The northern province of Phu Tho held rituals on April 2 (the sixth day of the third lunar month) to commemorate the death anniversary of the nation’s legendary Great Father Lac Long Quan and pay incense tribute to Great Mother Au Co.

 Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau highlighted the significance of gender equality and women’s rights at the 275th meeting of IPU Assembly.

The Vietnamese and Australia governments on March 31 held their High-Level Consultations to discuss results of their long-term development co-operation and the importance of its transformation into an economic partnership.

Xiaomi, the Chinese technology startup, and Digiworld, its partner in Vietnam, have declined to reveal how long they will cooperate, but sources said the contract they signed would last two years. 

 Eximbank targets 2017 earnings of $26.35 million, Manufacturing, processing inventory increases 12.5 percent, Company prepares for export of poultry meat to Japan, Import-export earnings estimated over 89.3 billion USD

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of buying Vietnam’s rice at just VND10,000 per kilo, Vietnamese are willing to pay higher to buy rice from Thailand or Japan.

The invention won the consolation prize at the 2016 National Innovation Competition for Teenagers and Children and the first prize at the 2016 Thua Thien – Hue provincial Innovation Competition for Teenagers and Children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To have one child, and then another, become drug addicts guarantees a life of suffering, a life of living on the edge.

 VNA keen on cooperating with AFP in reporter training, Arts-literature drive launched on Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia solidarity, Tra Vinh assists local Khmer population, Festival commemorates soldiers of ancient Hoang Sa Flotilla

With a passion for machines and engineering, Nguyen Cao Thuong, a 51-year-old mechanic from the southern province of Kien Giang, has transformed his Vespa scooter into a firefighting vehicle,

 The number of enterprises completing procedures in March for dissolution stood at 744, down 20.9 per cent compared to February, according to a report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Both the Hanoi and HCMC bourses witnessed exciting trading sessions last week with the VN Index of the HCMC Stock Exchange climbing to 722.14 points at the closing session, while the HNX Index of the Hanoi Stock Exchange rose to 91.37 points.

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked ministries and Quang Ninh, Khanh Hoa and Kien Giang provinces to submit plans to establish special administrative economic zones in these regions.

 Two Vietnamese earned their best in the last 32 round of the Seoul Fencing Grand Prix men’s and women’s sabre events yesterday.

 Vietnamese cyclists will take part in the Tour of Thailand from April 1 to 6.

 This year, the Vietnam Writers’ Association will present posthumous Devotion Awards to Vietnamese literary works that have not received any awards by the association, the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations. 

 Starting in July, makers and sellers of subpar quality helmets will be slapped with stiff penalties and subject to a new government resolution.

The proportion of people with HIV/AIDS in HCM City who have health insurance surged to 70 per cent last February from 20 per cent in April last year, according to the city HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was around 8pm and the lights inside the classrooms of the University of Architecture were still on.

 Tran Quyet Chien suffered a surprise early exit yesterday (Mar. 31) in the second round of the 3-cusion billiards World Cup in Luxor, Egypt as Cho Myung-woo from the Republic of Korea defeated him 37-40.