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Facebook scandal a warning for all

The ongoing Facebook imbroglio is a warning for Vietnamese internet users, Associate Professor Hoang Phuoc Thuan, Head of the Department of Network Security at the Ministry of Public Security, told Security World 2018 on April 5.

AMRO: GDP projected to grow at around 6.6% in 2018

 ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) releases 2017 Annual Consultation Report on Vietnam on April 6.

Hanoi standardizes shopping and culinary establishments

 Hanoi capital city has focused on building standard shopping and culinary establishments serving tourists in order to well control the quality of goods and services as well as food safety and environmental hygiene.

Ministry urges US to study Vietnamese tra fish market

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will urge the US to promptly conduct a field study of Vietnam’s tra fish market, said an official.

Vietnam-Netherlands: 45 years of dynamic and fruitful relations

 Vietnam-Netherlands: 45 years of dynamic and fruitful relations

Vietnam plans to build faster railway to China border

 Vietnam is planning to build a new higher speed rail route connecting the capital city of Hanoi to the northern border with China to boost two-way trade.

Vehicles required to be sealed with energy labels by 2020

 Energy labels will be made compulsory for newly-assembled and unused imported automobiles or motorbikes under a draft Circular outlined by the Transport Ministry’s Vietnam Register. 

Korean cueists shine at Asian Carom Billiards Championship

 Cueists of the Republic of Korea shone in the three-cushion carom category at the Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2018 held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8, bringing home the top four prizes.

Farmers in Dong Thap province bet on tra fish

 Dong Thap province, already the largest tra fish producer in the Mekong Delta, has further increased the breeding area this year because of the high prices the fish is fetching.

Moody’s give positive ratings to three commercial banks

 Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the long-term local-currency bank deposits ratings and local- and foreign-currency issuer ratings of three banks of Vietnam from B2 to B1.

Vietcombank offloads 6.67 million shares in OCB

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will auction off its 6.67 million shares of the Orient Commercial Bank (OCB).

ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting held in Hanoi

 Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung and Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Preeti Saran co-chaired the 20th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Hanoi on April 5-6. 

Sabeco asked to hold shareholders’ meeting on personnel matters

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has requested the Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) to hold an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to review personnel matters.

Health Ministry launches smart healthcare system

 A smart healthcare system that exploits Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) has been set up by the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of health examinations and medical treatment.

French Cultural Centre in Hanoi opens new branch

L'Espace in Hanoi has opened a new branch on the campus of the Hanoi University of Architecture in Ha Dong district, as part of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France.

Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs

 Military forces in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hoa Binh safely defused several war-left bombs on April 6.

Thanh Hoa’s festival recognised national intangible cultural heritage

 A ceremony was held in Ngu Loc commune, Hau Loc district, Thanh Hoa province, on April 6 to kick off the Whale worshipping festival and receive a certificate recognising it a national intangible cultural heritage.

Mount Fansifan covered with ice as cold spell strikes VN's northern region

The Fansipan Mountaint in Sa Pa district of the northern province of Lao Cai is covered with ice on Aprile 7 after a cold wave is affecting the northern and central provinces from April 6.

Da Nang to host Telecommunity meeting

 World experts and regional specialists will get together at the 23rd meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group (AWG-23) in the central city of Da Nang from April 9-13. 

Remittance to HCM City increases to $1.12 billion

 Remittance to Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of 2018 increased by 4.5 percent against the same period last year to reach 1.12 billion USD, a central bank official said.