"If we had not opened the market to create a telecommunication and internet competitive market, we would have found it difficult to sign BTA and WTO, i.e hindering the country’s development and integration," said Mai Liem Truc.

Gu Bla, one of the main sculptural works used in the Cor ethnic group’s buffalo sacrifice festival in Tra Bong district in the central province of Quang Ngai, is slowly being forgotten as the festival’s popularity decreases. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Hanoi People’s Committee to look into recent reports that hundreds of fire hydrants don’t have water, affecting the city’s fire-fighting capability.

Thua Thien-Hue has to date distributed VND500 billion ($22 million) of compensation money to 18,162 locals who were affected by the Formosa marine environmental incident last April.

 Then singing dossier submitted for UNESCO recognition

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Yok Don National Park is being opened up to visitors as a way to increase public awareness of the need to protect biodiversity. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A swimming accident that took both his legs has spurred Nguyen Van Chung to become a champion of the paragames pool, and is looking ahead to more successes.

 Vietnam U20 went up against U21 Roda JC, one of the premiere league teams in the Netherlands, in a friendly match yesterday (Apr. 23) at the Seghemanstraat Stadium in Germany.

 The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has asked local telecom providers to disconnect more than 600 illegal phone numbers of businesses that provide classified advertisements since the beginning of the year.

Around three kilometers from Hoi An ancient town, An Bang beach is still in its primitive state. Clean water, yellow sand, a pure atmosphere and daily chores of local fishermen make the beach area unique.

 The official visit of Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chung Sye-kyun from April 24-26, aims to promote the strategic partnership between the two nations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Among the unique dishes in Quang Nam, Mi Quang (Quang noodle) seems to be the famous dish that attracts visitors to this central province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), which is now drafting the Law on Planning, is attempting to reduce overlapping development plans.

 Politicians who attack the EU agency that ruled the weedkiller glyphosate probably does not cause cancer are in danger of undermining the effectiveness of a body that is key to keeping Europeans safe, 

Chairman of Vietnam Railway Corporation Vu Anh Minh spoke about the $309 million plan to upgrade the sector's infrastructure for the 2017-2021 period. 

 Tra Vinh urged to be model locality in climate change response, Vietnamese in Malaysia celebrate national holidays, Activities held nationwide in response to Workers’ Month, Hanoi students wins Special Award at 2017 National Physics Olympiad

 HCM City administrators are planning to open more tourist streets to attract travelers to the city.

 Hoang Thi Bao Tram (HCM City) and Tran Tuan Minh (Hanoi) won first prizes in the women and men’s standard chess categories of the 2017 National Chess Tournament.

 Beverages accounted for the largest proportion of all fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sales in the first quarter of this year, at roughly 45 per cent, according to the Quarterly Market Pulse report released by Nielsen Vietnam.

Seafood farmers in Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai Province, have suffered billions of dong in losses after their lobsters died and prices dropped.