A sacred ceremony that is organised every five years in Hanoi’s Xuan Dinh village is dedicated to a local woman who brought prosperity to the locality in the 17th century.

 The landfall of foreign e-commerce giants arriving to Vietnam is not only a threat for traditional retailers but also an opportunity to streamline and improve their operation methods.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Myanmar President Win Myint on April 28 on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on late April 28, concluding his trip to Singapore for an official visit and to attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

 The foreign ministers of the Group Seven (G7) expressed concern about the situation in the East and South China seas in the communiqué issued following their meeting in Toronto early this week. 

 Da Nang launched the tourist season in 2018 on April 27 at the Bien Dong Park in the city’s Son Tra peninsula with a programme of more than 20 activities, aiming to lure and entertain visitors to the coastal city.

 Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) raised about 21 trillion VND (922 million USD) in its initial public offering (IPO) on April 27.

 A forum on Vietnam – China tertiary education took place in Hanoi on April 27, gathering representatives from 30 Chinese universities with high global ranking.   

 After mobile operators announced a temporary halt of scratchcard payments in the past few days, digital and online gaming businesses said they had been hit hard.

 SCG, a Thai-owned Southeast Asian conglomerate, reported first quarter revenue from sales of VND6 trillion (US$267 million) from its Viet Nam operations, a 10 per cent year-on-year increase.

 Viet Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) raised about VND21 trillion ($922 million) in its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday.

 Three out of twelve account holders at the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) had been reimbursed in full on Friday, following a series of unauthorised transactions from their accounts on Wednesday night.

 Businesses proposed to develop three large-scale projects, expected to cost about US$10-15 billion, in Van Don special economic zone during a meeting this week with Quang Ninh’s leaders.

Ca Mau is taking preventive measures to manage pollution hotspots at industrial zones and clusters, intensive shrimp-farming establishments, and aquaculture processing facilities.

 The Viet Nam team left yesterday for Thailand for the Asian Women’s Futsal Championship to be held in Bangkok next month.

 The glorious moment in the history of the fight for liberation and independence, the people’s steadfast struggle in the south, and the contributions to the victory from localities nationwide, are vividly reflected at an exhibition opened in Hà Nội.

 Da Nang officially launched the summer holiday at Mỹ Khê Beach with series of cultural and entertainment activities during the May Day vacation as well as the 7th Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Competition.

 The lacquer painting Thác Bờ (Bờ Waterfall) by Nguyễn Huyến (1915 –94), will be auctioned on April 29 in Hà Nội. The starting price is US$120,000.

 Viet Nam has set a goal to increase the blood donation rate in the country to cover at least two per cent of the population by 2022 through voluntary donors.

  No mobile phone subscribers have been locked out of service yet, two days after a controversial new decree went into force that demands subscribers to submit real information – including portrait photos – to network carriers.