IBM has begun promoting its new technology, IBM Cloud Private (ICP), in Viet Nam after it was introduced in October 2017 and is now being used by 150 customers worldwide.

 The market seems to be finding its bottom soon, offering investors opportunities to accumulate stocks, helping the indices rebound from a drop last week.

 The People’s Committee of Ha Noi has requested to reclaim 39.2ha of investor-held land belonging to the city’s land fund, in order to construct public works.

Viet Nam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement continued a positive trend in the first four months of 2018 while there was a reduction in the registered FDI capital.

VietNamNet Bridge - T.V.L. in Kien Giang province is a “snake hunter” well known all over the Mekong Delta. 

 A HCM City pilot car rental service for Government officials that began on Sunday is expected to save more than VND100 million (US$4,404) per month for the State budget.

 HCM City authorities are seeking help from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to resolve a conflict between a property developer and households in the outlying district of Nha Be.

Vietnam’s exports in the first quarter of this year grew by 24.8% against the same period last year with 11 out of 46 groups of products achieving an export value of more than US$1 billion each, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

In April 2018, Giai Thanh, a reporter from Nhan Dan Newspaper, joined a delegation of local leaders from relevant localities for a visit to the nation’s outpost on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago. 

 Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said that his ministry is planning to abolish 1,151 of the total 1,680 business conditions, equivalent to 68.51%, and reduce 168 of the 338 administrative procedures, accounting for 49.7%.

 A programme entitled ‘European Village’ will take place from May 4 to 6 at the Ly Thai To Statue Square at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi for the first time.

 Import-export businesses in Vietnam are worrying about a possible increase in terminal handling charges by shipping lines, which would decrease their competitiveness.

 Jazz duo Saskia Laroo and Warren Byrd will join a concert hosted by the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Embassy of the Netherlands to Vietnam today.

 The police have raided a major forest destruction site in Yok Don National Forest in Dak Lak Province.

 Vietnam has set a goal to increase the blood donation rate in the country to cover at least two per cent of the population by 2022 through voluntary donors.

 Traffic accidents nationwide killed 2,788 people and wounded 4,636 others in the past four months, according to the Office of the Public Security Ministry and the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

 Foreign investors can now acquire more than 49 percent of shares, the previous limit on foreign ownership, in PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo), the operator of Phu My fertilizer plant.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators agree that Vietnam’s universities need to be accredited, but they have not reached a consensus on how it should be done. 

 HCM City is giving priority to developing a collective economic model particularly cooperatives over the current model of farmer households.

 Four ships belonging to Nam Binh An Limited Co. in the coastal Northen city of Ha Long, Quang Ninh Province were suspended from operation by the local authorities for a safety check after an incident on one of their ships on May 1.