Grab said that the firm will not pay the VND53.3 billion (USD2.33 million) tax arrears that Uber has delayed paying to the HCM City Department of Taxation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A large amount of garbage was taken out of a drainage canal in Hanoi after pollution was reported by the media.

 Vietnam has rich cuisine culture but has proved inexplicably incapable of promoting tourism based on its cuisine according to local tourism experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 65km from the centre of the southern province of Kien Giang, the serene and unspoiled Hon Son Island is a hidden gem for the nature-loving tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent female director Cao Thuy Nhi’s feature film on love, Nham Mat Thay Mua He (Snow in Summer), will be released today in Hokkaido, Japan.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has signed a decision approving the list of Vietnamese domain names “.vn” licensed through auction.

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. 

 Vinhomes JSC, an arm of the real estate conglomerate Vingroup, has registered to list nearly 2.7 billion shares on the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE).

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese honey companies have been exporting raw honey at low prices to other countries from which products are re-exported at high prices with foreign labels. 

 The country’s shrimp export business could be in for a tough year, due to sharp rise in global supply and a drop in market price.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A cold wave from the north is affecting the northern and central provinces from Friday, said the National Hydro-Meteorology Forecast Centre.

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 Mexican sculptor Paloma Torres will meet with local sculptors and discuss her art at Da Nang’s Fine Arts Museum on April 7.

 More than 70 per cent of the Vietnamese population has fully escaped poverty, with at least 14 million having joint the global middle class, a World Bank report found on Thursday.

 South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion.

 Facebook was warned by security researchers that attackers could abuse its phone number and email search facility to harvest people's data.

 Hanoi  Social Insurance has set a deadline of May 5 for 10 businesses in the city that owe social insurance premiums for a long time to pay up.

 Despite its great potential, tourism in the south central and Central Highlands regions has only awakened in the last three years. To boost sea tourism, relevant authorities and travel agencies have worked together.

 Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, co-founder of the famed Studio Ghibli, has died at the age of 82.

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