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Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker to visit Vietnam, Vietnam, Mexico share experience in external information service, South Africa’s Freedom Day celebrated in HCM City, Vietnam, China look for stronger trade ties

Dak Lak - an attractive destination to tourists

 Located at the heart of the Central Highlands, Dak Lak province holds much potential for tourism development with numerous tourist attractions.

Vietnam in top three economies with fastest growth in Asia

 Vietnam in top three economies with fastest growth in Asia

Globaltrans Air’s general aviation business licence renewed

 Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho recently signed a decision to renew the business licence to Globaltrans Air to operate as a general aviation service provider in domestic and international markets.

Vietnam U23 in No 1 seed group for AFC

 Vietnam’s national U23 team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in the top seeded group.

24 teams to compete in 2018 national football cup

 The Masan Consumer Holdings (MCH) has become the main sponsor of the 2018 Vietnam National Football Cup, which features 24 teams in the 2018 V.League 1 and 2, announced the Vietnam Professional Football company (VPF).

Int’l seminar talks Mekong Delta’s tourism vision

 An international seminar discussing the vision of the modern and sustainable Mekong Delta’s tourism adaptive to climate change took place in Can Tho city on April 20. 

CPTPP, EVFTA to benefit Vietnamese fishery sector

 Vietnam’s fishery sector will gain advantages and export opportunities once the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) take effect.

Sao Khue IT winners honoured

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) presented the Sao Khue Awards to 73 information and technology (IT) solutions and services, and software products in a ceremony in Hanoi on April 21.

Brain-dead man donates organs, saves multiple lives

 Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital successfully performed organ transplants for five persons using organs from a brain-dead donor on April 20.

HCM City towards clean energy solutions in smart city building

 Experts and scientists have discussed how to promote the application of technological solutions to produce clean energy, and form communities using smart energy, towards making over Ho Chi Minh City as a smart city in a seminar on April 20. 

Vietnam updates emission target in Paris climate agreement

 Vietnam is reviewing and updating the country’s carbon emission target to better comply with the Paris agreement on climate change and prepare for the global assessment later this year.

Ministry of Health proposes tobacco tax hike

 The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed to raise the tax imposed on a pack of cigarettes to 2,000 VND (0.088 USD).

Property market remains attractive to investors

 The real estate market continues to be attractive to investors, but the level of competition would be much higher this year and the following years.

Free music gala to celebrate South Liberation Day

 A free music gala will be held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on April 28 night to celebrate the South’s Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975)

Ministry of culture: Festivals should stop violence

 Many people organise buffalo fighting festivals to gamble illegally, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said at a conference held in Hanoi this week.

Large corporations fall into multi-field business trap

VietNamNet Bridge - Investing in many business fields and expanding too rapidly, some large corporations have lost prestige and fallen into debt. 

Tien Giang’s beauty crowned Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018

 Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc, a 19 year-old girl from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, was crowned Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018 at the final round on Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province, on April 21.

Local craftsmen keep old trade alive

Ma Chau silk craft, mulberry farming and silkworm breeding have roots some five centuries ago in Duy Xuyen District in the central province of Quang Nam. The silk trade was among central Vietnam’s most prosperous industries in the 15th century,

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/4

Vietnam to attend China International Import Exposition, Phu Tho Province calls for more Japanese investments, Binh Duong shortens duration of business registration, Ford Vietnam gets 37th dealership