Ha Giang will organise the first off-road motor race for both motorbikes and cars in the UNESCO-recognised Dong Van Karts Global Geopark during the upcoming holidays.

 Colourful flower carriages and dances by foreign artists during a street carnival will kick-start the 2019 Sam Son Sea Tourism Festival in Sam Son city, in the central province of Thanh Hoa, on April 13.

 HCM City police have arrested a man who stabbed 10 local people with sharp objects, causing them to have to take HIV exposure treatment.

Nguyen Thi Le, deputy secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and head of the committee’s Organisation Commission, was voted on April 8 as the new head of the municipal 9th People’s Council 

Vietnam will continue to consider the participation in Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) activities an important task to promote and protect its legitimate interests, thus helping increase its position in the international area,

 Vice-president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Nellie Kim of Belarus, has finished her course for Vietnamese coaches, gymnasts and referees in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Ardeshir Larijani on April 8 on the sidelines of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Doha, Qatar.

 Sai Gon Heat have been ousted from the ongoing ASEAN Basketball League.

 Many experts have raised concerns about the import of thousands of containers of plastic, and proposed raising fees for importing plastic waste to Viet Nam and then using it as materials.

 Ten victims of pin prick attacks in District 5, HCM City, have come to Hospital of Tropical Diseases to receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV, Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper reports.

 Vietnam is Kazakhstan’s important partner in Southeast Asia, affirmed Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Ardeshir Larijani on April 8 on the sidelines of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Doha, Qatar.

 Kien Giang University of the southern province of the same name signed a memorandum of understanding on April 8 on training and research cooperation with Cambodia’s Royal University of Phnom Penh and Chea Sim University of Kamchaymear.

 Upturn was seen in the majority of shares on April 8, as motivated by the growth of oil and gas firms as well as banking shares.

 The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s Central Committee on April 8 launched an online multiple-choice contest themed around Vietnamese seas and islands.

 Vietnam will continue to consider the participation in IPU activities an important task to promote and protect its legitimate interests, thus helping increase its position in the international area, according to NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron in Doha, Qatar on April 8 on the sidelines of the ongoing 140th Assembly of the IPU.

 Despite being renowned for high quality flowers, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong still faces problems such as poor storage and lack of new, high quality seeds that hinder its ability to satisfy domestic demand.

 Nguyen Thi Le, deputy secretary of the HCMC Party Committee and head of the committee’s Organisation Commission, was voted on April 8 as the new head of the municipal 9th People’s Council.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Speaker of the Advisory (Shura) Council of the State of Qatar Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud on April 8.