The General Statistics Office (GSO) has begun carrying out a national business census in 2018 to take stock of the real situation in corporate development.

 Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich’s upcoming attendance of the 7th Moscow Conference on International Security in Russia on April 4-5 aims to affirm Vietnam’s responsibility towards global and regional matters, a Vietnamese officer has said. 

The Prime Minister has recently approved the Target Programme on investing in infrastructure in coastal economic zones; border gate economic, industrial and high-tech areas for the 2016-2020 period. 

 The stock market started the first week of April with green colour dominating large-cap stocks and those in banking and real estate in both bourses. 

President Tran Dai Quang praised efforts made to boost the traditional friendship and economic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and Mongolia while meeting with the Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia.

 Vietnamese shooting team will strive to win medals at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 to be held in Indonesia in August, Secretary General of the Vietnam Shooting Federation Nguyen Thi Nhung has said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the need to ensure the quality of growth and people’s living standards at the same time while addressing the Cabinet’s meeting in Hanoi on April 2. 

Vietnam’s economy enjoyed a more sustainable growth in the first quarter of the year with a strong economic expansion of 7.38 percent, the best first-quarter performance in the last decade. 

 Hospital infection control is a major concern for health care providers and patients all over the world. Preventing such infections is a critical aspect of improving hospital safety, heard a recent conference in Hanoi.

 Cabinet members were grilled about Mobifone’s acquisition of AVG and fire safety at apartment blocks, which are hot-button issues recently, at a press conference held following the Government’s regular monthly meeting on April 2.

 The Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III event kicked off in Hanoi on April 2 night, with the participation of nine teams. 

Eighty percent of the project’s capital that Geleximco plans to develop would come from a syndicated loan to be provided by a group of Chinese banks led by China Development Bank.

 Designer Viet Hung has started the Hoa Tho Cam Project to popularise traditional brocatelle.

 Tran Quang Dung, 36, has been paralysed since an illness when he was two years old. But he has not only survived and thrived with his disability - he has also provided support to disadvantaged people thanks in part to a cherished role model.

 Vietnam’s roads are filled with terrible drivers, but few will admit that they are menaces to society.

Under a policy of “strategic partnerships”, divestitures of minority stakes in important local banks by several foreign investors last year put an end to the hotly-debated policy. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the April 23 annual general meeting (AGM) will have the final say on who can manage Sabeco, in response to ThaiBev’s earlier complaint about not having any control at Vietnam's top brewery.

 At a regular government meeting in Hanoi on April 2, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked cabinet members to expand upon growth scenarios for 2018 in the aim of reaching a growth rate of at least 6.7%.

 A man in Hanoi has been working as a guard and cleaner for Quan Chuong, the last gate of Thang Long Citadel for around 20 years.

Amazon will find it not easy to conquer the Vietnamese market as it will have to compete with millions of people selling products via social networks, especially Facebook, analysts say.