Viet Nam National Drama Theatre will perform Nghêu Sò Ốc Hến (The Stories of the Clam, Oyster, Snail, and Mussel) in a tour around European countries from March 31.

Every year when spring is about to end and summer is waiting to come, Gao or red silk cotton flowers are in full bloom, brightening up the northern region of Vietnam.

 Tran Dieu Anh, a student from the Vietnam-Japan University has been selected as the first goodwill ambassador for Japanese cherry blossom in 2019 after a competition held in the framework of the Japan cherry blossom festival - Hanoi 2019. 

 Vietnam’s population is in the process of rapid aging, with people aged 65 and above estimated to account for 13 percent of the total number by 2020, according to a report.

 Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has kept a position on the list of the global 100 best airports by the UK-based airline and airport review and rating organisation Skytrax.

 A new regulation concerning recruitment quotas for public tertiary education institutions in Viet Nam has been at the centre of debate among educators and lawmakers.

 Weak development plans and a lack of investment were the main reasons cited for the poor performance of Việt Nam’s public library system by a recent survey.

 In response to reports of broken glass and concrete along Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông elevated railway, the Ministry of Transport on Thursday reassured the public that damage would be checked and fixed soon.

VietNamNet Bridge - “After a long time of thinking about why Vietnam still has not become a powerful country, I have come to the conclusion that the lack of aspirations is a crucial cause,” writes Huynh The Du.

Five education quality accreditation centers in Vietnam have accredited 55 percent of training establishment since 2016, the date of their establishment. However, experts see problems in the way accreditation is implemented.

 Three artists from Germany, Antye Greie-Ripatti, Gil Delindro, and Julius Holtz, will hold a concert of sound installations and live-acts called “Berlin Signals” at the Goethe Institut Hanoi on April 22.

 Out of nearly 2 million pregnant women yearly, more than 3,800 of them (equivalent to 0.19 percent) pregnant women living with HIV did not have access to ARVs to prevent transmission to their infants.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have concerns about the fate of the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway if the Hai Phong Port becomes overloaded.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following the path of Pham Nhat Vuong and Nguyen Duc Tai, Truong Gia Binh, the owner of the Vietnamese largest IT corporation, has jumped into the drug distribution market.

In January, Vietnam’s fashion industry received good news: the collections of designers Cong Tri and Phuong My would appear during New York Fashion Week, one of the four most influential fashion week events in the world.

 A waning electronics trade cycle and decelerating global demand pose material downside risks to Vietnam’s economic growth in 2019 and the next, HSBC said in its latest report. 

 Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed to reduce the corporate tax income (CIT) rate from the current 20% to 15 – 17% for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a move to buttress domestic companies, local media reported. 

 Nearly 56% of foreign firms plan to expand their operations in Vietnam, a healthy level, but also a slight decrease from the apex of 60% last year, according to the latest survey conducted by VCCI. 

 Vietnam has re-demanded Monsanto, a global agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation, fix consequences caused by Agent Orange/dioxin that it supplied to the US army in the Vietnam War. 

 Events in Hanoi during the weekend