Foreign financial institutions were eyeing up poorly-performing Vietnamese banks after being given the green light to acquire stakes in local institutions in a move to speed up the restructuring of the country’s banking industry.

 Vietnamese cuisine is among the top 15 favourite cuisines in the world, according to a survey conducted by YouGov, a UK global public opinion and data company.

 US-based newspaper Business Insider has made a list of 35 most beautiful natural wonders around the world, in which Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay claimed a place.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 anchored at Tanin Tharyi port in Myanmar on April 3, beginning a friendship visit to the country.

 Vietnam remains in the FTSE Russell’s watch list for a possible future upwards reclassification, according to the annual country classification review published by the UK-based data service provider. 

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-140) and related meetings in Doha, Qatar.

 The Incheon National University (INU) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Vietnamese Embassy signed a deal on scholarships for Vietnamese students on April 3.

 Vietnam is welcoming a strong wave of investment in the property market from Japanese businesses, TMS Homes General Director Nguyen Xuan Huong said on April 4.

 Up to 1,500 international delegates from 106 countries and territories and the United Nations (UN) will attend the UN Day of Vesak Celebrations 2019 slated for May 12-14 in Ha Nam.

 Thua Thien-Hue authorities are wanting to transform Bach Ma Mountain and Bach Ma National Park into a high-class eco-tourism site, according to Le Truong Luu, chairman of Thua Thien-Hue People's Council.

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Vietnam is doing well in sanitation and disposal of healthcare waste as coverage for improved sanitation in healthcare facilities is 96 per cent and coverage of waste treatment is 70 percent.

Several supermarkets in Hanoi have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables as a way to protect the environment.

 Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) was the runner-up in the performance evaluation of Asia's container ports in 2018. 

 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competition 2019 (HOMC) opened in the capital of Vietnam on April 3, drawing the participation of more than 600 Vietnamese and foreign students.

 Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 9. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – For one 15-year-old pupil at a school in Hung Yen Province, March 22 will be a day forever etched into her memory.

The Mekong Delta and the south-eastern region plan to grow other crops on more than 126,300ha of low-yield rice fields this year as a means of adapting to climate change and improving farmers’ incomes.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to support its scheme to develop a smart city.

Nguyen Phuong Thao, 19, one of 10 Vietnamese outstanding young faces of 2018, is a student at the advanced training program in the Biotechnology Faculty at the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences.