Three Bang lang nuoc  (water crape myrtle) trees in Bang Lang temple, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been recognised as heritage trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).

 Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung and Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Preeti Saran co-chaired the 20th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Hanoi on April 5-6. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has requested the Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) to hold an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to review personnel matters.

 A smart healthcare system that exploits Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) has been set up by the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of health examinations and medical treatment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has sent a document to leaders of provinces and cities requesting them to secure order and security in schools. 

L'Espace in Hanoi has opened a new branch on the campus of the Hanoi University of Architecture in Ha Dong district, as part of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France.

 Military forces in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hoa Binh safely defused several war-left bombs on April 6.

 Vietnam’s tourism industry is booming and is fast becoming the driving force behind economic growth but it also faces calls for reform to keep up with high standards.  

 A ceremony was held in Ngu Loc commune, Hau Loc district, Thanh Hoa province, on April 6 to kick off the Whale worshipping festival and receive a certificate recognising it a national intangible cultural heritage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – High-tech treatments have become an efficient coworker for doctors in diagnosis and treatment in Vietnam, Tran Vinh Hung, the director of Binh Dan Hospital, 

The Fansipan Mountaint in Sa Pa district of the northern province of Lao Cai is covered with ice on Aprile 7 after a cold wave is affecting the northern and central provinces from April 6.

 World experts and regional specialists will get together at the 23rd meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group (AWG-23) in the central city of Da Nang from April 9-13. 

 Remittance to Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of 2018 increased by 4.5 percent against the same period last year to reach 1.12 billion USD, a central bank official said.

 Low cost carrier Vietjet Air said it plans to increase flights to serve the expected rise in demand from passengers during the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1). 

 Ho Chi Minh City's authorities are set to step up oversight of inland waterway transport to ensure safety and smoother movement of goods and passengers.

 The visa exemption policy for citizens of five European countries will expire in the next three months. Whether and when it might be renewed are still open questions, creating a headache for tourists and Vietnamese businesses that serve them. 

 No Vietnamese citizen was confirmed among the victims in the car crash in Münster city in the German west state of Nordrhein-Westfalen as of 22:00 on April 7 (local time), according to the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany.

The revenue of Vietnamese network operators has suffered an uncharacteristic low in the first quarter of this year due to new legislation reducing top-up promotions for pre-paid subscribers from 50 percent to 20 percent. 

 Grab’s acquisition of Uber opens the door for Vietnamese businesses to enter the ride-sharing market, said Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Safety Traffic Committee.

 Many farmers in the Mekong Delta have suffered losses in the 2017-2018 sugarcane crop because of low prices.