Facebook has just blocked API, affecting a large number of Vietnamese online businesses utilising the social network as a trading platform.

 The sixth Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM 2018) officially opened at the Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace on 91 Tran Hung Dao St on the morning of March 29.

 The Ho Chi Minh Television Cycling Tournament - Ton Dong A Cup 2018 kicked off in Lang Son on March 29 with a total prize kitty of nearly VND3 billion.

 HCM City plans to launch a smartphone app for tourists this June.

 More than 60 education providers from New Zealand have arrived in Vietnam to showcase their country’s world-class learning environment to hundreds of prospective Vietnamese students.

Forbes has released its third annual “30 Under 30 Asia” list, featuring four Vietnamese young people; Nguyen Van Quang Huy, Pham Anh Duc, Luu The Loi, and Victor Tran.

  Just 12 Vietnamese workers have so far registered to work legally in Thailand, according to the Thai Ministry of Labour (MoL).

 Shares declined for the first time in the last four trades as investors still kept a cautious view on the market outlook amid global volatility following the US-China trade tension.

 Vietnam has accomplished all necessary preparations for level-2 field hospital in South Sudan, Colonel Nguyen Nhu Canh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, said at a press conference held in Hanoi on March 29.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has written an article entitled “Mekong – the River of cooperation and development” ahead of the GMS-6 and the CLV-10 scheduled for March 29-31 in Hanoi. 

 The Hanoi People’s Court on March 29 handed down an 18-year jail sentence to Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of PetroVietnam, for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences.”

 The tourism industry saw a strong start in 2018 as the international tourist arrivals to Vietnam reached over 4.2 million people in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 30.9 percent year on year.

 Vietnam is pushing on ambitious plans to develop smart cities towards green and sustainable growth with the assistance of the Netherlands.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted the importance of cooperation in the fields of knowledge, technical assistance and technology transfer via RoK’s investments in Vietnam while receiving former RoK Minister of Policy Coordination.

The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam in the first quarter of 2018 witnessed a significant yearly decline of 25 percent to 5.8 billion USD.

 Business cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus will be further developed following trade deals inked between the two sides in the northern province of Hung Yen on March 29 in the presence of Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko.

 Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2018 rose 7.38 percent, the highest growth rate over the past ten years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 The nation’s top goalkeeper, Dang Van Lam, may miss the fourth round of the V.League this weekend owing to injury.

 The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Senior Officials’ Meeting convened in Hanoi on March 29 in preparation for the upcoming sixth GMS Summit (GMS-6) on March 31.

 Vice Admiral Midgette’s visit coincides with the official handover of the Coast Guard Region 4 Station from the U.S. to Viet Nam, comprisingUS$20 million worth of infrastructure and equipment.