The third Vietnam-Sri Lanka political consultation took place in Colombo on April 11, during which the two sides agreed to roll out measures to elevate the Vietnam-Sri Lanka partnership.

Female goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh has been honoured with the Labour Order, third class, for her significant contributions to Vietnam’s women’s football as a whole, and to the women’s national team in particular, over the past few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Xang Khan, a traditional festival of the Thai ethnic group, where herbalists pay tribute to gods and ancestors who taught them to cure ailments, will be part of an event 

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chaired a dialogue meeting with scientists yesterday, with the aim of removing difficulties encountered in the process of registration, research, and acceptance of scientific research topics, projects, and programmes.

A series of policies in fields of sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea of Vietnam and compulsory fire and explosion insurance products will come into effect since April 2018. 

 The northern region will suffer a mini heat wave before being hit by a cold spell next week.

 Transport officials in Khanh Hoa Province said that they are going to propose to the Transport Ministry to curb the rampant violations by Grab Company in the coastal tourist city of Nha Trang.

 The runner-up of the Vietnam Top Fashion Model contest 2018, Thu Dung, has just been chosen to represent Vietnam at the Miss Eco International 2018.

 Physical and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists have now found it could also improve the learning ability of our children.

 Hanoi police is investigating into the death of a South Korean couple at the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower on April 11.

 Vietnam was first listed among the top ten countries with the highest number of visitors travelling to Singapore last year, after more than a decade of being placed in 13th position.

 Vietnam currently has five universities named in the top 400 in Asia ranked by the World University Ranking.

 The Ministry of Transport will auction 371.5 million share purchase rights, equivalent to 57.9 million additional shares, in Vietnam Airlines’ upcoming share issuance.

 Three sailors in central Binh Dinh Province’s Quy Nhon City died of suffocation after entering the storage cabin of their boat on Wednesday.

 Manzi Art Space will host a world music night featuring Di Thuc or The Transplanted – a fusion group bringing together six musicians from Morocco, Viet Nam, France and Australia.

China’s capital flow to Vietnam has grown slowly, but that is changing rapidly, analysts say.

 Introduced in Vietnam more than 10 years ago, the Japanese martial art, Kendo (way of sword), is increasingly attracting young people to practice it. 

 As many as 50,0000 book titles of various genres will be introduced to readers at the fifth Vietnam Book Day 2018 which is scheduled in Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi from April 18-22.

 The Can Tho Police said on April 11 that they are carrying out procedures through the diplomatic channel to hand over dossiers relating to Rafael Vazquez Floresl, an American of Mexican origin, to the FBI at the request of the agency. 

 Police in Ho Chi Minh City are coordinating with relevant agencies to examine an alleged cryptocurrency fraud involving over 32,000 people and a sum of 15 trillion VND (666 million USD).