Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse arrived in Vientiane on April 26 for an official visit to Laos at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Thoonglun Sisoulith.

 Pregnant women should get their blood pressure checked at each prenatal visit to screen for preeclampsia, a potentially fatal complication that can damage the kidneys, liver, eyes and brain, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has issued wanted notices for two officials of Techcombank’s HCM City branch.

VietNamNet Bridge - Aware of the great potential of dental tourism, HCMC has decided that the field will be a key development sector in the city. 

 Chaos occurred yesterday at a public meeting of apology held by the People’s Court of Hanoi to Mr. Han Duc Long who had been imprisoned for 11 years and four times sentenced to death. 

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang on Tuesday led a ministry delegation to survey landslide in Cho Moi district, An Giang, where 16 houses were swept into the Hau river on Sunday.

Hanoi’s  inspection over land use in Dong Tam commune, where residents captured police officers as hostages for asking city leaders to solve land dispute, will be publicized to the media and residents within 45 days.

 Co-working spaces remain in the initial stages of development in Vietnam and are concentrated primarily in major cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Vietnamese consumers are the most socially-conscious in Asia-Pacific according to the Corporate Sustainability Report from Nielsen released on April 26.

 Vestiges of Oc Eo culture in Ba The mountain in An Giang and Nen Chua in Kien Giang in the country’s southern region were proposed to seek UNESCO’s recognition as a world cultural heritage, heard a workshop in Hanoi on April 25.

 Vietnam-Laos special solidarity and friendship

The Daily Telegraph has revealed the list of the 10 greatest cities for street food, including Hanoi of Vietnam.

 The Mekong Delta may lose half of its land to erosion because of rampant sand exploitation.

 Visitors who wear unsuitable clothes will be refused entrance to cultural sites in Hanoi, according to Hanoi Relic Site Management Board.

If you want to spend the National Reunification Day and May Day holidays with your family and close friends at a nice place near the capital city, here are some suggestions.

 After launching a trial waste classification scheme in districts 1, 3, 5, 6, 12 and Binh Thanh, the HCMC government has announced a plan for further expansion of waste classification at source from 2017 onwards.

After 28 years of formation and development, private schools greatly contributed to meeting learning demand of the society. 

Vietnam has become China’s largest trade partner in ASEAN in 2016, and two-way trade would likely reach US$100 billion this year.

 There are more people using mobile phones to shop online than those using desktops or tablets, reported Bizweb at a recent mobile e-commerce event.

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said the Internet should be a utility available to the whole world, putting his weight behind a U.N. call for e-commerce to boost developing economies and help fight poverty.