world gathered in Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh on March 25 under the 15th “Meeting Vietnam” (Rencontres du Vietnam) programme.